Call for Participation: Computing Commons Collaboration Conference

Georgia Tech and Southern Poly (SPSU) are organizing an event for both high school computing teachers and undergraduate computing faculty to meet, present, share ideas and discuss topics of interest about their teaching in introductory CS.  This event includes two mini-conferences with invited talks, selected presentations with discussion and poster sessions in spring 2011. There is no cost for attending the conferences, presenting a talk, or submitting a poster.

We are currently inviting you to submit a proposal for presentations and posters. Both high school computing teachers and undergraduate computing faculty are welcome to present by submitting a 1-page proposal. The deadline for submission for the first mini-conference is Nov 30th, 2010.

You can find more information in the call for participation below:

Call for Participation for the C³ Conference

The C³ Conference (Computing Commons Collaboration Conference) is a new format of the NSF-sponsored Disciplinary Commons for Computing Educators (DCCE) (http://home.cc.gatech.edu/dcce), dedicated to gathering local computing educators including both undergraduate computing faculty and high school computing teachers to share best practices of and building scholarship of teaching in introductory Computer Science. This event is also intended to provide opportunities for collaboration and communication among our participants. We would like to create a forum where local computing educators are able to meet, present, share ideas and discuss topics of interest about their teaching.

This event includes two mini-conferences with invited talks, selected presentations with discussion and poster sessions, focusing on a variety of topics that are of interest to both undergraduate faculty and high school teachers:

Part I February 26, 2011 1pm – 5:30 pm at Southern Polytechnic State University, Marietta, GA

Part II April 16^th, 1 – 5:30 pm at Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

We invite your participation in the following three ways:

1) Call for Abstracts for Presentation and Discussion

We ask you to submit a 1-2 page proposal abstract on a specific topic for a 45-minute discussion session Topics should be relevant to faculty and high school teachers who teach computing courses, in the broadest sense of the term. Suggested topics, but not meant to be inclusive, are:

· Models of CS 1 curriculum: how introductory computing courses are organized in different schools

· Topics for advanced independent study

· Resources to engage students in computing

· How to handle varying levels of student abilities (differentiated instruction)

· Non-traditional activities for learning computing

· Methods of grading programs and assignments

· How to handle collaboration on assignments (and cheating)

· First week of class techniques and exercises to build community for students

· Web-based educational tools and/or tools for distance education

Discussion abstracts need not be research based and can be experiential only, e.g., a classroom experience, teaching technique, curricular initiative, etc. Proposals should include the authors’ viewpoint and experience and how discussion and interaction will be encouraged. Abstracts will be selected in terms of the significance and relevance of the topic as well as means of encouraging discussion and interaction among participants.

2) Call for Posters

Poster proposals should be no more than 1 page and represent a best practice, demonstration, materials, ideas, or anything that you want additional feedback or collaborators. During the conference, participants will have the opportunity to browse the posters (which may be posters, videos, handouts, etc.) while enjoying refreshments. No formal presentation of the poster material is required other than the desire to talk to others about your practice, idea, or work.

3) Attendance

Please mark the above dates on your calendar for attendance. There is no cost for attending. The experience will be priceless in a half day of collaborating with others who are also passionate about teaching computing to share the joy, beauty, and awe of the discipline.

The deadline for submission for the first mini-conference is Nov 30^th, 2010. Please email your proposal abstract with the following information to Lijun Ni at lijun@cc.gatech:

 
• Your name, school name, e-mail address, a mailing address, and phone number
• Which session are you submitting for, discussion session or poster?
• Your proposal abstract with title, presenter(s) and the proposal for your presentation or poster. The proposal should include description of the objectives and content of your presentation and ways of involving the audience in the discussion.

 

If you have any question about this event, please contact any of the following conference chairs:

Briana Morrison (Computing Faculty, SPSU), bmorriso@spsu.edu

Pat Roth (Computing Faculty, SPSU), proth@spsu.edu

Ria Galanos (Computer Science Teacher, Centennial HS), galanos@fultonschools.org

Mark Guzdial (Computing Professor, Georgia Tech), guzdial@cc.gatech.edu

Lijun Ni (CS education Ph.D Student, Georgia Tech), lijun@cc.gatech.edu

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