Monthly Archives: August 2009

CS News – Women and Computing

Grace Hopper Celebration Scholarship

This looks like a great opportunity!

More Info

http://gracehopper.org/2009/k-12-computing-teachers-workshop/program-overview-and-agenda/

Here it explains …

“This workshop will convene K-12 teachers who work with under-represented populations of students at the 2009 Grace Hopper Celebration …

Each participant will receive travel funding, hotel accommodations and free registration to attend the Grace Hopper Conference and this Workshop. Applications to attend this Workshop are online here.

Deadline to complete the application is September 14th. Decisions will be completed by September 21st, 2009

Here is some more great Grace Hopper content.

Site for new book about Grace Hopper (with links to 60 Minutes interview):

http://www.admiralgracehopper.com/

David Letterman interview:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57bfxsiVTd4

youtube video

http://www.youtube.com/cistheta2007#play/all/uploads-all/0/CVMhPVInxoE

CS News – First Day of School

If you are in need of some videos to show the real world use of Computer Science, take a look at the UW site.

http://www.cs.washington.edu/WhyCSE

If you are in need of some great US Department of Labor Data, check out the ACM EPC site.

http://www.acm.org/public-policy/education-policy-committee

If you are looking for a new high-tech presentation format instead of powerpoint, take a look at Slide Rocket and Cool Iris.

http://www.sliderocket.com/

http://www.cooliris.com/