04-09-2012, 04:31 PM
Using Multimedia, Animation, and Robotics to Increase the Number of Students and Teachers in Computing
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What is ICE?
Partnership between
Georgia Tech’s College of Computing
Georgia Department of Education
Announced June 2004 by Superintendent Kathy Cox and Dean Richard DeMillo
ICE Goals
Train more computing teachers
Start by training teachers for beginning and intermediate programming classes in Java
When ready train teachers for Advanced Placement (AP)
Increase the number and diversity of computing students
Interesting curriculum
Help with recruiting and retaining students
Why?
We are facing a huge shortage in computing!
There has been a 40% drop in CS majors since 2001 nationwide
The percentage of women has dropped from 30% to about 12%
There has never been a significant amount of African Americans, Hispanics, or Native Americans
Why the Drop in Majors?
Myth #1: All computing jobs are going overseas!
Only about 1% have
There are more jobs now than in 2001
The US Labor Department predicts that computer software engineers and computer systems designers will be among the fastest growing occupations in 2002-2012
Many jobs require interaction with and knowledge of computers