Tapestry Workshop 2015

June 23 — 25, 2015
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA

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If you are interested in Attracting more and diverse students to high school Computer Science classes Influencing students, parents, colleagues, and administrators on the importance of your courses and the opportunities they provide Engaging your students in the exciting and rewarding field of computing Then you are invited to Apply to attend a summer workshop on the better attraction and engagement of female students to computer science. Questions If you have questions about the University of Virginia Tapestry Workshop please contact Jim Cohoon, Joanne McGrath Cohoon, or Luther Tychonievich.

What is a Tapestry Workshop? The goals of the workshop are to share strategies, research-based practices, and field-tested good ideas for teaching computer science in a way that reaches all students regardless of sex or ethnicity. Workshop participants will Explore activities for gaining the interest of all students Interact with national experts on teaching and diversity practices Meet university faculty desiring to serve as ambassadors to their schools Form a network of like-minded people for ongoing discussion and development. Thanks Development and running of the workshop has been funded by the National Science Foundation (grant 1042452). This support is greatly appreciated.