1. SAN ANTONIO Computational Thinking San Antonio’s Regional Approach Programs, Pedagogy & Education-Industry Pathways Cliff Zintgraff University of North Texas cliffzintgraff@my.unt.edu Dwayne Williams UT San Antonio Center for Infrastructure Assurance & Security (CIAS) Arthur Celestin Stephan Casas Southwest High School John Carrera Holmes High School Joe Sanchez Cyber Innovation & Research Consortium (CIRC) Gene Bowman Erica Garza Information Technology & Security Academy Frank Zaborowski Cyber Patriot

2. SAN ANTONIO Cyber City USA? Nation’s second highest number of Certified Information System Security Professionals (CISSPs). Five Higher Ed Certified Centers of Academic Excellence 2002: High school IT & Security Academy In 2013: 54 Cyber Defense High School Competition Teams In 2012: The Cyber Patriot Cyber Defense Competition National Champion (>400 teams) 24 th Air Force National Security Agency Nation’s Best Place to Work in IT? USAA (ComputerWorld) Etc., etc., etc.

3. SAN ANTONIO Impact on Education Educators, administrators and their partners have leveraged this regional focus to maximum impact: Programs Pedagogies Pathways They are teaching the concepts of Computational Thinking.

4. SAN ANTONIO Agenda: First Comments “Cyber City USA” Cliff Zintgraff The Cyber Security Threat & Students Dwayne Williams, UT San Antonio, Center for Infrastructure Assurance & Security (CIAS) Cyber Patriot: Engagement through Competition Frank Zaborowski, Cyber Patriot

5. SAN ANTONIO “Station Rotation” Early Engagement; High School Certs John Carrera, Holmes HS Cyber Patriot, cont. Frank Zaborowski, Dwayne Williams Regional Collaboration: Secondary, Higher Ed, Industry, Collective Impact Joe Sanchez, Cyber Innovation and Research Consortium (CIRC) Collaboration II: IT & Security Academy Gene Bowman & Erica Garza, ITSA Early Engagement & STEM Playground Sneak Peek Arthur Celestin & Stephan Casas, Southwest HS

6. SAN ANTONIO ISTE SIGCT: Computational Thinking 1.Data Collection 2.Data Analysis 3.Data Representation 4.Problem Decomposition 5.Abstraction 6.Algorithms and Procedures 7.Automation 8.Parallelization 9.Simulation Barr, V., & Stephenson, C. (2011). Bringing computational thinking to K-12: What is involved and what is the role of the computer science education community?. ACM Inroads, 2(1), 48-54. Stephenson, C. (2013). Computational Thinking: What is it and why should we care?. Retrieved 6/21/2013 from http://acec2012.acce.edu.au/sites/acec2012.acce.edu.au/files/proposal/6/StephensonACEC.pdf. http://acec2012.acce.edu.au/sites/acec2012.acce.edu.au/files/proposal/6/StephensonACEC.pdf

7. SAN ANTONIO ISTE SIGCT: Computational Thinking 1.Data Collection 2.Data Analysis 3.Data Representation 4.Problem Decomposition 5.Abstraction 6.Algorithms and Procedures 7.Automation 8.Parallelization 9.Simulation Barr, V., & Stephenson, C. (2011). Bringing computational thinking to K-12: What is involved and what is the role of the computer science education community?. ACM Inroads, 2(1), 48-54. Stephenson, C. (2013). Computational Thinking: What is it and why should we care?. Retrieved 6/21/2013 from http://acec2012.acce.edu.au/sites/acec2012.acce.edu.au/files/proposal/6/StephensonACEC.pdf. http://acec2012.acce.edu.au/sites/acec2012.acce.edu.au/files/proposal/6/StephensonACEC.pdf SAN ANTONIO COMPUTATIONAL THINKER AWARD

8. SAN ANTONIO The Cyber Security Threat and Preparing Students Dwayne Williams University of Texas at San Antonio Center for Infrastructure Assurance and Security (CIAS)

9. SAN ANTONIO Cyber Patriot: Engagement through Competition Frank Zaborowski Cyber Patriot

10. SAN ANTONIO Resources You can find these resources on the conference session web page: 1.This presentation 2.Cyber City USA Paper: For a fuller discussion of the programs, pedagogy, pathways, and supporting literature -limited number of paper copies available 3.CT Worksheet 4.National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (NCCDC) flyer 5.Other?

11. SAN ANTONIO “Station Rotation” Early Engagement; High School Certs John Carrera, Holmes HS Cyber Patriot, cont. Frank Zaborowski, Dwayne Williams Regional Collaboration: Secondary, Higher Ed, Industry, Collective Impact Joe Sanchez, Cyber Innovation and Research Consortium (CIRC) Collaboration II: IT & Security Academy Gene Bowman & Erica Garza, ITSA Early Engagement & STEM Playground Sneak Peek Arthur Celestin & Stephan Casas, Southwest HS

12. SAN ANTONIO Computational Thinking San Antonio’s Regional Approach Programs, Pedagogy & Education-Industry Pathways Cliff Zintgraff University of North Texas cliffzintgraff@my.unt.edu Dwayne Williams UT San Antonio Center for Infrastructure Assurance & Security (CIAS) Arthur Celestin Stephan Casas Southwest High School John Carrera Holmes High School Joe Sanchez Cyber Innovation & Research Consortium (CIRC) Gene Bowman Erica Garza Information Technology & Security Academy Frank Zaborowski Cyber Patriot