1. TTU Tapestry Workshop Department of Computer Science Tennessee Tech University July 5-7, 2011

2. Tapestry Workshop Attraction and engagement of more and diverse students to computing Partnership between Universities and educators to: – Share strategies, practices, and good ideas for teaching Computer Science effectively

3. Why Tapestry Workshops? Computing technologies are integral to our lives today Computer scientists will be in the highest demand of all the STEM disciplines (Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics) Current pipeline is producing less than half Tapestry is an effort to help meet the demand

4. Pipeline Crisis

5. Tapestry Background NSF Award #1042452 – BPC-LSA: Training HS CS Teachers to Attract More & Diverse Students PIs: – University of Virginia (UVA) James Cohoon Joanne Cohoon

6. Tapestry Sites Original Tapestry Workshops at UVA – 2009, 2010, 2011 Two Satellite Sites – Tennessee Tech University – University of Delaware

7. TTU Tapestry Support NSF (via UVA) Department of Computer Science, TTU TTU STEM Center NCWIT

8. TTU Tapestry Supporting Cast Ambareen Siraj (CS) Martha Kosa (CS) Douglas Talbert (CS) Valerie Nash (CS) Summer Olmstead (CS) Caitlin McCowan (Residential Life) Richard Barns (Residential Life) Victor Kline (Chartwells) Christina Hatley (STEM Center) Jane Roberts (STEM Center) Robert Reab (CMR) Harish Dalal (Baymont Inn) Catherine Brawner (UVA)

9. Tapestry Weavers Queen Adeboyejo Sam Brooks Edward Bujak Jan Burns George Edwards Joe Finkelstein James Forester Donna Gattis Dave Gretz Craig Ham Tim Hannah Lura Hawkins Kimberly Herring Ida Johnson Rex Ledbetter Amanda Littles Robert Luciano Linda McDaniel Karen Moore BethMoore Williams Susan Morrissett Jennie Patton Scott Portnoff Deb Ramey Seth Reichelson Peggy Slagle Cheryl Tays TonyTyler Rosalie Wolfe James Wooster

10. Participants Across The Map

11. Invited Speakers Taha Ben Brahim, Auburn University Mark Boshart, TTU Joanne Cohoon, UVA Jim Cohoon, UVA Zhijiang Dong, MTSU Barbara Ericson, Georgia Tech Mark Guzdial, Georgia Tech Robert Hodum, TTU Robert Luciano, High School, PA Sally Pardue, STEM Center, TTU Scott Portnoff, High School, CA Seth Reichelson, High School, FL Mark A. Stephens, TTU Douglas Talbert, TTU Present and Past CS Students of TTU

12. Tapestry Focus Initiation Recruitment Retention Diversity Advancement

13. Hope You Engage Embrace Encourage Empower Exercise Experience Extend Enjoy

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