{"674357":{"#nid":"674357","#data":{"type":"news","title":"IPaT Hosts High School Computer Science Teachers","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn March 25-26, the Institute for People and Technology (IPaT) hosted the spring gathering of rural Georgia high school computer science teachers participating in a state funded program to help high schoolers learn computer programming.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gtri.gatech.edu\/newsroom\/gtri-georgia-tech-launch-computer-science-pilot-program-rural-georgia-high-schools\u0022\u003ERural Computer Science Initiative\u003C\/a\u003E offers co-teaching lessons prepared by Georgia Tech professors. The program offers virtual classes in computer science to help develop career pathways by exposing high school students to critical areas such as coding, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, sensors, and data visualization. The program is funded by the Georgia General Assembly.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe initiative, launched in 2022, includes 16 school districts, 19 high schools, and has taught 1,329 students. Continued growth of the program is expected in 2024 as the number of districts participating will grow to 24 school districts.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe program is run by Lizanne DeStefano, director of Georgia Tech\u2019s Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics and Computing (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ceismc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECEISMC\u003C\/a\u003E), and Leigh McCook, director with the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gtri.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Research Institute\u003C\/a\u003E (GTRI). There are now thirteen Georgia Tech employees supporting the program across CEISMC, GTRI, and IPaT.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe meeting was designed to gather feedback and envision future directions to make the program even more successful.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EOn March 25-26, the Institute for People and Technology (IPaT) hosted the spring gathering of rural Georgia high school computer science teachers participating in a state funded program to help high schoolers learn computer programming.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"On March 25-26, the Institute for People and Technology (IPaT) hosted the spring gathering of rural Georgia high school computer science teachers participating in a state funded program to help high schoolers learn computer programming. "}],"uid":"27513","created_gmt":"2024-04-24 16:10:43","changed_gmt":"2024-04-24 16:11:59","author":"Walter Rich","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-03-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-03-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"673829":{"id":"673829","type":"image","title":"Georgia high school computer science teachers participating in the Georgia Tech Rural Computer Science Initiative","body":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia high school computer science teachers participating in the Georgia Tech Rural Computer Science Initiative\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1713974958","gmt_created":"2024-04-24 16:09:18","changed":"1713974982","gmt_changed":"2024-04-24 16:09:42","alt":"Georgia high school computer science teachers participating in the Georgia Tech Rural Computer Science Initiative","file":{"fid":"257276","name":"teachers-original-size-copy-v2.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/04\/24\/teachers-original-size-copy-v2.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/04\/24\/teachers-original-size-copy-v2.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":4488885,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/04\/24\/teachers-original-size-copy-v2.jpg?itok=EkKP4KN9"}}},"media_ids":["673829"],"groups":[{"id":"69599","name":"IPaT"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"188084","name":"go-ipat"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:walter.rich@research.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EWalter Rich\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["walter.rich@research.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}