{"675248":{"#nid":"675248","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Scientist Spotlight: Teaching Technical Topics to High Schools","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDavid Peeler\u003C\/strong\u003E, a research scientist with the Institute for People and Technology \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/ipat\u0022\u003E(IPaT)\u003C\/a\u003E at Georgia Tech, dedicates his time to supporting high teachers and students across the state of Georgia by teaching computer programming-related topics.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPeeler is a key team member supporting \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gtri.gatech.edu\/newsroom\/gtri-georgia-tech-launch-computer-science-pilot-program-rural-georgia-high-schools\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s Rural Computer Science Initiative\u003C\/a\u003E launched in 2022. This initiative offers co-teaching lessons prepared by Georgia Tech faculty and offers virtual classes in computer science to expose Georgia high school students to a variety of technical topics and career pathways.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe program was conceived by \u003Ca\u003EGeorgia Tech\u2019s Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics and Computing (\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/ceismc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECEISMC\u003C\/a\u003E)\u0026nbsp;and the Georgia Tech Research Institute, specifically \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.gtri.gatech.edu\/stem\u0022\u003ESTEM@GTRI\u003C\/a\u003E, to create and launch a pilot program for rural Georgia school districts with support from Georgia\u2019s legislators to bring technical knowledge directly into high school classrooms.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI\u2019ve created and taught Java professional development courses for high school teachers to learn and use in their classes,\u201d said Peeler. \u201cPart of my job is to be on call for instructors who need me to troubleshoot problems. In addition, we typically have a week of in-class instruction where I virtually beam into the class to teach directly, then we introduce a project for them to try and tackle on their own based from the in-class material that we taught. I really like what I\u2019m doing for Georgia high schools.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPeeler has also created an instructional module introducing students to robotic programming. Students develop and deploy code using the MakeCode environment which is an online platform and toolset developed by Microsoft that enables users, especially beginners and students, to learn programming and computer science concepts through blocked-based coding.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThrough this initiative and with the help of Peeler, Georgia Tech is empowering the next generation of tech-savvy leaders fostering interest in STEM fields and opening doors to exciting career opportunities.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI\u0027m extremely proud to be a part of this initiative and kickstarting the next generation of high school students in the computer science realm,\u201d said Peeler.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDavid Peeler, a research scientist with the Institute for People and Technology (\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/ipat\u0022\u003EIPaT\u003C\/a\u003E) at Georgia Tech, dedicates his time to supporting high teachers and students across the state of Georgia.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"David Peeler, a research scientist with the Institute for People and Technology (IPaT) at Georgia Tech, dedicates his time to supporting high teachers and students across the state of Georgia"}],"uid":"27513","created_gmt":"2024-06-27 13:32:42","changed_gmt":"2024-06-27 13:34:43","author":"Walter Rich","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2024-06-27T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2024-06-27T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"674250":{"id":"674250","type":"image","title":"David Peeler","body":"\u003Cp\u003EDavid Peeler with Leigh McCook, director of STEM@GTRI\u003C\/p\u003E","created":"1719494937","gmt_created":"2024-06-27 13:28:57","changed":"1719495013","gmt_changed":"2024-06-27 13:30:13","alt":"David Peeler with Leigh McCook, director of STEM@GTRI","file":{"fid":"257743","name":"David-Leigh-copy-smaller.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/06\/27\/David-Leigh-copy-smaller.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2024\/06\/27\/David-Leigh-copy-smaller.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":580847,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2024\/06\/27\/David-Leigh-copy-smaller.jpg?itok=ONa8Y8z2"}}},"media_ids":["674250"],"groups":[{"id":"69599","name":"IPaT"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"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","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["walter.rich@research.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}