Social discussion of CS in K-12

["Wolske, Martin B" <mwolske AT illinois.edu>]

Hi all,

I'm going to try to make it for at least a short while tonight. Two things to add to the agenda if I might, perhaps both related to the ITEST proposal in part. 

First, we are preparing a proposal submission to the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) that will focus on advancing librarian leadership of STEM (or more precisely STEAM -- adding arts which IMLS is championing) learning environments using our local school and public libraries as a pilot. Perhaps we could link these two grant proposals to demonstrate broader collaboration and impact.

Second, I attended the Sustainable Electronics Institute consortium meeting (actually we hosted) yesterday. We spoke some about Kenwood and the Demystifying Tech workshops as an example of a sustainable electronics project. In a related thread at the meeting Raspberry Pi's came up as a topic. I suggested that if we had funds we might like to experiment with having a workshop with upper level Kenwood students and their parents on the RPi and send home RPi's with them at the end instead of desktops. They referenced the RFP below which I'll send along when Nancy sends it to me. This might also be a good pilot for STEAM that extends beyond formal training of students to also include parents as part of bridging the home/school divide and bringing parents on as collaborators. 

-- Martin

Begin forwarded message:

From: "Holm, Nancy L" <naholm AT illinois.edu>

Subject: RE: Intel Computer Board give away

Date: January 15, 2014 2:53:36 PM CST

To: "Wolske, Martin B" <mwolske AT illinois.edu>, "Bullock, William C" <wbullock AT illinois.edu>

Cc: "Scrogum, Joy Joann" <jscrogum AT illinois.edu>, "Barnes, Laura L" <l-barnes AT illinois.edu>

Martin:  I will have a limited RFP for sustainable electronics projects only for FY14.  I will send you guidelines on that tomorrow or Fri.  I think your proposed project fits well with this.  We will have a larger RFP for FY15 for sustainable electronics and other topics in the next couple months. 

 

Nancy

 

Nancy Holm

Assistant Director for Sponsored Research,

Public Engagement, and Communications

IL Sustainable Technology Center

Prairie Research Institute

University of IL at Urbana-Champaign

One E. Hazelwood Dr.

Champaign, IL 61820

217-244-3330