Washington State Computing Opportunities for High School Teachers of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students:
CS4HS, a program for teachers who would like to learn about teaching computer science to their students. The Summer 2013 workshop will be held on July 22-24. ADHHC will provide registration fee, transportation and some expenses; CS4HS will provide housing for non-local participants. ADHHC is looking for up to 4 Washington state deaf and hard of hearing teachers to take this program; if you are interested, please contact Rob Roth at robroth@uw.edu to find out about the registration process.
National Opportunities for High School and College Teachers/Instructors of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students:
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)/Special Interest Group on Computer Science Eduation (SIGCSE) have their annual conference on March 6-9, 2013 in Denver, Colorado: http://www.sigcse.org/sigcse2013/. ACM, the world’s largest educational and scientific computing society, serves its members and the computing profession with leading edge publications, conferences and career resources. Among many special interest groups, SIGCSE provides a forum for educators to discuss issues related to the development, implementation, and/or evaluation of computing programs, curricula and courses. If you are interested in attending and need assistance, please contact Rob Roth at robroth@uw.edu to find out about applying for assistance.
Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) will be holding their annual conference July 15-16, 2013, in Quincy, Massachusetts: http://csta.acm.org/ProfessionalDevelopment/sub/CSTAConference.html. CSTA is a membership organization that supports and promotes the teaching of computer science and other computing disciplines; it provides opportunities for K-12 teachers and students to better understand the computing disciplines and to more successfully prepare themselves to teach and learn.
