A Training for Middle and High School Math and Computer Science Teachers

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When:
Saturday, April 21st, 2012
9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Where:
Computer Science Education Lab (ECCS 112)
Engineering Center
University of Colorado Boulder
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Teach Your Students to Program, Mathematically
Bootstrap teaches students to program their own videogames in an algebraic programming language, exposing them to key math concepts. Middle- and high-school teachers around the country have implemented the curriculum as a one-month module, a weekly activity or an afterschool program.

In Bootstrap, Your Students will Practice and Apply

• Solving word problems
• Coordinate planes and Graphing
• Functions and Variables
• Function Composition
• Inequalities in the Plane
• The Pythagorean Theorem

In this Workshop, You Will

• Participate in a real classroom demonstration of the curriculum
• Build your own videogame, using the math you already know
• Learn how Common Core Math Standards can be met through a STEM-focused programming curriculum
• Explore cutting-edge research on algebra education

About Bootstrap

Bootstrap is a free curriculum that reaches hundreds of students a year in states around the country, and has been supported by the National Science Foundation, Google, and Microsoft.

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Fee: $40 (full scholarship available for first 25 registered teachers)
Refreshments:  Morning Refreshments and  Lunch will be provided
CDE Credit available: You will receive a certificate with 8 contact hours

Contact Information

Jessica Feld
Department of Computer Science
University of Colorado Boulder
1-303-492-7391

Bootstrap Contact Information

Emmanuel Schanzer
Program Director
schanzer@bootstrapworld.org
1-617-792-2438
http://www.bootstrapworld.org/