BPC-DP: Collaborative Computing Experiences to Broaden Participation in Computer Science

马萨诸塞大学洛厄尔分校(UML)提议与旋转博物馆和洛厄尔高中合作，利用基于项目的学习向学生介绍计算机。这些项目将利用现有技术，包括用于制造机器人和移动物体的小型处理板、计算机游戏软件，以及允许使用各种传感器为计算机提供输入的接口板。这项技术将与在线和打印支持材料打包在一起，作为“盒子中的项目”发给学生。这些工具包最初将由PI设计，但将由学生参与者修改和扩展。项目将包括界面新颖的电脑游戏、讲故事和互动艺术项目。学生工作坊将在旋转博物馆的展品中达到高潮。学生参与者将在大学、高中和中学。来自该专业以外的UML本科生将被招募到一门名为CS0的新课程中，该课程将在基于项目的背景下使用我们的材料介绍计算机科学，并为学生成为导师做好准备。本科生将协助在旋转博物馆为洛厄尔高中生举办的研讨会。在博物馆工作人员的额外指导下，学生们将开发用于公开展示的技术艺术项目。这种社区背景将消除非社会程序员的概念，并在团队合作、设计和编程方面提供积极、现实的体验。学生们将学习到计算作为许多学科的一部分可以以不同的方式使用。该计划的目标是通过使用创新和交互技术来增加妇女和少数族裔对计算的参与，扩大学生对计算领域的了解，通过项目的艺术展览向公众介绍计算，并为学生建立具有指导机会的社区。该项目将通过两个夏季讲习班进行传播。参与者将从地区和国家的大学、高中和社区团体中招募。

The University of Massachusetts Lowell (UML) proposes a collaboration with The Revolving Museum and Lowell High School that uses project-based learning to introduce students to computing. The projects will leverage existing technologies, including small processing boards for building robots and moving objects, computer game software, and an interface board that allows a variety of sensors to be used to provide input to a computer. This technology will be packaged with on-line and print support materials as "projects-in-a-box" that are given to students. These kits will initially be designed by the PIs, but will be modified and extended by student participants. Projects will include computer games with novel interfaces, story telling, and interactive art projects. Student workshops will culminate in exhibits at The Revolving Museum.Student participants will be in college, high school, and middle school. UML undergraduates from outside the major will be recruited into a new course, called CS0, that will introduce computer science using our materials in a project-based context and prepare the students to be mentors. The undergraduates will assist in workshops held at The Revolving Museum for Lowell High School students. With additional instruction from the museum staff, students will develop technical art projects for public exhibit. This community context will dispel the notion of the asocial programmer, and provide positive, realistic experiences in teamwork, design, and programming. Students will learn that computing can be used in a variety of ways as a part of many disciplines.The goals of the program are to increase the participation of women and minorities in computing through the sue of innovative and interactive technologies, to broaden student understanding of the field of computing, to introduce computing to the public through art exhibitions of the projects, and to build community with mentoring opportunities for students. The project will be disseminated through two summer workshops. Participants will be recruited regionally and nationally from universities, high schools, and community groups.