CPS Core Programming Courses Redesign Workshop

Co-Chairs: Andrea De Palma, Mech Johnson

UW Washington County

400 University Drive, West Bend, WI 53095, Tel. 262 335 5200

June 17 – 18, 2005

 

9:00   –    9:30        Continental Breakfast ΰ la West Bend, Room 101                   

 

Computer Science Education in Wisconsin High Schools, Room 101

9:30   –    9:35        Introduction by Mech Johnson

9:35   –    9:45        Brookfield Central High School, Ryan Osterberg, Math Department     

9:45   –  10:05        Kewaskum High School, Marylane Blomquist, Chair of the Math Department

10:05 –  10:25        West Bend West High School, Keith Miller, Math Department

10:25 –  10:30        Board of Education, West Bend, Charlie Hillman

10:30 –  11:00        General discussion and concluding remarks by Mech Johnson

11:00 –  11:10        Break

11:10 –  11:45        General wrap-up discussion, CPS dept. only

 

 

C.S. Core Curriculum at the 4 year UW -Colleges, Room 101                          

11:45 – 1:00           Lunch in room 101, catered by Januli’s
CPS Department and arriving visitors from the 4-year UW Institutions

 

1:00 – 1:05             Introduction by Andrea De Palma

                             

1:05 – 1:15             UW Eau Claire, Dr. Michael Wick.

                              Professor and Chair of the Department of Computer Science

 

1:15 – 1:25             UW La Crosse, Dr. Kenny Hunt.

                              Professor and Chair of the Computer Science Department

 

1:25 – 1:35             UW Madison, Dr. Susan Horwitz.

Professor and Associate Chair of the Computer Sciences Department

 

1:35 – 1:45             UW Milwaukee, Robert Sorenson.

Senior Lecturer and Computer Science Undergraduate Advisor

 

1:45 – 1:55 UW Oshkosh, Dr. Jonathan Yaeckel

Associate Professor and Chair of the Computer Science Department

 

1:55 – 2:05 UW Parkside, Dr. Stu Hansen

Professor and Chair of the Computer Science Department

 

2:05 – 2:15             UW Stevens Point, Dr. Dave Gibbs

Professor, Computer Information Systems and Coordinator of the Collaborative    Degree Program and General Studies

 

2:15 – 2:25             UW Superior, Dr. Sergei Bezrukov

Professor, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science

 

2:25 – 2:35 UW Whitewater, Dr. Jon Kane

Professor and Chair of the Management Computer Systems Department

 

 

2:35 – 2:45             Break

 

2:45 – 4:00             General discussion and concluding remarks by Andrea De Palma

                             

4:00 – 4:10             Break

 

4:10 – 5:00             General warp-up discussion, CPS dept. only

 

5:00 – 6:30             Charcoal Grill, http://www.charcoalgrill.com/location-west_bend.html

 

7:00 – 9:30             Open house at Mech’s, 4594 Loch View Rd, Hubertus

                              The drive from West Bend to Mech’s house is approx. 25 minutes

 

                             

Saturday, June 18, Room FA 213 A (Fireside)

 

8:45 – 9:15             Continental Breakfast ΰ la West Bend

  

9:15 – 10:30           CS 0, CS 1, Data Structures: Rethinking our core curriculum

 

10:30 – 10:40         Break

 

10:40 – 12:00         Answer Greg Lampe’s questions:

·        Skills we anticipate students having

·        Skills we anticipate that students will need when they transfer

·        What are the student competencies we need to develop?  

·        What should be our major oriented curriculum and the content covered in each course

·        What type of pedagogical strategies and instructional practices are needed to teach this curriculum?

                             

      12:00 – 1:00           Lunch (carry-out by Cousin Subs)

 

      1:00   – 2:30           Where do we go from here so that it will happen?

 

 

                                    Beyond the Scope topics (if there is extra time available within the agenda)

·        IS courses (E-commerce, History of Computer Science)

·        CPS 100 (ESFY)

·        CPS 109, CPS 139, CPS 149, more to come, teaching the Web?

·        DE offerings – where are we going?

·        Further suggestions?