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* Basis HS
* Basis HS
* Sunnyside HS
* Sunnyside HS
** Title 1 school ([http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&InstName=Sunnyside&City=Tucson&State=04&SchoolType=1&SchoolType=2&SchoolType=3&SchoolType=4&SpecificSchlTypes=all&IncGrade=-1&LoGrade=-1&HiGrade=-1&ID=040817000743 source]
** promotes itself as "tech savvy" ([http://www.susd12.org/tech-savvy-district source]) has "one-to-one computing initiative" ([http://www.susd12.org/node/6167 source])
** has Information/Computer Technology club ([http://www.susd12.org/school/sunnyside-high-school source]), other computer clubs
* Catalina HS
* Catalina HS
** Title 1 school ([http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=0408800&SchoolPageNum=2&ID=040880001261 source])
** Title 1 school ([http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=0408800&SchoolPageNum=2&ID=040880001261 source])

Revision as of 01:31, 21 August 2014

This is a page for planning the ISTA outreach program to area High Schools. Please add to it anything you think of, to help the project grow!

Goals

why are we doing this?

  • to provide access to exciting ideas in AI to local students (see #Finding a school)
  • to introduce the community to ISTA
    • to partner with other organizations sharing our goals (e.g., student enthusiast clubs, nonprofits)
  • contribute what we develop as potential curriculum to be taught at area High Schools (via this wiki, maybe)

Finding a school

we can probably only make room for 1 - 2 schools per semester, so we need to decide what's important in how we choose our school(s)

  • coursework/extracurriculars related to programming/robotics
  • are there participants who could especially benefit from the exposure?
    • low socioeconomic status, underrepresented populations (sex, ethnicity), gifted, highly motivated, creative, some combination of these

Info. on Area High Schools

post information relevant to what is listed in #Finding a school here

  • Tucson HS
  • University HS/Rincon HS
  • Desert View HS
  • Saguaro HS
  • CDO HS
  • Amphi HS
  • Sabino HS
  • Basis HS
  • Sunnyside HS
    • Title 1 school (source
    • promotes itself as "tech savvy" (source) has "one-to-one computing initiative" (source)
    • has Information/Computer Technology club (source), other computer clubs
  • Catalina HS
    • Title 1 school (source)
    • no AP CS course, but JTED in CS-related subjects, and Robotics club (source)
  • Catalina Foothills HS
  • Salpointe Catholic HS

Activities / Lack of Activities

we need to consider how much structure we want during these hours

  • use the existing AIMA framework to get things started?
  • some kind of competition they could work towards?
  • transition to an open hack environment?
    • first, get ROS installed
    • next, work with wubble2 simulator on a predefined project
    • next, run it on the robot
    • finally, have permissions to do some open hacking

Time / Scheduling

how much time per week can we spend on this

  • who (among us) is involved?
    • at least one Spanish speaker
  • what would be the best day/time?
  • how long would we need to prep. for this?
  • when we give tours, could we ask the organizer to bring information useful to #Finding a school?
  • is there anything special we need to do if high schoolers will be here?

Next steps

what are we planning to do next