BPC-DP: New Voices and New Visions for Engaging Native Americans in Computer Science
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| Audience/Grade: | High School Junior -College Senior 11-College Senior |
| Discipline(s): |
Community-based Service Learning Computer Science Computing Diversity Information Technology Software Engineering Teamwork Technology and Society |
| Special Topic(s): |
Native American Engineers and Scientists BPC - NSF Programs |
| Learning Resource Type: |
Teaching - Curricular Unit |
| Media Type: |
Audio |
| Author(s): |
Arthur Maccabe Erik Brisson Glenn Bresnahan Greg Cajete Jennifer Teig von Hoffman Maria Williams |
| Description: | New Voices and New Visions for Engaging Native Americans in Computer Science is a collaborative project between Boston University (BU) and University of New Mexico (UNM), funded through NSF's Broadening Participation in Computing program, and in close collaboration with Walatowa High Charter School and the Pueblo of Jemez. This 36-month project combines Native American culture and art with a high-technology, computer-rich environment as a vehicle to engage Native American students in computer and computational science. The project employs the Access Grid (AG), virtual reality technologies and Boston University's stereoscopic Deep Vision Display Wall (DVD Wall) to create a culturally and technologically compelling educational experience. We are using a holistic and interdisciplinary approach that incorporates Native American pedagogy, culture and visual aesthetics, computational applications (digital media, VR, 3D animation, DVD Wall, AG), and computer science concepts. The focal point of our research is a new project-oriented, interdisciplinary course which is cross-listed between Native American Studies and Computer Science at UNM, and taught in a revised version at the Walatowa High Charter School. Instructors at all locations are using the context of virtual reality to introduce the students to a variety of computer science concepts and computer technologies. |
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| Keywords: | BPC-NSF BPC-DP interdisciplinary art stereo display Access Grid computer science programs ethnic differences American Indian Native American |
| Is Component of: |
BPC-DP: NSF Program for Demonstration Projects in Broadening Participation in Computing |
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| Related ABET Criteria: |
Academic Achievement Confidence Course Retention (d) Work effectively in multi-disciplinary teams (h) Understand global, economic, environmental, and societal context (i) Engage in life-long learning Engagement Higher Order Thinking Skills Intellectual development Leadership Major Retention Motivation Retention Team Learning Team Skills Teams |
| Intervention(s): |
Animation Collaborative/cooperative learning Design tools Distance learning Distributed Faculty/student interaction Inquiry/discovery/hands-on Interactive Learning styles Multidisciplinary Multimedia Projects/project-based Software packages Student presentations Synchronous Team work Teams Use of Educational Technologies Use of Online Learning Technologies Use of Specific Teaching & Learning Techniques Use of Student Retention Interventions Virtual Virtual reality |
| Use of Resource: |
Strategies and interventions: combining Native American culture and art with a high-technology, computer-rich environment for relevance and motivation with Native American students. |
| Version Info | |
| Publication Date: | August 2008 |
| Platform/Format: |
WWW |
| Cost: |
Free |
| Download URL: | http://scv.bu.edu/newvoices/ |
| Metadata: |
IEEE LOM Record |
| Collection: |
Broadening Participation in Computing (BPC)
NEEDS
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