Computing Education for the 21st Century (CE21) meeting in New Orleans Jan 30 - Feb 1

NSF is seeking participation from educational researchers to attend this NSF-sponsored meeting at the end of January:

"Last spring, NSF’s Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE) cancelled all of its computer science programs on education and broadening participation.  They were merged into a new program, called Computing Education for the 21st Century (CE21) with a new solicitation that can be found at http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2010/nsf10619/nsf10619.htm?org=NSF.  CE21 is unusual in that it aims to bring the CISE community's expertise on computing education and broadening participation together with education researchers (the kind normally supported in NSF's EHR Directorate).  

A big meeting to set the stage for CE21 collaborations is being held in New Orleans on January 30th – February 1st as an initial effort to bring these communities together.  While many computer scientists have already registered, extremely few education researchers have so I am sending this e-mail in order to encourage more participation by education researchers.  Therefore, please share this e-mail with colleagues who you think might have the background and interest to participate in CE21.

Please be aware that CISE will pay reasonable travel expenses (airfare, taxis, hotel, food, etc.) for the meeting (complete details will be in the registration materials).

As there is an application process (due to space limitations, not everyone can attend), interested individuals should apply at http://www.ncwit.org/ce21.apply-phase1.php. 

I very much look forward to CE21 being a fruitful opportunity for joint contributions by computer scientists and education researchers to the STEM education literature."

James E. Hamos, Ph.D.

Program Director, Math and Science Partnership

Division of Undergraduate Education

Directorate for Education and Human Resources

National Science Foundation

Room 864, 4201 Wilson Boulevard

Arlington, VA  22230

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