<h1 id="toc0" style="padding:5px 0px 0px;margin:0px;font-size:1.4em;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">LOGIN: <strong><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?password=M.FCAF787B38E30D58F943EB7232EE27" rel="nofollow" style="background-image:url('http://www.wikispaces.com/i/a.gif');padding-right:10px;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat">http://tinyurl.com/math20event</a></strong></h1>

<br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Join Phil Wagner, the Curriculum Fellow for Google's Exploring Computational Thinking project, to discuss teaching higher order thinking skills that are used by computer scientists, engineers, and mathematicians to solve problems.</span><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">

<br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">All events in the Math Future weekly series: </span><a class="wiki_link" href="http://mathfuture.wikispaces.com/events" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">http://mathfuture.wikispaces.com/events</a><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">

<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The recording will be at: </span><a class="wiki_link" href="http://mathfuture.wikispaces.com/ExploringComputationalThinking" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">http://mathfuture.wikispaces.com/ExploringComputationalThinking</a><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">

<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Your time zone: </span><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://bit.ly/JFwB4P" rel="nofollow" style="background-image:url('http://www.wikispaces.com/i/a.gif');background-color:rgb(255,255,255);padding-right:10px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat">http://bit.ly/JFwB4P</a> <div>

<br></div><div><h2 id="toc1" style="padding:5px 0px 0px;margin:0px;font-size:1.3em;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><strong>How to join</strong></h2><ul style="padding:0px 0px 0px 3em;margin:0.5em 0px 0px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">

<li>Follow this link at the time of the event: <strong><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?password=M.FCAF787B38E30D58F943EB7232EE27" rel="nofollow" style="background-image:url('http://www.wikispaces.com/i/a.gif');padding-right:10px;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat">http://tinyurl.com/math20event</a></strong></li>

<li>Wednesday, June 6th 2012 we will meet online at 4pm Pacific, 7pm Eastern time.</li><li>Click "OK" and "Accept" several times as your browser installs the software. When you see Session Log-In, enter your name and click the "Login" button</li>

<li>If this is your first time, come a few minutes earlier to check out the technology.</li></ul><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><h2 id="toc2" style="padding:5px 0px 0px;margin:0px;font-size:1.3em;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">

<a name="LOGIN: http:tinyurl.com/math20event-About Exploring Computational Thinking project"></a>About Exploring Computational Thinking project</h2><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The project began about 3 years ago to support the STEM and CS community. The concept of Computational Thinking was first referenced by </span><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.papert.org/articles/AnExplorationintheSpaceofMathematicsEducations.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="background-image:url('http://www.wikispaces.com/i/a.gif');background-color:rgb(255,255,255);padding-right:10px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat">Seymour Papert</a><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> and brought into the mainstream by </span><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~wing/publications/Wing06.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="background-image:url('http://www.wikispaces.com/i/a.gif');background-color:rgb(255,255,255);padding-right:10px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat">Jeannette Wing</a><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">. Math and science teachers were brought in to develop curriculum and promote computational thinking so others would be inspired to implement it in their own classrooms.</span><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">

<br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><img src="http://www.ctillustrated.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Screen-Shot-2011-10-22-at-9.49.39-PM-320x217.png" alt="external image Screen-Shot-2011-10-22-at-9.49.39-PM-320x217.png" title="external image Screen-Shot-2011-10-22-at-9.49.39-PM-320x217.png" style="border: 0px; padding: 4px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">

<br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The comics on this page come from </span><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.ctillustrated.com/" rel="nofollow" style="background-image:url('http://www.wikispaces.com/i/a.gif');background-color:rgb(255,255,255);padding-right:10px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat">http://www.ctillustrated.com/</a><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">, one of Phil's favorite Creative Commons projects on the subject.</span><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">

<br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Computational thinking includes the higher order thinking skills that are used by computer scientists, engineers, mathematicians, and others to solve problems. While computers and technology are not essential to this process, they are useful for problems involving large amounts of data or repeated use of an algorithm.</span><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">

<br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><img src="http://www.ctillustrated.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Screen-Shot-2011-10-22-at-9.40.49-PM-320x218.png" alt="external image Screen-Shot-2011-10-22-at-9.40.49-PM-320x218.png" title="external image Screen-Shot-2011-10-22-at-9.40.49-PM-320x218.png" style="border: 0px; padding: 4px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">

<br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The process of computational thinking as it is described at Google is to decompose or break down the problem, look for patterns in the data, create abstractions, and finally develop an algorithm that can be used by others to solve the problem and others like it.</span><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">

<br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">We believe computational thinking is relevant to students because it enables them to see how computer science applies to what they are interested in and is necessary if they are to innovate and create in this age of big data and enormous challenges. Computational thinking is often referred to as CS + X for all x. This means that wherever computer science meets another discipline, students discover how it is relevant to their lives and how useful it can be.</span><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">

<br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><img src="http://www.ctillustrated.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Screen-Shot-2011-10-22-at-9.41.57-PM-320x470.png" alt="external image Screen-Shot-2011-10-22-at-9.41.57-PM-320x470.png" title="external image Screen-Shot-2011-10-22-at-9.41.57-PM-320x470.png" style="border: 0px; padding: 4px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">

<br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">The project can be found at </span><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.google.com/edu/ect" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="background-image:url('http://www.wikispaces.com/i/a.gif');background-color:rgb(255,255,255);padding-right:10px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat">www.google.com/edu/ect</a><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">

<h2 id="toc3" style="padding:5px 0px 0px;margin:0px;font-size:1.3em;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><a name="LOGIN: http:tinyurl.com/math20event-Event Host"></a>Event Host</h2><strong style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><img src="http://mathfuture.wikispaces.com/file/view/PhilWagner.png/339863612/175x175/PhilWagner.png" alt="PhilWagner.png" title="PhilWagner.png" align="left" style="border: 0px; padding: 4px; height: 175px; width: 175px; ">Phil Wagner</strong><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> writes:</span><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">

<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">I am a math/science/robotics teacher. I came to work at Google on the Exploring Computational Thinking project, because I wanted to spread this idea and help others create resources that were appropriate for their classrooms. In addition to my work at Google, I blog at </span><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="http://www.brokenairplane.com/" rel="nofollow" style="background-image:url('http://www.wikispaces.com/i/a.gif');background-color:rgb(255,255,255);padding-right:10px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat">BrokenAirplane.com</a><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> and I created the Android app </span><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.brokenairplane.physicsGizmo" rel="nofollow" style="background-image:url('http://www.wikispaces.com/i/a.gif');background-color:rgb(255,255,255);padding-right:10px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat">Physics Gizmo</a><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> to enable students to collect scientific data using only their phones. I can be found on </span><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="https://plus.google.com/110891307255905847602/about" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="background-image:url('http://www.wikispaces.com/i/a.gif');background-color:rgb(255,255,255);padding-right:10px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat">Google+</a><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"> and Twitter </span><a class="wiki_link_ext" href="https://twitter.com/#!/brokenairplane" rel="nofollow" style="background-image:url('http://www.wikispaces.com/i/a.gif');background-color:rgb(255,255,255);padding-right:10px;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px;background-repeat:no-repeat no-repeat">@brokenairplane</a>
</div><div><br clear="all"><br></div><div>Cheers,<br>Maria Droujkova<br>919-388-1721<br><br>Make math your own, to make your own math<br><br> <br>
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