1. Engaging Hispanic Students in Computing: Bridging Research and Practice in Middle and High School

2.  Please indicate how good a choice each would be as a college major for you or someone like you.  Computing/computer science/information technology ▪ Source: New Image for Computing www.acm.org/membership/NIC.pdf www.acm.org/membership/NIC.pdf

3. Very good or good choice:  Hispanic boys: 78%  Hispanic girls: 32% Source: New Image for Computing www.acm.org/membership/NIC.pdf

4. Resources and challenges:  Institutional  Relational  Individual

5. Worlds: Families, peers, schools, community  Resources: financial aid, emotional and instrumental support  Challenges: limited access, computing does not help the community, computing is geeky, computing is not for students like you

6.  K-12:  Value cultural assets and practices  Increase computer access  Offer classes beyond typing

7.  Parent education driven by community needs After school programs:  Bilingual teachers  Professional mentors  Near-peer role models  Pairs or small groups  Online/ anytime networks of support

8. After school programs:  Hands-on activities  Foster curiosity and exploration  Link activities to real-world issues  Link cultural values to program goals

10. 10 Intensive classes“Bridging” Puente Opportunity Network Parent Engagement

11. 4 th and 5 th Grade : Tech learn Middle School:  Computer game programming  Web design  MESA High School: Tech teach, MESA

12.  Puente: learning management system  Field trips to IT companies, colleges  Virtual role models and mentors  Student showcasing & Graduation

13.  Community Leadership Committee  Parent Workshop Series  Evening Computer Lab  Field Trips to Tech Companies

14.  Coalition of STEM education programs  Cross-refer students  Coordinate schedules  Share resources  Get the “T” into STEM

15.  Research findings  Institutional  Relational  Individual

16.  Partnerships  Across K-12  K-12 higher ed  Informal settings K-12  Informal settings higher ed

17.  Jacob Martinez (Project Director) jacobm@etr.org  Steve Bean (Principal Investigator) steveb@etr.org

18. http://www.cscproject.org/ Webcast: Thursday, 11am PST Karen Peterson kpeterson@edlabgroup.orgkpeterson@edlabgroup.org Brenda Britsch bbritsch@edlabgroup.orgbbritsch@edlabgroup.org Jill Denner jilld@etr.orgjilld@etr.org