How To Be A Successful College Student Computer Science Program

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#TeamSTEM

Innova&ve STEM Ac&vi&es for

Teens on Any Program

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#TeamSTEM

•  Introduc&on

•  Site •  School •  Community

•  Youth and Technology •  STEM Programming

•  Strengths •  Great Futures

•  What You’ll Need

•  Staﬀ

•  Equipment

•  Research & Marke&ng

•  Program Examples •  Recording Studio •  Video Produc&on •  Graphic Design •  Robo&cs •  Q&A

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_{Century
CLC}

•  _{Kelly
Williams
–
Club
Director}

•  Union League Boys & Girls Clubs •  Chicago, IL

•  _{Began
in
2012}

•  _{110
Youth
Enrolled} •  _{45
ADA}

•  _{Located
in
the
Roberto
Clemente
Community}

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Roberto Clemente Community

Academy

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Roberto Clemente Community

Academy

•  686 Students Enrolled •  96.5% Low Income

•  20% Special Educa&on

•  56.3% 5 Year Gradua&on Rate •  9.4% Composite PSAE Score •  15 Average ACT Score

•  74% Hispanic, 22% Black, 3% White, 1% Other

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Communi&es Served

•  Humboldt Park

•  158 Homicides since Jan 1st_{,
2007}1

•  Per-‐capita income $13,3912

•  Households below poverty level 32.6%2

•  No high school diploma 36.8%2

•  Aus&n

2007}1

•  Households below poverty level 27%2

•  No high school diploma 25%2

•  Logan Square

2007}1

•  Households below poverty level 17.2%2

•  No high school diploma 18%2

1_{Chicago
Tribune:
Redeye
Homicide
Tracker}_{,
Accessed
4/21/2014} 2_{Chicago
Tribune}_{,
Accessed
4/21/2014}

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Youth and Technology

•  “Today’s teens spend more than 7.5hours a day consuming

media — watching TV, listening to music, surﬁng the Web, social networking, and playing video games” 1

•  89% of teens living in households earning less than $30,000 per year use the internet. 30% of teens living in households earning less than $30,000 per year are cell-‐mostly internet users 2

•  So many op&ons: Smartphone apps, graphic design programs, YouTube, Facebook, Twimer, Instagram, SoundCloud, video games, etc.

•  Kids are learning about technology through what is already available to them.

•  They even learn when we try to prevent it: CPS and YouTube…

1_{Washington
Post}_{,
Accessed
4/21/2014}

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STEM

• The power of STEM Programs

•  _{Reach
a
wide
variety
of
youth
with
diﬀerent
interests}

•  _{Reach
youth
who
are
otherwise
reluctant
to
join}

programs, and those who have a lot of risk factors

•  _{One
of
the
best
ways
to
“sneak
in
learning”}

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STEM

• Great Futures

•  “The U.S. will have more than 1.2 million job openings in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)-‐related occupa&ons by 2018. These include scien&sts, doctors,

sorware developers and engineers. Yet, there will be a

significant shortage of qualified college graduates to fill these careers. For the U.S. to succeed and con&nue to play a

leadership role in addressing tough global challenges, we must do a bemer job of engaging students in these subjects and encouraging them to pursue careers in STEM-‐related ﬁelds.”1

•  80% of jobs in the next decade will require technology skills.1

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The 3 Keys for STEM Programming

• Successful STEM programs need:

1.  Staﬀ

2.  Equipment

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Staﬀ

•  _{Staﬀ
who
have
technology
experience,
or
at} least can dedicate signiﬁcant &me to learning.

•  _{Staﬀ
need
a
high
level
of
tech
proﬁciency.

STEM}

programming takes students to the next level, but they can get frustrated and quit without the right support.

•  YouTube tutorials, program tutorials

•  Hiring technology teachers from your feeder schools

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Staﬀ

•  _{Staﬀ
who
are
in
tune
with
the
interests
of} youth

•  2Pac in the 90’s

•  Diﬀerent students have diﬀerent interests •  More on this later in Research/Marke&ng

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Equipment

•  _{Overall,
it
is
a
necessary
and
worthwhile} investment.

•  _{Diﬀerent
levels
of
ﬁnancial
commitment
–
you} can run great programs on a variety of

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Equipment

•  Pre-‐exis&ng, donated and/or reduced price equipment

•  _{Browse
online
–
amazon.com,
newegg.com,}

techsoup.com

•  _{If
possible,
ask
companies
about
discounts
for}

equipment, especially if they are local – fullcompass.com

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Equipment

•  Pre-‐exis&ng, donated and/or reduced price sorware licenses

•  _{Contact
companies
directly
or
try
sites
like}

techsoup.com

•  _{Browse
the
internet
for
old
versions
of
sorware
–}

amazon.com

•  Corporate partnerships -‐ Microsor

•  _{Free
programs
can
be
found
online
and
many}

already come with your computer (Windows Movie Maker, iMovie, etc)

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Equipment

• Partnerships with schools

• If you are a school site, what school equipment can you use?

• If not, can you borrow equipment? Can you bring your students into the building to use their equipment?

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Research

•  _{Figure
out
what
the
students
are
interested
in.}

•  This can be as easy as picking out the “cool kid” and asking him/her what’s the best video, music, game, etc.

•  Give out small prizes to youth who write down their 10 favorite songs, videos, websites,

programs, cell phone applica&ons, etc.

•  Great way to research youth interests if you are new to a school/program.

•  If you have already have a computer lab, give students free &me and see how they spend it.

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Research

•  _{Stay
relevant}

•  This is a con&nual process.

•  You want your youth to think you know just as much about that cool song/video/program as they do,

maybe even more.

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Research

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Research

Staying Relevant with Sicko Mobb…

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Research

…and then again with MBE

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Marke&ng

•  _{U&lize
lunch
&me,
passing
periods}

•  _{Posters
and
announcements}

•  Use images/songs you’ve found from your research and have fun with it!

•  _{Recruit
from
your
other
successful
programs}

•  _{Have
a
small
group
make
a
video
/
song
/
etc} then present it to others

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Marke&ng

Remember:

You have the ability to provide something that youth want and can’t ﬁnd somewhere else (or

cant ﬁnd for free)

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Quick Summary

•  _Staﬀ

•  Highly trained or dedicated to learning •  In tune with students’ interests

•  Equipment

•  Can be obtained on a variety of budgets •  Dona&ons/discounts/partnerships

•  Research & Marke&ng

•  Staying relevant

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STEM Program Examples

•  _{Recording
Studio} •  _{Video
Produc&on} •  _{Graphic
Design} •  _Robo&cs

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Recording Studio

Staﬀ

•  _{Kelly
Williams}

•  _{Skilled
in
Sony
Acid
Music
Studio
sorware
as} well as recording studio equipment.

•  _{5-‐6
years
experience
running
teen
recording} studio programs.

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Recording Studio

Equipment

•  _{Small
budget}

•  Old computer (any computer with Vista, Windows 7,

some computers with XP, 2+ gigabytes of RAM)

•  $10-‐$20 microphone found online

•  Free sorware found online

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Recording Studio

Equipment

•  Medium budget

•  Decent computer (Vista, Windows 7, 2+ gigabytes of RAM)

•  Equipment packages in the $200-‐$500 (Best Buy or Full Compass, many online op&ons)

•  Microphone, mic stand, pop ﬁlter, speakers, headphones, sorware, USB interface

•  Sony Acid Music Studio $20 -‐ $80 (amazon.com) •  FruityLoops Producer Edi&on $199

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Recording Studio

Equipment

•  _{Large
budget}

•  High end computer (Windows 7 or 8, 4+ gigabytes of RAM, 500+ gigabyte hard drive)

•  High end equipment packages •  Dedicated, sound-‐proof rooms

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Recording Studio

Equipment – So7ware Op:ons

•  Helpful websites for downloading songs/ instrumentals

•  hmp://www.youtube-‐mp3.org/

•  hmp://www.online-‐convert.com/

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Recording Studio

Maya

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Recording Studio

Maya

•  _{In
the
school
musical,
likes
to
sing
oldies
and} gospel songs

•  _{No
access
to
recording
studio} •  _{Talk
to
her
at
lunch}

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Recording Studio

Darrien

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Recording Studio

Darrien

•  _{Likes
all
kinds
of
music}

•  _{No
access
to
recording
studio}

•  _{Talk
to
him
in
another
program
(Science} Homework Help)

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Recording Studio

CJ

•  Has a lot of risk factors – instability at home, gang involvement, police involvement

•  Amendance is sporadic •  Likes rap music

•  Does not have access to recording studio •  Wants to record rap songs and make beats

•  Lyrics are violent, gang references, drug references •  Doesn’t want to record if he can’t keep his lyrics the

way they are

•  Semles on making a beat

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Recording Studio

J & J

•  Both like rap music, have a number of risk factors, sporadic amendance

•  They already have access to a recording studio, and aren’t necessarily using it in a posi&ve way

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Recording Studio

J & J

•  _{Have
to
pay
$20-‐$30/hour
for
studio
&me
and} $150 for video produc&on

•  _{Want
to
learn
the
technology
for
themselves,} and for free

•  _{Are
ok
with
wri&ng
and
recording
a
posi&ve} song

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Recording Studio

Mike

•  _{Has
a
lot
of
risk
factors,
but
good
amendance} in other programs

•  _{Already
has
access
to
a
recording
studio
but,} again, is not using it in the most posi&ve way

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Recording Studio

Mike

•  _{Would
like
to
learn
recording
studio} technology and record rap songs

•  _{Is
not
mo&vated
to
write
a
posi&ve
song,
does} not want to make beats

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Video Produc&on

Staﬀ

•  _{Milton
Tanco}

•  Graduated from Colombia College School of Media Arts – specialized in ﬁlm and video produc&on

•  Volunteers as ﬁlm director at a local church

•  Highly proﬁcient in a wide variety of digital media sorware

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Video Produc&on

Equipment

•  _{Small
Budget}

•  Decent computer (Windows Vista or above, 3+ gigabytes of RAM)

•  Low end hand held digital camcorder $50-‐$90 (amazon.com)

•  Free sorware found online or included with computer (Windows Movie Maker, iMovie)

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Video Produc&on

Equipment

•  _{Medium
Budget}

•  Good computer (Windows Vista or Windows 7, 3+ gigabytes of RAM, 100+ gigabyte hard drive)

•  Mid level HD camcorder found online $150-‐$300 (amazon.com)

•  Adobe Premiere Elements, Sony Vegas Movie Studio $20-‐$100 (amazon.com)

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Video Produc&on

Equipment

•  _{Large
Budget}

•  Dedicated room for video produc&on •  High end digital camcorder $800+

•  Addi&onal items such as microphones, studio lights, teleprompters

•  Avid Media Composer ($999), Adobe Premiere Pro ($799) and Arer Eﬀects ($729)

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Video Produc&on

Back to Mike

•  Didn’t want to record a song

•  Loves bopping, is very interested in making a bopping video

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Mike and the Dlow Shuﬄe (Medium Budget)

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Jevon and Friends (Low Budget)

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Video Produc&on

Another take on video produc&on – high end poten&al…

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Video Produc&on

Staﬀ

•  Mildred Amador

•  Graduated from Columbia College with a BA in Media Arts and Broadcas&ng

•  Worked at local news channel as assistant news director

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Video Produc&on

Equipment

•  Only made possible by our partnership with the school

•  Industry standard cameras, dedicated studio space, studio ligh&ng, teleprompters, Final Cut Pro

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Wildcat News

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Graphic Design

Staﬀ

•  _{Kelly
Williams
and
Milton
Tanco}

•  _{Years
of
experience
with
graphic
design,
as} instructors and recrea&onally

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Graphic Design

Equipment

•  _{Small
budget}

•  Old computer (any computer with Vista, some computers with XP, 1-‐2 gigabytes of RAM)

•  Free sorware: GIMP

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Graphic Design

Equipment

•  _{Medium
budget}

•  Decent computer (any computer with Windows 7, most computers with Vista, 2+ gigabytes of RAM) •  Adobe Photoshop Elements $70 (amazon.com)

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Graphic Design

Equipment

•  _{Large
Budget}

•  Industry standard sorware (i.e. Adobe Crea&ve Suite 6 $1299-‐$2599

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Graphic Design

David

•  Likes crea&ng art, especially anime

•  Has a computer at home, but does not have any graphic design programs

•  Wants to showcase his art

•  Wants to learn Adobe Photoshop Elements to enhance and bemer showcase his art

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Robo&cs

Staﬀ

•  Shannon Kephart

•  Math teacher at the school

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Robo&cs

Equipment

•  _{Small
budget}

•  1 Lego MINDSTORMS NXT Base Set $299

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Robo&cs

Equipment

•  _{Medium
budget}

•  3-‐4 Lego MINDSTORMS NXT Base Set $299/each

•  _{1-‐4
licenses
for
Lego
MINDSTORMS
NXT
Sorware}

$79/each

or

•  _{16-‐Dof
Robo&nno
Kit
$945
(stemﬁnity.com)}

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Robo&cs

Equipment

•  _{Large
budget}

•  Robo&cs sets at $1000+ (stemﬁnity.com)

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Kelly Williams

Clemente Union League Boys & Girls Club Roberto Clemente Community Academy

1147 N Western Ave Chicago, IL 60622 [email protected]

How To Be A Successful College Student Computer Science Program

#TeamSTEM

Innova&ve STEM Ac&vi&es for

Teens on Any Program

#TeamSTEM

21

Century CLC

Roberto Clemente Community

Academy

Roberto Clemente Community

Academy

Communi&es Served

Youth and Technology

STEM

•

The power of STEM Programs

STEM

•

Great Futures

The 3 Keys for STEM Programming

•

Successful STEM programs need:

Staﬀ

Staﬀ

Equipment

Equipment

Equipment

Equipment

•

Partnerships with schools

Research

Research

Research

Research

Research

Marke&ng

Marke&ng

Quick Summary

STEM Program Examples

Recording Studio

Staﬀ

Recording Studio

Equipment

Recording Studio

Equipment

Recording Studio

Equipment

Recording Studio

Recording Studio

Recording Studio

Recording Studio

Recording Studio

Recording Studio

CJ

Recording Studio

Recording Studio

J & J

Recording Studio

Recording Studio

Video Produc&on

Video Produc&on

Equipment

Video Produc&on

Equipment

Video Produc&on

Equipment

Video Produc&on

Video Produc&on

Video Produc&on

Video Produc&on

Graphic Design

Graphic Design

Graphic Design

Graphic Design

Graphic Design

Robo&cs

Robo&cs

Equipment

Robo&cs

Equipment

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