Posted: May possibly 10, 2010
The large school instructor appreciates the way to give a lecture, but just isn't really latest concerning the newest technology in computer science. The IT professional is up-to-speed on laptop or computer science, but isn't going to know how to create a lesson prepare, or handle an unruly teenager within the classroom. Together, even so, they may be understanding from one particular yet another.
"Pedagogy is what I am finding out from them, while I'm bringing my IT skills, which they don't have, to them," says Devon Smith, 46, who spent more than 20 years working for Dow Jones & Co. as a software engineer, before leaving the company in 2006. "Everybody is helping everybody."
The three-year program, called Operation Reboot,
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They co-teach at least two computing classes for 1 year, allowing the IT professional to learn the ins and outs of the classroom, and the teacher to get an education in information technology. The National Science Foundation is funding the program through $2.5 million in grant money, as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
In Georgia, teachers need only a business certification to teach personal computer science. As a result, "a lot of people who teach pc science classes don't have any formal training in computer science," says Barbara Ericson, director of computing outreach at Georgia Tech's college of computing. "So the idea was to match up people who have the knowledge and background in personal computer science, but don't necessarily understand how to teach."
Each of the IT workers is taking courses with GaTAPP to obtain a teacher's certification. They have three years to finish. Georgia Tech pays the $5,000 in fees. Since there is no certification in computer sciences, the IT professionals concentrate on math, science or business. The IT workers and the teachers also attend classes at Georgia Tech, which provides courses on how you can teach computer science.
Furthermore, the teachers and the IT workers both attend workshops once a month throughout the school year and week-long workshops in the summer. Each duo also is assigned a "mentor,
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"The idea is to get them both trained in better ways to teach personal computer science,
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For the one-time pc professionals, "it's now a quite different lifestyle," Ericson says. "University is different."
Smith, who teaches in an inner-city Atlanta substantial college, agrees. "It's been a little rough,
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With a homemaker wife and three children, one particular of them in college, he's happy to be using his skills within the workplace again. Each IT worker receives a monthly stipend of $3,410 for 11 months,
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He wishes, nonetheless, that the schools had newer, more up-to-date laptop or computer equipment for their students. "They're not the best," he says. "They're old. They definitely need some upgrading."
Still, "some of the kids really like computers. Their faces really light up when I take over. It's different from what they're used to," he says. "Initially, the kids didn't see where computers would help. I have to remind them that what they learn here will absolutely affect everything they will be doing, that,
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