[blindkid] Summer Computer Science Academy for High School Students

[Stephanie Ludi]

Hello,

I am in the process of recruiting for the CS Academy that is part of a new
grant (to support a newly designed Inclusive Exploring Computer Science
curriculum).  Please share the following with high school students and
parents.

The dates do not conflict with the NFB STEMX event (which I will also be
helping with).

Thank you,
--Steph


Are you interested in technology? exploring what Computer Science is all
about?  If so, then check out this summer's:

CS Academy
July 7 – 20, 2013
Department of Software Engineering
B. Thomas Golisano College of Computing and Information Sciences
Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)



CS Academy is intended to provide high school students with visual
impairments an opportunity to learn about Computer Science in a 2-week
summer academy at RIT in New York, and a follow-up online component that
will enable them to further explore computing, create projects and share
them in an accessible manner.  The curriculum will be derived from the
Exploring Computer Science (ECS) curriculum, which is used in dozens of
high school around the US.  It will be enhanced to enable students with
visual impairments to develop their abilities in areas such as web design
programming, and robotics.

If you are interested in applying, more information including the
application can be found at www.se.rit.edu/~iecs
You can also email Dr. Stephanie Ludi at salvse at rit.edu