CS Buzz is a two-week-long, on-campus course designed for K-12 teachers to use as professional development or as part of the Master of Science for Teachers (MST) program to earn 2 graduate credits. The K-12 teachers enrolled in the CS Buzz course will learn different topics in Computer Science and teach these topics in one of the one-week summer camps for middle or high school students hosted by the Computer Science Department at New Mexico Tech.
By the end of this course, teachers will be able to
Understand topics (e.g., cybersecurity, machine learning) in Computer Science and relay that knowledge to middle and high school students.
Understand how to integrate different Computer Science topics into a single hands-on project.
Understand how to mentor students conducting a Computer Science related project.
A stipend of approximately $500 will be available for K-12 teachers completing the CS Buzz course along with an additional scholarship to cover the full tuition of the 2-credit graduate course. On-campus housing will be provided on a first come first serve basis.
K-12 teachers arrive on campus to learn topics in Computer Science with different guest instructors. These topics include:
Introduction to Computational Thinking Using Python
Introduction to Cybersecurity
Introduction to Machine Learning
Introduction to Game Design
Mobile Application Development
The K-12 teachers work on the assignment they will present during the summer camps for middle and high school students. For the assignment ,K-12 teachers will design a hands-on project which integrates at least two of the topics introduced during Week 1.
K-12 teachers choose one of three weeks available for the summer camps to implement the project designed during the first week:
July 11 to July 15: 11th & 12th grade students (High School Juniors & Seniors)
July 18 to July 22: 9th & 10th grade students (High School Freshmen & Sophomores)
July 25 to July 29: 7th & 8th grade students (Middle School)
K-12 teachers will:
teach one part of the environment setup and the programming language used in the course;
implement their integrated hands-on project during the summer to one group of summer camp students;
instruct summer camp students on their designed hands-on, interactive project during one of the five-day summer camps;
aid summer camp students in the completion of their designed hands-on, interactive project during one of the five-day summer camps.
Please submit the application at https://bit.ly/3tSu4Ts
If you are a current MST student, after you submit this application, please contact the Director of the Teacher Education Programs, Dr. Megha Khandelwal (megha.khandelwal@nmt.edu, 575.835.5470).
If you are a new MST student, please apply through the Graduate Office at New Mexico Tech (graduate@nmt.edu, https://www.nmt.edu/gradstudies/) before submitting an application to this program.