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THE NEED TO BUILD A LOCAL TEACHER
WORKFORCE IN COMPUTER
TECHNOLOGY FIELDS
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2020, 10AM - 11AM
Target audience: Future teachers/students, Current
Community College/University Instructors, Education
stakeholders
Hosted by: City College of San Francisco LET'S GET MOVING! (ENGLISH
Presenter(s): Maura Devlin-Clancy WORKSHOP)
Coordinator: Maura Devlin-Clancy TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2020, 11AM - 12PM
E-mail: mclancy@ccsf.edu
Target audience: Future teachers/students, Current K-12
Computer technology skills are in high demand. There is teachers, Current Community College/University
great promise for our students to earn high Instructors, Education stakeholders, ECE, The content is
wages through pathways leading to careers in cloud focused on children ages 2-5, although the neuroscience
computing, web development, cybersecurity, computer based info and example exercise are applicable for
networking and related fields. But two issues teachers of older students.
significantly impact this potential: a lack of teachers
overall and more importantly, a lack of diverse, local Hosted by: Project Commotion
teachers trained to teach in these computer technology Presenter(s): Annie Aguilar, Curricula Coordinator and
areas. This presentation will discuss the issues of and Movement Instructor
strategies for building a diverse student and teacher Coordinator: Annie Aguilar
pipeline from diverse, local communities to high demand E-mail: annie@projectcommotion.org
career pathways in computer technologies. This interactive 60 minute workshop, led by a Project
Commotion (PC) movement instructor, will serve as an
introduction to the philosophy behind PC’s methodology
and to basics about the brain-body connection. The
principal focus of the workshop will be on the
importance of movement for learning through a
neuroscience lens, emphasizing how physical activity can
increase brain activity and lead to more neuronal
connections--and ultimately more learning--during
developmental stages. Participants will try out
movement learning activities themselves throughout the
workshop, and also have an opportunity to reflect on
personal and student engagement through movement.
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