Project for ENG331 at NCSU

1. Recommendation for
Pilot Program Funding
Committee on the Modernization of
STEM Education

2. Overview
● Current state of Computer Science
education
● Modernized pilot class curriculum
● Project schedule
● Budgetary requirements
● Specific recommendations

3. The State of CS Education
● Programming
language syntax
○ Java, C++
● Equivalent to basic
undergraduate
course

4. The Future of CS Education
● Motivation-first approach
○ How does the Internet
work?
○ Function of an operating
system?
○ What is an Intrusion
Detection System?
○ There's Free and Open
Source Software?

5. Project Schedule
● 2/13: Receive Google RISE funding
● 2/13: Secure equipment, school supplies
● 7/13: Move into pilot classroom
● 8/13-5/14: Instruct class
● 6/14: Collect, analyze and interpret data
● 6/14-till: Lobby for expansion of program

6. Budgetary Requirements
● Basic educational equipment $3000
● Travel costs to NCSU $1500
● Travel costs to Red Hat $1500
+ ______
$6000

7. Recommendations
IF: We're granted a Google RISE award
THEN: Students learn to love STEM
AND Potentially modernize STEM education
AND Better train future innovators
AND Google secures its intellectual capital
The Logic is Clear!