This document provides an agenda for a computing conference taking place on September 28th, 2015 at Timberline PK-8 School in Longmont, Colorado. The all-day conference will include introductions, two keynote speakers, three sessions of breakout workshops on various computing topics, and lunch. Breakout sessions will cover areas like app development, ethics of computer vision, data visualization, and more. The goal is to empower students and discuss computing in education.

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Computing by Design: Empowering Students in a Changing World
Monday, September 28th, 2015
Timberline PK­8 School, Longmont, Colorado
7:45 am Registration and coffee​ ­ ​Outside Entrance​; ​Community Room
8:00 am Introductions: ​Axel Reitzig, SVVSD IC; Debra Goldberg, CU; Jane Krauss,
NCWIT ­ ​Community Room
8:20 am Opening: ​Ruthe Farmer, NCWIT​ ­ ​Big Ideas in Computing​ ­ ​Community Room
9:00 am Keynote: ​Leysia Palen, CU​ ­ ​Innovation​ ­ ​Community Room
9:45 am Break
10:00 am Breakout #1
● Guidance Counselors and Administrators​ ­ ​Community Room
● Elementary­​ ​Elementary STEM Lab
● Middle​ ​­ ​Secondary STEM Lab
● High School​ ​­ ​Secondary Cafeteria
11:00 am Break
11:15 am Breakout #2
● App Development for Social Justice​ (social studies, arts, family & consumer science,
science, world languages, health) ­ ​Neptune Computer Lab
● Ethics: Using Computer Vision​ (language arts, social studies, computer science) ­
Secondary STEM Lab
● The Importance of the Algorithm: Understanding Computation to Aid in Science​ (science,
math, social studies) ­ ​Reynold’s science STEM lab
● Visualizing Data: Infographics​ ​(language arts, science, social studies, world languages,
family & consumer science, health) ­ ​Saturn Computer Lab
● Makerspace in Your Space​ (library, art, computer science) ­ ​Mars Computer Lab
● Modeling & Simulation for Epidemiology​ (health, math, science, language arts, social
studies) ­ ​Elementary STEM Lab
● Run the Code: An Obstacle Course for Teaching Code​ (physical education, computer
science) ­ ​Outdoor Classroom
● Technology for Social Good: Design Hackathons on Accessibility​ (social studies, arts,
language arts, computer science) ­ ​Community Room

2. 12:15 pm Lunch and Keynote: ​Shaun Kane, CU​ ­ ​Superhuman Computing: Designing
Technology to Support Our Natural Abilities ​­ ​Community Room
1:30 pm Break
1:40 pm Breakout #3 ​­ ​Community Room
● Beyond the Hour of Code: School Planning for CS Integration
● Vendor displays and support
2:30 pm Closing​ ­ ​Community Room
3:00 pm End​ ­ Thanks for coming!