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SDSC Education Group

The Education group at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) offers a wide range of community outreach programs that bring cutting-edge research and science curriculum to students, teachers and parents. SDSC provides support to both local and national entities that promote mathematics and science education for K-12, undergraduate, and graduate level students. The San Diego Supercomputer Center invites you to explore our site and see what exciting programs we offer to teachers and students.

Expertise:

• Computational science education
• Introduction to supercomputing tools
• Technology-enhanced education
• Teacher professional development
• Educational portal development
• Using scientific data in K-14 classrooms
• Informal education
• Technology tools training

Current projects:

• TeraGrid Education, Outreach, and Training (GIG and RP-supported)
• SDSC Discover Data Portal
• SDSC TeacherTECH (Professional development for K-16 educators)
• SDSC StudentTech (Introduction to advanced technology tools for students)
• Information Technology - Engineering and Environmental Education Tools (ITETools), an NSF ITEST-funded project, Jeanne Ferrante, PI., Jacobs School of Engineering, UCSD (SDSC element includes development of an educational MMO game)
• Be WiSE programs (informal STEM education programs for secondary school girls)
• Community Well-Being Coalition founding partner (UCSD Inter-disciplinary, integrated research and education project that develops and delivers technology-enriched health education, and economic development programs in southeast San Diego communites, through partnerships with community and neighborhood organizations)
• NEH-funded HPC fot he Humanities Workshops
• And much more...

Team members:

• Diane Baxter Deputy Education Director
• Angela Mason Education Program Manager
• Jeff Sale Portal Developer, Programmer, and Instructor

Website: http://education.sdsc.edu