PACSE Fall 2006 Symposium

The PACSE Fall 2006 symposium was co-sponsored by MSPGP and Villanova University. A highlight of the meeting was the participation of Marjorie Blaze, Chief of the Division of Teacher Education in the Pennsylvania Department of Education who spoke about the possibility of teacher certification in Computer Science in Pennsylvania.

	Robert Beck, chair of the Department of Computing Sciences, Villanova University, and Mary-Angela Papalaskari welcome the Symposium participants to Villanova University
	Steve Cooper (St Josephs' University) discusses  the CSTA model K-12 curriculum
	Marjorie Blaze (Pennsylvania Department of Education) presentation on Pennsylvania teacher certification
	Frank Klassner discusses robotics in CS education, presents an overview of the demos contributed by participants in the symposium
	Karen Hess talks about robotics and her experience coaching robotics teams for the First LEGO league international competition
	CS certification task force - planning session
	Registration, refreshments & discussion
	Andrew Ruether (Lower Merion SD) and other participants at robotics "Bring Your Own Robot" session
	villanova graduate student Chris Continanza (left) helped with demos in robotics session