The LSU Center for Computation & Technology, in conjunction with the Supercomputing 2008 conference Education Program, hosted a weeklong workshop on “Integrating Computational Science into the Undergraduate Curriculum.” SC08 sent educators to teach this workshop, which took place June 8-14 on the LSU campus.
Participants from colleges, universities and even elementary and secondary education institutions attended the workshop to learn new techniques, new curricula and new applications to further computational science education in all disciplines. The workshop is part of the Supercomputing conference’s national efforts to advance computational sciences as part of college undergraduate curricula.
The participating faculty members were from different research backgrounds, including biology, chemistry, environmental science and music, and all attended the workshop to learn how they can bring computational research into their classrooms.
The instructors demonstrated new computational science tools and techniques to use with students, such as wikis, moodles, mashups, programming and data sharing. The instructors lectured in the mornings, and participants worked on their own projects and interest areas in the afternoons, with one-on-one help from the instructors.
For more information on this workshop, please visit http://www.cct.lsu.edu/SC08educate.
Publish Date:
06-16-2008
