Program

Conference Keynote

Educating the Net Generation
Diana Oblinger, Ph.D.
Vice President
EDUCAUSE

Abstract

One student walks across campus listening to an iPod; another is engrossed in text messaging on her cell phone. During class, they're Googling, IMing and playing games—often at the same time. More likely to use the library as a gathering place than a resource, this is the Net Generation. They co-exist beside older students who are juggling work, childcare and eldercare. Although we see them daily, do we understand our learners? What do their experiences, attitudes and expectations mean for educational institutions? This presentation will help participants listen to what we are seeing—and respond.

Net Gen introduction | Speaker's biography | E-book on the Net Generation

Schedule

Sunday Evening, April 2

6:00 – 9:00: Registration and Reception

6:30 – 8:30: Dinner served

8:00: Performance by the Packabelles

Monday, April 3

7:00 – 12:00: Registration

7:00 – 8:25: Breakfast

8:30 – 9:00: Welcome – Organizers, NSF, and Dr. Sarah Rajala (Associate Dean for Research & Graduate Programs, NCSU College of Engineering)

9:00 – 10:30: Panel 1 — Dissemination through Universities and Colleges

Moderator: Mladen Vouk, North Carolina State University

Andrew Bernat, Executive Director, Computing Research Association (slides)

Kathryn Bartol, University of Maryland (slides)

Eileen Trauth, Penn State University (slides)

Catherine Weinberger, University of California – Santa Barbara (slides)

Robert B. Schnabel, University of Colorado; co-Founder, National Center for Women and Technology (NCWIT) (slides)

10:30 – 11:00: Break - tours of the Girl Scout Technology-Outfitted Bus

11:00 – 12:00: Keynote, Diana Oblinger, Educating the Net Generation (slides)

12:00 – 1:00: Lunch

1:00 – 2:30: Presentations by 2004 Awardees

Moderator: Kristin Watkins, Meredith College

Culture Clash! The Adverse Effects of IT Occupational Subculture on Formative Work Experiences of IT Students (slides)
Jeffrey Stanton and Debra Eischen

Gender HCI Issues in Problem-Solving Software (slides)
Margaret Burnett

Scholars of the Future: An Implementation Model for Increasing Diversity in Information Technology (slides)
Juan Gilbert, Bevlee Watford, Lamont Flowers, James Moore III, and Whitney Edmister

Women and Cyber Security: Gendered Tasks and Inequitable Outcomes (slides)
H. Raghav Rao, Shambhu Upadhyaya, and Sharmistha Bagchi-Sen

2:30 – 3:00: Break - tours of the Girl Scout Technology-Outfitted Bus

3:00 – 4:30: Panel 2 — Dissemination through K-12

Moderator: Sally Berenson, North Carolina State University

Robb Cutler, Chair, Computer Science Teachers Association (slides)

Mike Etheridge, former high school teacher

Lecia Barker, University of Colorado; Senior Research Scientist, National Center for Women and Technology (NCWIT) (slides)

Linda Werner, University of California – Santa Cruz

4:30 – 5:15: Special Session

The Power of Partners: Helping Females Find Their Way to High Tech Careers
Peggy Meszaros, Virginia Tech

Monday Evening, April 3

5:30: Buses leave for North Carolina Natural Sciences Museum

6:00 – 9:00: Main conference dinner at the museum catered by Caffé Luna

9:00: Buses return to hotel

Tuesday, April 4

7:30 – 8:25: Breakfast

8:30 – 10:00: Presentations by 2004 Awardees

Moderator: Debra Major, Old Dominion University

Creating an Inclusive Learning Environment: Enhancing Retention of Women and Minorities in Computer Science (slides)
Donald Davis, Janis Sanchez-Hucles, and Debra Major

Increasing the Representation of Undergraduate Women and Minorities in Computer Science (slides)
Susan Horwitz

African-Americans in IT: Improving the Graduate Education and Workforce Pipelines (slides)
Wanda Smith and France Belanger

Building Communities: Recruiting and Retention of Underrepresented Groups in Computer Science (slides)
Samuel Kamin and Tim Wentling

10:00 – 10:30: Break

10:30 – 12:00: Panel 3 — Dissemination to and Priorities of Industry

Moderator: Joanne Cohoon, University of Virginia

Sarah Revi Sterling, University of Colorado - Boulder, Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology, Board of Advisors (slides)

Juan Gilbert, Auburn University (slides)

Margaret Ashida, Director, University Talent Programs, IBM; Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology, Board of Trustees; co-chair of the Workforce Alliance for NCWIT (slides)

12:00 – 1:00: Lunch

1:00 – 2:00: Presentations of Selected Projects

Moderator: Roli Varma, University of New Mexico

Girls are IT! (slides)
Katherine Lambert and Sally Daley

The Research Component of a Model IT College (slides)
Mary L. Good and William M. Mitchell (presented by Ningning Wu)

Women and Information Technology: A Comparative Study of Young Women from Middle Grades through High School, and into College (slides)
Mladen A. Vouk, Sarah B. Berenson and Joan Michael

Understanding Gendered Attrition in Departments of Information Technology (slides)
Elizabeth Lawley and Tona Henderson

2:00 – 2:45: Wrap-up session, NSF

2:45 – 3:15: Break – Box meals available