SUCCEED-HI: Spring Workshop for Hearing-Impaired Students

Summer Session 2004:
Not Offered

This offering, entitled "Explorations in Computational Science for Hearing-Impaired Students", is a two-week, full-time summer program designed to introduce middle- and high-school-age hearing-impaired students to the technologies, techniques, and tools of computational science. Computational science is one of the newest tools being used by the scientific research community to make observations and perform investigations into scientific behavior. Through the use of scientific principles, mathematical techniques, and computer tools, students will learn how to develop computer simulations and models to investigate a wide variety of scientific events, such as population growth, acid rain, diseases, and the physics of bungee jumping!

The focus of the two-week workshop is in the design, development, and use of computational tools as an observation and testing tool for interesting scientific problems. During the first week, students will participate in a series of lectures, structured hands-on model-building activities, and opportunities to work collaboratively with other students in the study of small scientific case studies. As a part of their modeling work, students will learn to use the Internet as a source of data and information for their computational work. During the second week, students will tackle a larger modeling problem, again working in small groups. The week will culminate with learning how to communicate their results, and students will be expected to create and deliver a formal presentation on their modeling work on the last day of the workshop.

This workshop is designed for students with an express interest in science, mathematics, and computing. Students are expected to have some experience in using a computer, and should be particularly motivated to engage in scientific studies. The program is designed for public, private, and home school hearing-impaired students who are at least rising 8th graders or academic equivalent.

The program will be conducted completely in sign language, and all students must be comfortable in a sign environment.

Tuition for the workshop is $100. Full and partial scholarships are available: it is the policy of the Foundation that no qualified student will be denied acceptance to the program due to financial difficulties. Tuition does not include lunch or transportation; students will need to arrange their own transportation and bring a bag lunch each day. While the formal program will conclude daily at 4:00 pm, students can remain until 5:00 pm each day to work on their own or to use the Internet in a supervised environment.

As the program has begun, registration is closed. More information and applications for next year's program can be obtained through:

• email to succeed@shodor.org
  
• calling the office at (919) 286-1911 (Voice/TDD)

The program will be conducted by Robert Gotwals, a former Gallaudet University chemistry faculty member, sign language interpreter, and computational science educator at the Foundation.