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PLTW Affiliate Institute, San Diego State University Promotes engineering, technology and biomedical science courses for middle school and high school students. There are over 235 middle and high schools in California enrolled in the program and we are rapidly growing.

Influence of the Month

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Von Braun
Written by: Craig Counts, Clarckson, New York
in 2005
Admiral Grace Murray Hopper was known as a pioneer computer scientist. Whilst in the Navy, Hopper learned to program a Mark I computing machine, and put together a 500-page Manual of Operations for the Automatic Sequence-Controlled Calculator, in which she described and explained how early computers worked. Hopper's most significant invention however, was the compiler. The compiler is an intermediate program that translates English language instructions into the language of the target computer. Hopper was an important and dedicated pioneer of computer science.

Welcome!

1st Annual California Statewide Conference, Sacramento, February 22-23


Program Schedule

Wednesday, February 22nd – Hyatt Regency Hotel

12pm ..... registration at Hyatt
12:30pm to 2:30 .... pre-conference session .. regional meetings, subject matter breakouts
2:45pm - 4:00 ..... Opening keynote address and panel discussion, Vince Bertram, CEO PLTW Inc.
4:30pm - 6:30 ..... Cocktail reception - Esquire Grill, K St. Mall


Thursday, February 23rd – Sacramento Convention Center
8:00am - 9:15 .... Breakfast Keynote Address
9:30am - 10:45 .... Breakout session 1
11:00am - 12:15 .... Breakout session 2
12:15pm - 1:30 .... Lunch Keynote Address
1:45pm - 3 ..... Breakout session 3


Registration is at pltwca.net/go/PLTWCa2012
The first 100 hotel rooms for Weds. night will be offered at the reduced price of $75, first come, first served.

Announcements

All PLTW teachers, educators and partners ..... The First Annual California PLTW State Conference will be held in Sacramento on February 22-23, 2012. Please mark the dates, registration is free. Information will be sent out and posted on this site in the near future. You can register at pltwca.net/go/PLTWCa2012


PLTW is excited to announce its relationship with VEX Robotics, which will give PLTW schools new, exciting and cutting-edge opportunities both inside and outside the classroom. VEX Robotics' equipment is a high quality platform with broad functionality that allows students to create more innovative solutions to problems.
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