World Wide Workshop Newsletter May 2013

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May 2013 Newsletter Vol 5: Issue 11 - World Wide Workshop May 2013 Newsletter

Dear Partners and Friends, It's Globey Awards season! We are proud of this year's young

finalists and winners in San Jose, CA, and Austin, TX, and the game designers getting

ready for Globey Awards Ceremonies in New York City and West Virginia. SIIA recognized

Globaloria as an EdTech Innovator in San Francisco; our Professional Development model

was featured in TechEdge Magazine in Texas; and we presented at the annual NCWIT

Summit in Arizona. Thanks for your continued support. Cheers, Id it

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In This Month's Issue:

1. The Globeys: Students Recognized for CS-STEM Innovation at the Globey Awards Ceremonies

in San Jose and EAPrep; WV and NYC Get Competition-Ready

2. Calling for Empowering Latinas in Computing at the 2013 NCWIT Summit

3. TechEdge Magazine Profiles Globalorias Professional Development System

4. Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) Selects Globaloria as Innovation Pioneer

5. Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Names Globaloria Students National Medalists

6. Welcoming Lisette Titre to Silicon Valley Advisory Board

1. The Globeys: Students Recognized for CS-STEM Innovation at the Globey Awards Ceremonies

in San Jose and EAPrep; WV and NYC Get Competition-Ready

San Jose/Silicon Valley, May 17, 2013: Silicon Valley youth and educators joined community and

business leaders for the 2nd

Annual Globeys in San Jose, an awards ceremony recognizing student

achievement in educational video game design and coding using Globaloria.Finalistsin the Individual

Hidden Object Game and Team Game competitions presented their games to the audience, and winners

were awarded game-design toolkits that included prizes such as a laptop computer, a subscription to

Adobe Creative Cloud, a Cisco Flip Camera, a BrainPOP subscription, Microsoft games and entry into

the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Educators and school leaders were also recognized with the ESAF-sponsored2013 Leadership Inspiration Awards for commitment to self-learning and education

innovation.Play the winning gamesandread the press releasefrom this community event.
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Globey Team Game winners Thao and Lena show their prizes. With (left to right) Workshop VP Amber

Oliver, Overfelt High School Principal Vito Chiala and Educator Julie Broquet, and Joseph Beare, Manger

of Communications, Microsoft Silicon Valley.

Mountain View, California, May 17, 2013: In conjunctionwith the Globeys, Microsoft Silicon Valley

launched a microdocumentary,Globaloria: Increasing Opportunity in Silicon Valley, about the impact of

STEM learning through Globaloria among San Jose/Silicon Valley youth. The short film debuted at the

San Jose Globey Awards Ceremony. Next month, Microsoft will host the Globaloria San Jose/Silicon

Valley Educator Academy at their Mountain View campus.

Globaloria: Increasing Opportunity in Silicon Valley

East Austin, Texas, May 29, 2013: Fifty students fromEast Austin College Prep(EAPrep) wererecognized for achievement in Globaloria at the 4

thAnnual Globeys at EAPrep. Families, educators,

and local leaders gathered for the event held at EAPrep, during which prizes were awarded for

excellence in blogging, artwork, Hidden Object Game design and Team Game design. A panel of expert

judges that included Anne Fertitta, Senior Manager of Global Community Affairs at AMD, and Gerardo

Interiano, Central Region Public Affairs Manager at Google, partnered with the Workshop in the selection

of the Team Game winners: Team B.B. for their game, Math Arcade. Globaloria teacher Teresa Valdez
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also announced at the event that The Helping Bees, an eighth-grade team, will have their game, Hous-e-

riffic, featured on theAustin Habitat for Humanity websiteas an interactive tool to teach users about

homelessness.Play the winning games,read the press release, andwatch the TV spotby KXAN News

from this special annual ceremony.

Students Advancing in Technology

Charleston WV, April 20, 2013:George Washington High Schoolgot Globey-ready by holding a

Hackathon' last month. Globaloria students at this Charleston, WV high school spent a Saturday in

school to prepare their games for the Globeys. Educator Karen Kail opened the Globaloria game design

lab to give students the opportunity to devote extra hours to the coding and design of their Globey

submissions. We wish these hard workers luck in the competition!

Students put finishing touches on their games during the George Washington High School Hackathon.

Astoria, NY, May 14, 2013: Staff from the Workshop Help Desk visitedThe Young Women's Leadership

School of Astoriafor a mini-'Hackathon' that helped Globaloria students advance their games for the first

annual Globeys in New York City. Stay tuned for next month's newsletter to see who wins the

competition!

2. Calling for Empowering Latinas in Computing at the 2013 NCWIT Summit

TheNational Center for Women and Information Technology(NCWIT) featured Workshop president Dr.
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Idit Harel Caperton and Globaloria Silicon Valley Advisory Board Chair Jennifer Argello at the annual

NCWIT Summit. Their presentation, Empowering Latinas in Computing, imparted facts about the digital

divide Americas young Latinos and Latinas face, as well as best practices to resolve issues of access

and opportunity. Idit posted key ideas from the talk onHuffington Post Impact.

LEFT: Idit and Jennifer on stage at NCWIT Summit Flash Talks.RIGHT: Idit (third from left) spends time with 2013 Aspiration Awards in Computing winners Allison

Collier, Sruti Modekurty, Louisa Avellar and Amy Wiegand (left to right) and Jacinda Chislum, Global

Diversity and Inclusion Outreach Manager at Microsoft, at the NCWIT Summit.

3. TechEdge Magazine Profiles Globalorias Professional

Development System

TechEdge Magazine, a publication of theTexas Computer

Education Association, featured the Globaloria Professional

Development System in the May 2013 issue. The article,Proven Professional Development Tips from

Globaloria, highlights the Globaloria approach to teacher training, in a blended learning environment, as

an effective model that could be replicated in other schools around the state. We hope it will inspire many

more Texas schools to join the Network in 2013-14.

4. Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) Selects Globaloria as

Innovation Pioneer

At its annualEd Tech Industry Summitin San Francisco, theSoftware and Information

Industry Association(SIIA) featured Globaloria in theInnovation Incubator program, which supports

innovation in the ed-tech industry by raising the profile of promising new technologies. The 2013

Innovations were selected based on a broad range of criteria, including the education focus, end-user

impact, market need, representation of K-12/post-secondary market levels, and the level of originality and

innovation.

5. Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Names Globaloria Students National Medalists

Tygarts Valley High Schoolseniors Matthew and Brittany received National Silver Medals in the 2013

Scholastic Art & Writing Awards in the Video Game Design category. Their winning game,Carl and

Carly's Big Day, created in Globaloria, will be featured in national galleries and events. On May 31,

Matthew and teacher Diane White attended the90th Anniversary National Awards Ceremonyat Carnegie

Hall in NYC. The event featured keynote speaker Sarah Jessica Parker; special guests Zac Posen,

Terrence Hayes and Usher; and a video message from Michelle Obama. Seventeen additional Globaloria
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games wererecognized in regional Scholastic Art & Writing Awards competitionsthis year.

Calling all school leaders! On June 20, the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards in collaboration with the

World Wide Workshop will hold a Globaloria Video Game Workshop in North Miami, Florida, to

demonstrate the education benefits Globaloria can provide your school district. To attend or request more

information, [email protected].

Matt sports his Silver Medal at Carnegie Hall during the Scholastic Art & Wr iting Awards ceremony.

6. Welcoming Lisette Titre to Silicon Valley Advisory Board

Lisette Titre, a digital artist and modeler, joined the Globaloria Silicon Valley Board of Advisors. With her

roster of artistic skills, Lisette has managed teams of artists in China, Australia, Canada, and India, and

has contributed to games by EA and Harmonix. Currently Lisette teaches game development at Youth

UpRising, a transformative community center in East Oakland, and she has been creating STEM-focused

game-development curricula designed to expose underserved youth to careers in technology. This

month, Lisette visited Leonard Herman Intermediate School in San Jose and spoke to Globaloria

students about how STEM is used to create their favorite games. Lisette reflected, "I was impressed with

the students technical questions. They wanted to know how a certain characters assets were created. I

explained to them how we use geometry to draw and manipulate the digital clay or wireframes that make

up the character models. I also explained how we use physics simulations to drive the mathematics for

explosions, fire, gravity, etc. It was great to have them understand how STEM drives the tech that makesthe games they love to play.
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Lisette fields questions from Globaloria game-design students at Leonard Herman Intermediate School in

San Jose.

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