1. ACM Education Board
   • ACM funding allows policy initiatives
   • Computing Curricula (with IEEE)
   • Additional projects
2. ACM SIGCSE
   • Conferences (US, Europe, CS Education Research)
   • Publications (Bulletin inroads)
   • Special Projects
   • Outreach (bringing sessions to other conferences)
   • Original focus at college/university level, but inclusive mission for over 15 years
   • Funding largely from membership base; historically has limited outreach
3. ACM SIGITE
   • Curricular initiatives
   • Conference
   • Limited funding, largely from membership base, limits outreach
4. IEEE Computer Society
   • Policy initiatives
   • Computing Curricula
   • Additional projects
5. Regional Conferences in Computer Science
   • CCSC (Consortium for Computer Science in Colleges) with about 9 regional conferences
   • Independent conferences (Midwestern Instructional Computing Symposium, others)
6. CSTA (Computer Science Teachers Association)
   • Focus on secondary education
   • Conference
   • Projects
7. College Board Advanced Placement Computer Science Program
   • Focus specifically on high school-university interface for computer science courses
   • For many school districts, de facto standard for high school computing
8. Other Computing Conferences
   • Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE)
   • National Educational Computing Conference (NECC)
   • Aim at wide range of computing interests (applications and teachers)

created 3 January 2007 last revised 4 January 2007

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