Meet Our Sponsors
 
Improving computing science education is an essential aspect of ensuring that our citizens acquire the knowledge and skills that they need to succeed in an increasingly technological world, and that our industries and businesses have access to workers who can continue to push the boundaries of innovation and productivity. A partnership of both educational and business interests is therefore critical to ensuring that the educational changes we promote are effective, appropriate, and wide-reaching.

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IBM's primary social commitment is education. We know that no business can be successful without a strong community, and no community can be successful if it lacks an educated population. IBM is proud to be a founding member of ACM and to be working with CSTA on a new project that will develop new computer science curricula for high schools students. Our primary philanthropic program is Reinventing Education, a $75 million grant initiative supporting global school reform efforts. Launched in 1994, Reinventing Education encompasses 25 school districts and states in the U.S. and 10 countries throughout the world. IBM also supports education through a range of other programs, including the IBM KidSmart Early Learning Program, which integrates interactive teaching and learning activities using the latest technology into the pre-kindergarten curricula; TryScience, a collaboration of the New York Hall of Science, IBM, and the Association of Science-Technology Centers, which provides students with access to the best museums around the globe, as well as hands-on projects that children, parents, and teachers can do at home or in school; and IBM MentorPlace, through which IBM employees around the world provide students with online academic assistance and career counseling, while letting them know that adults do care about their issues and concerns.

IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.

http://www.ibm.com/ibm/ibmgives/grant/education/





Microsoft offers several programs and resources for high school technical faculty and their students. We offer affordable access to world-class professional software tools for both the classroom and students' home computers through the MSDN Academic Alliance membership. When students have questions that you can't answer or if they're looking for activities to keep their active minds occupied, you can point them to theSpoke, our student community site or The Imagine Cup, our premier student competition.



Sun Microsystems Education and Research has created academic programs bundled in one portfolio bringing value add to the entire Education IT community. Sun's main objective of this proposition is to capture the mind-share among academic communities and helping faculty, staff and students to become proficient with Sun and Sun related technologies. New technologies are driving dramatic changes in education. Digital libraries, e-learning, virtual classrooms, and multimedia have the capacity to convey voice, data and video to almost any location. Sun is committed to helping educators use and adapt these technologies through our Strategic Programs, which create business partnerships with Primary and Secondary (K-12) and Higher Education institutions.

http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/edu/programs/star.html


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CSTA works at many levels to support computing education.

Middle school
(problem solving &
algorithmic thinking)

High school
(computing &
computer science)

College/university
(enrollment &
transition)

Industry
(engagement &
preparation)