Armosky sc07 ed-program commit

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Brad Armosky, Texas Advanced Computing Center, Education Program Coordinator

1. Contact researchers who are exhibiting at SC|07.
2. Encourage them to prepare materials that explain why and how they applied advanced computing in their work, suitable for a high school student.
   1. TACC can produce examples.
   2. Researchers can get help from their education & outreach folks.
3. Develop incentives for researchers:
   1. They receive impact data: # of students, students' career interests, and indications of what students learned.
   2. They get a picture of their session with the students.
4. Develop a simple evaluation instrument.
   1. "Retrospective pre-post" format to measure impact.
      1. Retrospective pretest strengths and weaknesses
      2. Retrospective Pre-Post Questionnaire to Determine Program Impact
   2. Short written responses from students.