Kerr

Through its more than 20 programs, Georgia Tech's Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics and Computing works with teachers and school districts to improve awareness and instruction of math, science and technology in K-12 classrooms and excite students about the disciplines.

While researching Georgia high schools, CEISMC Web author Andrew Kerr found that while some schools do have solid engineering programs, the majority do not. "How do kids even know that they might be interested in exploring the opportunities at Georgia Tech when there's little that they experience in their daily lives that is directly relevant to the research that is conducted here?" he asked.

In February 2005, CEISMC launched an online newsletter, The CEISMC Gazette, to make students more aware of the opportunities that a strong background in math and science would make available to them.

Kerr said the Gazette's mission is "to show Georgia Tech's cutting-edge research in a way that is understandable and appealing to teachers and their students in the middle school and high school levels."

Published monthly during the academic year, The CEISMC Gazette profiles students, professors, administrators and alumni of Georgia Tech doing exciting and innovative things in math, science and technology.

Many of the articles are accompanied by links to Web sites for more information and even lesson plans for teachers. The Gazette currently has about 1,000 e-mail subscribers, predominately Georgia teachers.

"We want kids to be aware of wherever you are in Georgia and whatever your interests, wherever they lie, that certainly there are opportunities at Tech that you might not have considered," Kerr said.

To read the latest issue of The CEISMC Gazette, visit http://www.ceismc.gatech.edu/gazette/.