Men's Basketball - Creighton

Ronnie Green Author

12/14/2017 Added

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Ronnie Green discusses a new partnership the university has developed in the education of young Nebraskans. Guest Guy Trainin joins the chancellor to describe the ways the new partnership will improve computer science education opportunities for K-12 students.

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[00:00:00.220]Welcome back.
[00:00:01.053]It's half-time of the Huskers game
[00:00:01.886]against the Creighton Bluejays,
[00:00:02.964]Greg Sharp with you here in our
[00:00:04.733]Husker Network studios and delighted
[00:00:05.922]to be joined by University of Nebraska,
[00:00:07.973]Lincoln, chancellor Ronnie Green.
[00:00:09.336]We've got this in-state battle
[00:00:10.388]between the Huskers and Bluejays in this game here today.
[00:00:13.082]I wanna talk to you something that happened
[00:00:15.061]earlier in the week as we look ahead
[00:00:16.642]at this in-state match-up.
[00:00:18.036]The University announced a new partnership
[00:00:20.017]with implications for education
[00:00:22.006]throughout the state, what can you tell
[00:00:23.606]our audience about that?
[00:00:24.980]Well, you know Greg, the University
[00:00:26.823]partners with all aspects of the state of Nebraska,
[00:00:30.942]it's the state's public institution,
[00:00:33.596]it's the flagship institution of the University
[00:00:36.498]for our state, with statewide implications across the board.
[00:00:41.209]We partner with a lot of difference state agencies,
[00:00:43.465]we partner with the education system,
[00:00:45.390]we partner with various industries around the state,
[00:00:48.543]and we're really excited about, you know,
[00:00:51.472]about the new opportunity that we have
[00:00:53.567]in the education sector, in particular in the
[00:00:57.273]post-secondary level, how we're improving K-12 education.
[00:01:01.560]And we have been doing that for a long time,
[00:01:04.572]you know, our college of education and human sciences,
[00:01:07.486]our Teacher's College, it used to be called
[00:01:09.883]at one point in time, has been integral
[00:01:11.737]to the educational system of the state of Nebraska,
[00:01:15.046]throughout our history and this past week
[00:01:18.421]we announced a new effort through CHS
[00:01:20.821]that is leading a University partnership
[00:01:23.539]with code.org to improve computer science education,
[00:01:27.627]for Nebraska's K-12 students
[00:01:30.272]and I'm really pleased about that.
[00:01:32.269]Dr. Guy Tranin is a professor in our department
[00:01:35.674]of Teaching Learning and Teacher Education,
[00:01:37.698]we call it TLTE on campus,
[00:01:39.817]he's with us today to talk about it.
[00:01:42.393]Guy, welcome to our half-time
[00:01:43.570]and what can you tell us about this new partnership?
[00:01:47.420]We're really excited about this partnership,
[00:01:49.888]this is a partnership that will help us build
[00:01:52.108]the capacity to deliver computer science
[00:01:54.785]education to every student in the state,
[00:01:57.571]if they so desire, and that idea is really
[00:01:59.839]to take what we already have,
[00:02:01.758]which is access to technology in general,
[00:02:04.858]and really take it to the next level,
[00:02:07.437]in saying technology is a tool
[00:02:09.238]to work in the modern world, but knowing how
[00:02:11.496]to operate these tools, and knowing how to program them,
[00:02:14.594]so going to level up, is really, really important
[00:02:17.153]it's opportunities for the state,
[00:02:18.859]it's about economics in the state,
[00:02:21.742]we've got the Silicon Prairie and we want to expand it
[00:02:24.377]we want to make sure that they're not just
[00:02:26.413]bringing engineers from other places,
[00:02:28.426]but we're growing them here, all the way
[00:02:30.564]from elementary school, from middle school, high school,
[00:02:32.844]and then coming to UNL, or to the other campuses
[00:02:35.598]and really finding the way to stay in the state
[00:02:38.799]with this new expertise and code.org
[00:02:42.251]is really adding our to ability to deliver that
[00:02:45.275]because what they are doing is they're taking
[00:02:47.768]our knowledge of computer science,
[00:02:49.257]and they're adding, with our help,
[00:02:51.266]the education piece, so they're providing curriculum
[00:02:54.544]to teachers, so they can teach something
[00:02:56.828]that is coherent, and can fit within the time,
[00:02:59.815]whether it's elementary, you obviously have
[00:03:02.338]a little bit less time, in middle school
[00:03:04.203]you get a real taste of programming,
[00:03:05.945]and in high school you really get ready
[00:03:07.931]for post-secondary education with that
[00:03:10.968]as a career in mind.
[00:03:14.291]We'll be able to fund teachers
[00:03:17.430]who go and get professional development.
[00:03:19.731]It'll start out-of-state, but it'll then,
[00:03:21.588]in a year from now, be all in-state.
[00:03:24.387]We'll have support throughout the years
[00:03:26.032]to the teachers doing that.
[00:03:28.076]We're doing code.org and this Saturday, actually,
[00:03:31.377]in Lincoln, in Innovation Campus,
[00:03:33.255]and we're inviting families to come with their kids
[00:03:35.874]and get a taste of what computer science is all about
[00:03:40.028]with the Hour of Code, but the idea is
[00:03:41.709]Hour of Code is not enough, it's just a way
[00:03:43.590]to get a taste and to get interested
[00:03:45.079]then we want kids and all schools
[00:03:47.272]to incorporate classes that really focus
[00:03:49.458]on computer science education.
[00:03:51.921]That's exciting.
[00:03:52.754]Ronnie, this is really a team effort across
[00:03:54.837]the University and what Guy outlined for us there,
[00:03:57.307]it's one of the ways that makes Nebraska
[00:03:58.648]stand out in the Big 10.
[00:04:00.199]Absolutely, you know we're really proud of
[00:04:02.187]what we call The Low Silos
[00:04:04.465]at the University of Nebraska.
[00:04:06.040]We have nine academic colleges,
[00:04:07.624]and we constantly see these kinds of
[00:04:10.642]collaborations and partnerships across colleges.
[00:04:13.563]Here is the College of Arts and Sciences,
[00:04:15.417]and the math area, the computer science area,
[00:04:17.683]the College of Education and Human Sciences,
[00:04:20.848]the Department of Computer Science and Engineering,
[00:04:22.960]it's in both arts and sciences and engineering,
[00:04:25.413]so it's exciting to see those kinds of partnerships
[00:04:27.913]internally at the University,
[00:04:30.078]and then the partnerships outside,
[00:04:31.998]as Guy was talking about with the whole K-12
[00:04:35.136]education system in the state of Nebraska.
[00:04:37.583]That's what we do at the University of Nebraska,
[00:04:40.438]and we're very proud of it.
[00:04:41.517]Fantastic, great information.
[00:04:42.768]Guy, thanks for coming in,
[00:04:44.833]good to see you and great information.
[00:04:46.450]Chancellor, always great to catch up.
[00:04:47.586]It is, so Go Big Red, beat the Bluejays.
[00:04:49.891]We've got more half-time coming up next.

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