The new Java Teaching Innovations Portal launched by Sun this week is designed to offer secondary and higher education students and teachers JavaTM technology-based curriculum in order to expand knowledge of the Java programming language. Plans are to have this innovative curriculum be integrated into technology education programs.

As part of Sun Microsystems Foundation, the Java Teaching Innovations Portal will offer educators an online resource with several web site sections of project-oriented resources designed to increase understanding of Java technology. It also will present various methods on how to incorporate Java technology curricula into school programs.

The web site sections will offer lesson plans and activities, special projects to complement existing Java curriculum, gaming activities that educators and students can download and introductory presentations on how to incorporate Java curriculum and demonstrate the relevance to under represented populations.

"Through the launch of the Java Teaching Innovations Portal, Sun Microsystems Foundation is looking to 'Share the Opportunity' of learning by helping young people under-represented in technology programs gain access to Java curriculum," said Andrea Gooden, executive director of Sun Microsystems Foundation. "The Java Teaching Innovations Portal is one of several ways the Foundation is providing lasting opportunities for global participation in technology."

Several case studies from Java Grant Program recipients that have successfully developed and implemented Java curriculum programs at their schools will be featured on the the Java Teaching Innovations Portal. Sun created the Java Grant Program to help secondary schools and colleges broaden the accessibility of technology to students. With nearly USD$500,000 in grants over a two-year period, this program has helped introduce the Java programming language to students that typically do not have access to this type of education or technology.

"Incorporating technology in school curriculum and keeping abreast of the latest programming can prove difficult for many schools and colleges," said Joyce LaTulippe, professor of IT education, Cambridge College, Cambridge, Massachusetts. "The Java Teaching Innovations Portal serves as a resource for schools to learn from the success stories of other educators that have implemented Java curriculum and provided students with access to this necessary technology education." [...read more...]

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