HSCC
Program Information
Students in Information Technology
Education and Scholarship
Over the past 13 years, the BDPA program curriculum has
educated and trained over 20,000 students. This information
has enabled them to develop life skills, improve academic
performance and develop work maturity. BDPA members act
as trainers, instructors, tutors, and mentors who use the
curriculum contextually as part of an on-the-job career
and life planning process. This dynamic program links the
youth to school-to-work and other yearlong efforts such
as career awareness and exploration objectives.
Rhode Island BDPA: Bridging The Digital
Divide
BDPA
has a tradition of "Closing the Gap in Information
Technology. The HSCC (High School Computer Competition)
program is conducted in more than 30 chapters across the
US annually training more than 1000 grades 9 through 11
students. The training consist of computer and presentation
skills and web application programming. The program climaxes
with an annual computer competition between 25 or more teams
of 4 to 5 students at the BDPA National Conference. The
conference is usually held in August.
The
Rhode Island Chapter of BDPA provides computer instructional
programs to area high school students through the (Students
in Information Technology Education and Scholarship) S.I.T.E.S.
Program. Participating students will receive quality instruction
in basic programming concepts using the Java programming
language, web page design using HTML, database design and
various topics in career development. These are skills that
will prove valuable and can immediately be put to practical
use.
At the
end of the training cycle, qualified students will be selected
to participate in the national HSCC (High School Computer
Competition) competition which will be held during the BDPA
Annual National Conference. High school students of BDPA
chapters from across the country will have the opportunity
to apply what they have learned, to network with other high
school students and to meet representatives from some of
the top companies in the information technology industry
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