[music]
[marching band music] One hobby that I really
enjoy, I did baton twirling at Howard for about four
or five years. I sing at church, I try to do
as much vocal performing as possible. My name is
Qi'Anne Knox, I am from Howard University. I just completed my first year
as a PhD graduate student in computer science education.
This summer, I'm working with Code 760 on
their Next-Gen VoIP project, where we're converting all of the
phones from analog lines to VoIP phones, and also with the
Fee-for-Service web application development. My typical day is
spent at the computer. I've been trying to learn the Django environment.
In high school I was in music and performing arts, but I had a really strong
interest in mathematics. And I got a lot of nudging, "Just go into computer
science, try it out, see if you like, it." So I tried it out.
I am interested in computer science education, and a lot of my background is in designing
curriculum, so this really ties into, at least the web
application portion, it ties into me being able to design successful
curriculum in the future. So knowing how to design successful websites,
and allowing my students to use those sites to submit homework,
and to check their grades in a class. This is giving me good practice and a good
step into getting that done. NASA Goddard is a very diverse community
where you're allowed to utilize as many resources as possible to grow
beyond your realms, and also take advantage
of every opportunity if you choose to. [beep beep...]
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