The College Board has released a press release announcing Phase 2 of the CS Principles project, leading to an operational exam in 2016-2017. With this announcement we are happy to announce those high schools and colleges that will be piloting the course for the next three years. Roughly forty high schools and ten colleges will be part of this next phase of piloting. |
The much anticipated code.org has finally launched. Along with the launch comes a great video that highlights the need for access to learning programming, which is a part of the CS Principles curriculum. Check it out here! |
Annotated copies of the prototype free response questions from 2011-12 and the portfolio tasks from 2012-13 are now available on the site. Head over to the 'about the project' tab to check them out! |
Jeff Gray, Professor at the University of Alabama and a Pilot II and III instructor in CS Principles was interviewed by his local ABC affiliate about the new one-million CE21/NSF grant his team received to develop CS Principles throughout Alabama. See the interview via this link: http://www.abc3340.com/story/20231999/grant-to |
CSEdWeek 2012 is coming up! From December 9 to 15, 2012 organizations across the country will celebrate of the impact of computing and the need for computer science education. For more information, and to sign the pledge, check out csedweek.org. |
In the Chronicle of Higher Education, http://chronicle.com/article/Rebooting-Recruiting-to-Get/135282/, an article "A Reboot in Recruiting Women Into Computer Science", mentions two of the CS Principles Pilot programs (and gets lots wrong about CS Principles as well, e.g., there was no trial version of the new AP course in 25 public schools in Los Angeles, that was ECS another key program). |
Check out the full article here: http://cw.ua.edu/2012/10/18/with-grant-ua-leads-way-in-computer-science/ |
Attached is a PDF of the quotes from Stuck in the Shallow End used in the Broadening Participation discussion at CS & IT. |
As you may have noticed over the past week, we have rolled out a new part of the site dedicated to professional development opportunities for CS teachers in the summer and fall of 2012. Here you can find out more about PD workshops in your area hosted by CSTA, CS4HS, and other organizations. For your convenience, all workshops are organized into a calendar as well as a sortable list. If you are running a workshop that you would like us to add, please tell us about it! |
Be sure to check out the special section dedicated to CS Principles and the CS 10k project in the June 2012 issue of Inroads. This section features guest editors Larry Snyder and Amy Briggs along with articles from many members of the CS Principles team. |
Check out this interesting article from theatlantic.com about the importance of women in tech. |
Check out this piece from NPR on the industry's need for more CS majors. |
The annual meeting of the ACM's Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education is swiftly approaching! This year SIGCSE is in Raleigh, North Carolina February 29 - March 3. |
Check out these interesting articles about Computer Science recently published in the New York Times: |
Join us SIGCSE to learn more about CS Principles from pilot II instructors and the CSP leadership team! There are two sessions scheduled:
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Pilot II Instructors are invited to meet directly following the CS Principles Panel. The group will relocate and convene in a TBD meeting room in the 1:45 pm session at the CE21 meeting. |
Come to the CS Principles talk, 10 - 11 am in Congressional Hall A. Moderator Owen Astrachan (Duke University) will introduce panelists Amy Briggs (Middlebury College) along with pilot II instructors Chinma Uche (Greater Hartford Academy of Mathematics and Science) and Rebecca Dovi (Patrick Henry High School); pilot I instructors Dan Garcia (Berkeley) and Beth Simon (UCSD); and Auditi Chakravarty (College Board). |