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CSEdWeek Media Resources
- CSEdWeek Backgrounder
- Find a CSEdWeek Event Near You
- CSEdWeek YouTube Channel, Facebook, and Twitter
- Computer Science Education Act Press Release
- Bios for CSEdWeek 2011 Chair and Vice Chair
- Computing in the Core (CinC) Press Release
- CSEdWeek Partner Press Releases
- Association for Computing Machinery
- National Science Foundation
CSED Week Media Contact:
Sara Appleyard-Adams, Widmeyer Communication, 212.260.3401
CSEdWeek ‘11 Clips
Higher Innovation Podcast – “Computer Science Education Week”
Higher Innovation: A MICROSOFT IN EDUCATION SITE
Watch Cameron Evans (national technology officer and CTO for Microsoft Education) discuss the need for computer science education the opportunties in this dynamic field. To podcast ...
Computer Science Education Week Reports Highlights
Computer Science Education Week, celebrating its third year through Dec. 10, focuses on the need to build strong computer science education programs in schools, giving students the opportunity to explore this field and supporting the country’s need for a workforce skilled in computing. Read more ...
Teaching Ventures Catch the Programming Wave
With computer programmers in demand, new start-ups that aim to train people in coding skills are also becoming hot properties. Ventures that teach computer programming, design and other once-nerdy skills to the masses are surfacing nationwide and drawing interest from Bay Area investors. Many of the investors want to cash in on a technology-driven sea change in learning that will allow consumers to cultivate a broad array of skills online and help ease Silicon Valley’s talent crunch. Read more ...
Say Yes to CS during CSEdWeek
The Official Google Blog
This Sunday marks the start of the third annual Computer Science Education Week (CSEdWeek), taking place in the U.S. from December 4-10. CSEdWeek underscores the need for strong computer science education programs to ensure the nation has a pipeline of future workers skilled in technology. It’s a call to action that urges local efforts by parents and teachers to not only pay attention to CS education, but also to elevate its status and quality. Read more ...
NSF Joins in Targeting Educators to Celebrate CSEdWeek
In recognition of Computer Science Education Week (CSEdWeek) 2011, Dec. 4 to 10, the National Science Foundation (NSF) today began publishing and disseminating CS Bits & Bytes, one-page newsletters spotlighting innovative computer science research. Computer science is the only STEM—science, technology, engineering and mathematics—disclipine with more job openings than there are college graduates to fill them. Read more ...
Science Times: The Future of Computing
What’s next? If we had a supercomputer that could predict the future, we would tell you. Then again, if the past is any guide, the predictions would certainly be wrong. This special issue takes a many-faceted look at a set of technologies that are changing the world in more ways than could ever have been foreseen. Some things are clear already: The world of innovation is undergoing tectonic shifts, and the future is likely to look less like Silicon Valley, more like China and Africa. Beyond that? As Theodor Holm Nelson points out in the essay that concludes this issue, we are definitely headed somewhere: “A wall? A cliff? A new dawn? We must choose wisely, as if we could.” Read more ...
Congressman Polis Speaks About the Importance of Computer Science Education
Watch Representative Jared Polis (Colorado) make a statement on the U.S. House of Representatives’ floor about the importance of computer science education at the K-12 level! He also highlighted local CSEdWeek celebrations around the nation and the need for a technologically literate future workforce.
Overhauling Computer Science Education
Students from elementary school through college are learning on laptops and have access to smartphone apps for virtually everything imaginable, but they are not learning the basic computer-related technology that makes all those gadgets work. Some organizations are partnering with universities to change that. Read more ...
Michael Gove admits schools should teach computer science
The Guardian (UK)
In an interview at the Schools Network’s National Conference, the education secretary recognises the failings of ICT courses Education Secretary, Michael Gove, has admitted that current ICT teaching in schools is out of date and that computer science has a place in secondary education. Read more ...
Computer Science Education Week: How I Got In The Field
This week (Dec 4th – 10th) is Computer Science Education Week, a week long celebration of computing and computer science education. In honor of this event, I am doing a series about computer science. Today’s topic involves my personal success story and explains how I ended up in this field. Read more ...
Senator Casey Pushes for More Computer Science Education
The U.S. Senate soon could take up a bill to push states and schools to make computer science courses part of their core curricula. The bill that Sen. Bob Casey Jr., D-Scranton, introduced would offer competitive grants to states and schools to beef up their high school computer science offerings. More than 140,000 computer science jobs become available each year, but fewer than 40,000 people graduate each year with bachelor’s degrees in the subject, according to the Joint Economic Committee, a House-Senate committee. Read more…
CSEdWeek ‘10 Clips
Computer Science Education Week Expands Its Scope
Debra Richardson (Chair of Computer Science Education Week) and Cameron Wilson (ACM) report that the 2nd annual Computer Science Education Week (CSEdWeek) wrapped up last week, and thanks to some incredible partner support and engagement from the computing community it was a smashing success. With a new website providing targeted resources and more than 270 CSEdWeek-related events and activities we were able to engage students, parents, teachers and the computing community around the world. Read more…
Second Annual Computer Science Education Week Spotlights Importance of Computer Science to the Future of Education, Innovation
WASHINGTON, D.C., December 6, 2010-Few careers rival computer science in providing opportunities to develop innovative solutions to challenging issues. The second annual Computer Science Education Week (CSEdWeek), which runs December 5-11, 2010, focuses on the need to build strong computer science education programs in schools to ensure that the nation has the skilled workforce it will need to develop future solutions. Building on the success of last year’s CSEdWeek, this year’s effort looks to foster excitement and support for rigorous and extensive programs in states and local districts. Read more ...
Celebrating Computer Science
The White House Blog
The second annual Computer Science Education Week (CSEdWeek) may be coming to an end tomorrow, but we at OSTP did not want to let this important milestone pass without bringing some attention to its goals of building up and strengthening computer science education programs around the country to better prepare students for the digital age. Read more ...
Inspiring the Next Bill Gates
NSF News
On Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010 at 12 noon, the National Science Foundation (NSF) will host a webcast featuring Amy Bruckman of Georgia Tech and Leah Buechley of MIT, who are at the forefront of teaching information technologies to the next generation of computer scientists, any one of whom may be the next Bill Gates ... or even computer science pioneer Grace Hopper, whose birthday on Dec. 9, 1906, is recognized in the timing of this event. Rear Admiral Hopper, or “Amazing Grace,” is credited with leading the development of the first modern computer language, COBOL, and popularizing the term “debugging.” Read more ...
Computer Science Education Week Spotlights the Needs in U.S. Schools
Microsoft Research Blog
As computer-science researchers, we at Microsoft Research are committed to strong computer-science education programs. With more than 800 researchers worldwide, we know firsthand the value of a solid computer-science education, which is why Microsoft Research is a proud supporter of the second annual Computer Science Education Week (CSEdWeek), celebrated this year from December 5-11 in the United States. Read more ...
Computer Science Education Week
ED.gov Blog
This week thousands of students, teachers and parents are participating in Computer Science Education Week (CSEdWeek) activities and events to raise awareness about the role computing plays in all our lives and to promote computer science education for all students. Computer science touches everyone’s daily lives and plays a critical role in today’s society by driving innovation and economic growth. Read more ...
Celebrate Computer Science Education Week with SAS: December 5-11
The SAS Dummy Blog
Next week we’ll be celebrating Computer Science Education Week. SAS is a partner in this event, which makes complete sense because we have a vested interest in creating more computer scientists. After all, SAS does employ a lot of them. Read more ...
Celebrating the second Computer Science Education Week
Official Google Blog
This week we celebrate and recognize the second annual Computer Science Education Week (December 5-11). We’re proud to continue our support for CSEdWeek and our commitment to Computer Science education. We believe that all students should have the opportunity to become active creators of tomorrow’s technology. Read more ...
It is party time; nationwide. CSEdWeek is here.
Dot Diva: Diva Talk Blog
It’s party time girls. Next week, all across the country, CSEdWeek will be celebrated. It’s a special week singled out to “raise awareness of the role computing plays in all our lives and to promote computer science education for all students.” Sounds good to us. Read more ...
Take the Pledge (And Plunge) For Computer Science Education Week
NEA EdVoices Blog
Did you know that the number of high schools offering introductory computer science education courses dropped from 78 percent to 65 percent from 2005 to 2009? Or that women and African American students are under-represented in AP computer science classes, even though computer science is expected to generate 800,000 new, good-paying jobs by 2016? If your knowledge of the current state of computer science in our schools could use, well, an upgrade, this is the week to do it. Read more ...
Special Report - The State of Computer Science Education
CIO Update
With nearly 1.4 million new computing jobs projected for the U.S. economy by 2018, employers are likely to have many important questions about whether the current crop of college graduates is up to the task of competing for these positions, and how higher education is adapting to the changing needs of the computing workforce. Read more ...
Celebrate Computer Science Education Week December 5-12
ISTE Blog
My alma mater, Vassar College, has graduated some remarkable individuals. Notable Vassar alumni include poets Edna St. Vincent Millay (1917) and Elizabeth Bishop (1934), actress Meryl Streep (1971), musician Mark Ronson, journalist Evan Wright (1988), writer-director Noah Baumbach (1991) and Flickr founder Caterina Fake (1991). The alum that has most inspired me, however, was a female trailblazer in a field that is still dominated by men. Rear Admiral Grace Murray Hopper was born in 1906 and graduated from Vassar in 1930. She was a pioneer in the computer science field and her work led to the development of modern programming language. Read more ...
Computer Science Education Week
AAAS Science NetLinks News
December 5-11 marks Computer Science Education Week (CSEdWeek) 2010. This week is designed to raise awareness of the transformative role of computing in our global society and promote computer science education at all education levels. Start a discussion in your classroom using these Science NetLinks resources highlighting computer science. Read more ...
Celebrating Admiral Hopper and CSEdWeek
Computing Education Blog
Thursday December 9th would have been Grace Murray Hopper’s 104th Birthday. Grace Hopper was described as a “mathematician, computer scientist, social scientist, corporate politician, marketing whiz, systems designer, and programmer,” and, always, a “visionary.” The week of her birthday is chosen as CSEdWeek. Read more ...
Computer Science Education Week: December 5th-11th, 2010
The Coalition for Science After School Blog
This week is Computer Science Education Week, a national initiative designed to raise awareness of the importance of computer science education in the US and share activities and other resources for teaching computer science. It is also the birthday week of Admiral Grace Murray Hopper, a pioneering computer scientist who wrote two programming languages and made numerous other contributions to the emerging field during the 1940s through the 1970s. Read more ...
Computer Science Ed Week: Dec. 5 - 11
North Carolina Business Committee for Education
December 5-11 is Computer Science Education Week. Please visit the CSEdWeek web site to learn more, and click on “Find an Event Near You” to see if your state is on the map. No matter what state you live in, if you know computer science teachers or district/state education agency personnel who might be interested, please forward this information to them. Read more ...
Computer Science Education Week (December 5-11, 2010)
BDPA Education and Technology Foundation Blog
BDPA Education and Technology Foundation (BETF) encourages all of our supporters to find a way to get engaged in the upcoming Computer Science Education Week (CSEdWeek). CSEdWeek 2010 is a call to action to raise awareness about computer science education and computing careers. CSEdWeek is endorsed by the U.S. Congress and designated as December 5-11, 2010 in recognition of the birthday of computing pioneer Admiral Grace Hopper (December 9, 1906). Read more ...
Are you ready for CSEdWeek next week?
North Carolina STEM Community Collaborative Blog
Computer Science Education Week (CSEdWeek) runs from Dec. 5-11 and seeks to raise public awareness of the critical role computer science education has in preparing students for 21st Century careers and the transformative role computing plays in today’s society. Read more ...
Celebrate CSEdWeek with ScratchEd!
Scratch Ed Team Blog
We are pleased to announce a new discussion forum on ScratchEd created in honor of CSEdWeek. The new forum called “CS Education” is a place to discuss any topic you might have related to computer science education. Read more ...
Computer Science Education Week
SkillsUSA Blog
We’ve been asked to share this information with you. December 5-11 is the second annual Computer Science Education Week (CSEdWeek). CSEdWeek was endorsed by the U.S. House of Representatives to acknowledge the critical role computer science education in Kindergarten through 12th grade and in higher education has in preparing students for 21st century careers and the transformative role computing plays in solving today’s foremost challenges. Read more ...
It’s Computer Science Education Week
National Cyber Security Alliance StaySafeOnline Blog
If you didn’t know, it’s Computer Science Education Week (CSEdWeek) from December 5-11. Are the schools in your town or city preparing young people to be productive and safe cyber citizens? Read more ...
Celebrating Computer Science Education Week 2010
Kansas City InfoZine
Washington, D.C. - infoZine - Imagine a jacket that lights up. With directional arrows programmed into the fabric, a bicyclist can use her jacket to alert traffic when she’s turning. The jacket is an example of e-textiles, a techology that is drawing more girls to computer science through an innovative program at MIT. Read more ...
Report Finds K-12 Computer Science Education Declining
HPC Wire
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 6—Computer-related technology is increasingly driving the US economy, yet computer science education is scant in most American elementary and secondary school classrooms and the number of introductory and Advanced Placement courses in computer science has actually declined in the last five years, according to a report released this fall. Read more ...
Let’s Talk Science: Peter Kiewit Institute hosts celebration for National Computer Science Education Week
University of Nebraska-Omaha Gateway
UNO Computer Science majors engaged in sessions on careers in computer science from Dec. 6 through 10. Through these events, the College of Information Science and Technology and UNO Department of Computer Science aimed to eliminate misconceptions about computer science careers and promote educational opportunities. Read more ...
In Digital Age, Computer Science Education in U.S. Called ‘Bleak’
IT Business Edge
Amid the attention surrounding China’s lead in international test results, some interesting reports about science and technology education also are making news. On the test, the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), 15-year-olds in the United States improved to the average among industrialized nations in science, remained average in reading and were still below average in math. Read more ...
