Pledges
Parents & Community
Erma McWell - I will encourage my daughter’s friends,family members,and neighbors that have high school teens to consider Computer Science. That by the year 2018 this is the career to have and to make good money.
Maryann Meersman - Attending FTC Regional Competition this coming weekend in Olympia, WA to support team Xbot.
Padmaja Bandaru - As the Co-President of CSTA Chapter, MA I had the requested the Governor of MA declare a proclamation that Dec 4- Dec10, 2011 should be celebrated as CS ED Week through out the commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Elisa Mullings - Just spreading the word about CSEd Week.
Nithya Ruff - Tweeting on this event and sharing this with others to get more pledges.
Amanda Papp - My oldest son loves computers!! This week I am working with my son, Tyler, on how to build a free computer game on gamestarmechanic.com. I am teaching him not only problem solving and strategy skills but we are also having fun at the same time!
We blogged about CSEDWeek and generally disseminate CS to high school students as much as possible, in line with Oregon’s OPAS goals. the blog: http://blogs.oregonstate.edu/getreal/2011/12/csedweek-org/ OPAS: http://opas.ous.edu/
Chris Stephenson - CSTA has released it new K-12 Computer Science Learning Standards in conjunction with CS Ed Week.
Daryl Hepting - CIPS (Canadian Information Processing Society) and the University of Regina are co-sponsoring a luncheon on Tuesday, December 6 at the Delta Hotel in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. The guest speaker will be Dean Elliott, Science Consultant for the Saskatchewan Ministry of Education, who will talk about the future of computer science education in Saskatchewan.
Damon Michaels - I am going to present to students how to go about making a line bouncing around on a computer screen. From the concept stage to the end product… in 30 minutes! I will briefly discuss how a flow chart compares to natural phenomena.
John Kennedy - Based on your prompt for activity this week, I will increase my evangelism efforts this week—informal, word-of-mouth. I am a PhD in computational science and speak frequently with students considering college study about the increasing role that information and computer science will have during the years of their career.
Tim Turner - I will use social media and email to promote the awareness. As a computer software engineer myself, I can appreciate what you are doing… there are definitely not enough CS grads!
Chris Stephenson The “World of Opportunities” poster highlights exciting careers in four key areas: medical informatics, mobile maps and animation, computer mapping, and cyber forensics. This poster was developed by CSTA in partnership with CCECC (Committee for Computing Education in Community Colleges). Anyone can download a copy from our website or request copies of the poster for outreach events or for your classroom (CSTA members only).
Chris Stephenson Members of the CSTA Leadership Cohort have launched a letter-writing campaign aimed at their city, state, and federal representatives asking for them to proclaim their support for CS Ed Week.
Chris Stephenson - Posted several blog pieces by CSTA members: Activities for CS Ed Week: Oct 24, 2011 Getting Ready for CS Ed Week: Oct 31, 2011 Kicking Off CS Ed Week: Nov 17, 2011
Chris Stephenson Published an article entitled “A Call to Action” in the CSTA Voice, Vol. 7, Issue 5, November 2011.
Cathy Ngo, Brownie Leader (2nd graders) troop 445 for Girl Scouts of Citrus Council, is leading the girls at their Brownie Meeting in making their own secret codes by assigning a unique number to each letter of the alphabet as part of the Math Fun try-it. They can set up their scheme however they want, and use it to encode the phrase, “Brownies can do anything!” Then either encode their name or make up their own phrase to encode. They’ll talk about how people spend time thinking about how to encode information to save space, to make encoding/decoding quick, or to make decoding it very difficult. They’ll also talk about what kind of data gets encoded.
Ken Anderson, an Associate Professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder, is hosting the award event for the Colorado Affiliate of the NCWIT Aspirations in Computing Award in March 2011.
Shari Money, Manager of Collaborations for Girl Scouts of West Central Florida, is reviewing applications for the NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing Florida Affiliate.
Marcia McLean MacInnis, is reviewing applications for the NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing New England Affiliate.
Sophia Walkes, an ACM Member, is reviewing applications for the NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing for the New York Tri-State Area competition.
Michael Ringler, is reviewing applications for the NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing National Award.
Tina Laminack, an NCWIT Member, is reviewing applications for the North Caroline affiliate of the NCWIT Award for Aspirations in computing.
Danielle Lee, Urban Outreach Consultant with SCOPE Missouri, will be tweeting and blogging about CSEdWeek. She will use her personal twitter account @DNLee5 and her work twitter account @SCOPEMo.
As an outreach scientist, she promotes STEM education and diversity, currently for SCOPE - a grassroots organization that connects communities to education to workforce opportunities in science and technology.
Jenny Slade, Communications Director at the National Center for Women and Information Technology,plans to spread the word about CSEdWeek through a week-long campaign of blogging, Facebook and Twitter posts, and outreach to the media to let people know why CS education is important. “I hope you will do the same!”
Balakrishnan Modur, Parent and IEEE Software Developer, will enlighten the importance of Computer Science education among children and how computing has revolutionized the society.
Michele Leonard, Parent and External Relations Coordinator for the National Center for Women and Information Technology, is going to wow my daughter’s Brownie troupe with the card trick and sorting exercises outlined in CS Unplugged!
Leisa Thompson, Director of Research & Consulting for the National Center for Women and Information Technology, has included a message with my email signature to promote CSEdWeek
Jane Krauss, Curriculum and Program Developer at NCWIT, will be blogging about ways to encourage computational thinking through real-life projects. The audience for my blog is K-12 teachers keen on technology-rich learning environments. I’m bridging from that interest to the use of technologies -from spreadsheets to Scratch- to encourage the exploration of computational concepts during real-life problem solving.
One example? Students in Ohio became concerned about broken sidewalks in their town that hamper mobility for senior and disabled citizens. By making an inventory of sidewalk quality and studying foot traffic patterns students were able to create a model that they presented to the city council in support of their recommendations for sidewalk repair.Wendy DuBow, a Research Scientist with the National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT), is going to watch a CS Unplugged video and run the activity with my children and their friends.
Cameron Wilson, Director of Public Policy for ACM - We are reaching out to all ACM members in the United States to spread the word about Computer Science Education Week. We are also highlighting CSEdWeek by making it the cover story for our December issue of Communications of the ACM, our flagship publication and making it the lead story on our website.
Padmaja Bandaru, a computer science teacher at the Advanced Math & Science Academy Public Charter School, is inviting leaders from various organizations to come to AMSA to encourage our students to get involved in computer science education. AMSA is having a high school assembly on December 8, 2010 when Google Site Director Steve Vinter (Cambridge, MA) is giving a keynote speech to educate our students about different paths in computer science.
Julie Benyo, the Director of Dot Diva, promotes the impact of computer science. “What’s your passion? Do you want to be creative, work with great people, and change the world? You can make it happen with computing. Learn more about how through Dot Diva (dotdiva.org).”
Jerri Barrett, the VP of Marketing at the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology, will be actively promoting CSEdWeek with a newsletter on December 6th, blogs and daily tweets.
Chris Stephenson, the Executive Director of the Computer Science Teachers Association, will be distributing a poster to teachers that helps students appreciate the ways in which computer science is enhancing sports.
