CSEdWeek is December 8-14, 2013!

Celebrate and advocate for computer science in your school, community, state, country!
www.CSEdWeek.org



As part of its CSEdWeek activities, CSTA participated in the Sourcing the C in STEM: Making the Critical Connection Between Computer Science Education and Jobs Salon hosted by Change the Equation. With dynamic speakers, the passion for computer science in education was apparent, even while noting some very real challenges. Speakers included:

• Alison Derbenwick Miller, Vice President, Oracle Academy and Vice Chair of Computer Science Education Week 2012
• Trevor Packer, Senior Vice President, Advanced Placement Program, The College Board
• Linda Rosen, CEO, Change the Equation
• Chris Stephenson, Executive Director, Computer Science Teachers Association

Click here to view the entire video. It will be just as though you were there!




This exciting new classroom poster, developed in partnership with the National Security Agency, highlights critical elements of computer science including cyber security, design and creativity, problem solving programming, and collaboration. You can download a copy from this website or request copies of the poster for outreach events or for your classroom (CSTA members only). To order posters, please contact d.ferris@hq.acm.org.

Click here to download poster (28.3 MB).

Click here for more information on cyber security.




In 2012, CSTA's Equity Committee launched the "We Are the Faces of Computing" contest inviting students of any age to design a poster that highlights the diverse and creative ways that students do computer science together. In honor of CSEdWeek, we are delighted to announce the winners in three categories: Elementary school, middle school, and high school. Each winning school will receive an iPAD. The winners are:


High School:
Student: Jerome Williams
School: Lincoln Park High School, Chicago IL
Teacher: Deb Wilson

Click here to download the winning high school poster.



Middle School:
Students: Shaakira Bannister, Kayla Davis, Ayana McClanahan, and Freedom Watson
School: Kelly Miller Middle School, Washington D.C.
Teacher: Carlos Baez

Click here to download the winning middle school poster.



Elementary School:
Students: Khal Bashawaty, Tyler DiMartino, Danie Meder, and Sanjana Vakacharla
School: Fraser Woods Montessori School, Newtown, CT
Teacher: Patrice Gans

Click here to download the winning elementary school poster.


We hope that you will download and share these wonderful, creative posters with your students.




This engaging new classroom poster, developed in partnership with the Committee for Computing Education in Community Colleges, highlights exciting careers in four key areas: medical informatics, mobile maps and animation, computer mapping, and cyber forensics. You can download a copy from this website or request copies of the poster for outreach events or for your classroom (CSTA members only). To order posters, please contact d.ferris@hq.acm.org.

Click here to download poster (1.5 MB).




As part of their commitment to support CSEdWeek activities, the Donald Bren School of Information & Computer Sciences at the University of California, Irvine and CSTA have created a series of announcements that schools and teachers can use for morning announcements or in the classroom. These audio and video files are intended to inform and engage students and to help them understand the many opportunities computer science provides. Teachers: share these with other educators throughout your school!

Audio Announcement

This 45 second audio announcement by a high school senior points to a broad spectrum of career opportunities and encourages students to celebrate Computer Science Education Week.

To listen to audio file, click here.
To download, either right-click (on a PC) or Control-click (on a Mac), and then select "Save As" to save the file directly to your computer.

Video Announcements

This series of five two-minute videos celebrates the contributions that computer science makes in four fields and encourages students to pursue computer science as an educational pathway and a career.

Day I: Computer Science and Entertainment

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Day 2: Computer Science and the Environment

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Day 3: Computer Science and Communications

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Day 4: Computer Science and Medicine

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Day 5: Computer Science and Empowerment

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The U.S. House of Representatives has designated December 9-15, 2012 as Computer Science Education Week (CSEdWeek) in recognition of the transformative role of computing and necessity of rigorous computer science education at all levels. CSTA is delighted to have worked with ACM on this major accomplishment and we encourage all of our members to get involved!

Please visit the CSEdWeek Web site at www.CSEdWeek.org to access computer science education resources and participate in all of the social networking for this event.