Celebrate Computer Science Education

Join with your students in celebrating the power and heritage of Computer Science Education!

Spread the news of opportunities in Computer Science and share the excitement of our future brought to you by computer science.

Plan your celebration activities for the week of December 7th.

Here are some ideas to get you and your students started….

· Poster contest

· Fastest to debug a program

· Guest speakers from the Computer Science Field

· Essay contest about the life of Grace Hopper

·Recognize an accomplished school alumnus working in CS with a press release and certificate

· Invite past students in to "tell it like it is" about CS careers or college

· Collaborate with the lunch room to rename the items of each day's menu to some clever computer related term. For example: just for fun infinite loop spaghetti or Grace Hopper Pie

· Want more ideas or information?
Visit School Project Ideas and Register your School as a Participating School.

Join with your students in celebrating the power and heritage of Computer Science Education!

Spread the news of opportunities in Computer Science and share the excitement of our future brought to you by computer science.

Plan your celebration activities for the week of December 7th.

Here are some ideas to get you and your students started….

· Poster contest

· Fastest to debug a program

· Guest speakers from the Computer Science Field

· Essay contest about the life of Grace Hopper

·Recognize an accomplished school alumnus working in CS with a press release and certificate

· Invite past students in to "tell it like it is" about CS careers or college

· Collaborate with the lunch room to rename the items of each day's menu to some clever computer related term. For example: just for fun infinite loop spaghetti or Grace Hopper Pie

· Want more ideas or information?
Visit School Project Ideas and Register your School as a Participating School.

Here's what the lower school is doing

The younger students will be introduced to Grace Hopper through a group discussion about careers that utilize technology and why computer science is important to us.

· Poster contest

· Fastest to debug a program

· Guest speakers from the Computer Science Field Combined with Upper School Dec. 10th.

· Essay contest about the life of Grace Hopper

·Recognize an accomplished school alumnus working in CS and have them visit or skype live.

The younger students will be introduced to Grace Hopper through a group discussion about careers that utilize technology and why computer science is important to us.

· Poster contest

· Fastest to debug a program

· Guest speakers from the Computer Science Field Combined with Upper School Dec. 10th.

· Essay contest about the life of Grace Hopper

·Recognize an accomplished school alumnus working in CS and have them visit or skype live.

ACM has joined with several partners from the computing community to commend the U.S. House of Representatives' passage of a resolution to raise the profile of computer science as a transforming industry that drives technology innovation and bolsters economic productivity. The resolution, H. RES. 558, designates the week of December 7 as "National Computer Science Education Week" in honor of Grace Murray Hopper, one of the outstanding pioneers in the field of computer science, who was born on December 9, 1906.

ACM is partnering with Microsoft, Google, Inc., and Intel as well as the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA), the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT), and the Computing Research Association (CRA) to build awareness of computer science education as a national priority.

Citing the influence of computing technology as a significant contributor to U.S. economic output, the House resolution calls on educators and policymakers to improve computer science learning at all educational levels, and to motivate increased participation in computer science.

Read the resolution

ACM has joined with several partners from the computing community to commend the U.S. House of Representatives' passage of a resolution to raise the profile of computer science as a transforming industry that drives technology innovation and bolsters economic productivity. The resolution, H. RES. 558, designates the week of December 7 as "National Computer Science Education Week" in honor of Grace Murray Hopper, one of the outstanding pioneers in the field of computer science, who was born on December 9, 1906.

ACM is partnering with Microsoft, Google, Inc., and Intel as well as the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA), the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT), and the Computing Research Association (CRA) to build awareness of computer science education as a national priority.

Citing the influence of computing technology as a significant contributor to U.S. economic output, the House resolution calls on educators and policymakers to improve computer science learning at all educational levels, and to motivate increased participation in computer science.

Read the resolution

Celebrate Computer Science Education

On December 11th, Lake Highland Preparatory School celebrated Computer Science Education Day. Brenda Shabel from Microsoft talked about the features of Windows 7. The first 100 students who attend got a free Windows 7 DVD compliments of Microsoft Corporation.

Each day this week during announcments, students were able to see a video of computer science students talk about their Web Design or Programming project that they worked on during this semester. It was a fun week!

On December 11th, Lake Highland Preparatory School celebrated Computer Science Education Day. Brenda Shabel from Microsoft talked about the features of Windows 7. The first 100 students who attend got a free Windows 7 DVD compliments of Microsoft Corporation.

Each day this week during announcments, students were able to see a video of computer science students talk about their Web Design or Programming project that they worked on during this semester. It was a fun week!