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The PowerPoint slides used during the webinar can be downloaded here.
Speakers:
Ruthe Farmer
Senior Policy Advisor for Tech Inclusion, Office of Science & Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President
Tammy Pirmann
Computer Science Teachers Association Standards Revision Co-Chair
High School computer science teacher, and District Coordinator for Computer Science and Business at the School District of Springfield Township, Montgomery County, PA
Deborah Seehorn
Past-Chair of the Computer Science Teachers Association Board of Directors, 2016 Computer Science Teachers Association Standards Revision Task Force Co-Chair, and Former teacher and consultant for the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI).
Mark Nelson
Executive Director of Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA)
Synopsis:
Join us during Computer Science Education Week as we discuss the growing momentum in computer science education and how cybersecurity can help support this growing effort.
The U.S. House of Representatives has designated December 5-11, 2016 as Computer Science Education Week (CSEdWeek) in recognition of the transformative role of computing and necessity of rigorous computer science education at all levels. Learn about the week of CS events and the activities planned for the year ahead. What’s the difference between Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) and the CS for All Consortium? What cybersecurity topics and activities can be folded into the computer science instruction?
Resources:
- CSTeachers.org http://www.csteachers.org/(link is external)
- CSforAll Consortium http://www.csforall.org/(link is external)
- K-12 Computer Science Framework https://k12cs.org/(link is external)
- Computer Science For All White House Briefing https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2016/01/30/computer-science-all