Initiatives for Educators
IT-oLogy has educational partners that continuously look for ways to "Focus on the Faculty." We would like to provide some innovative ways to introduce information technology and computer science to young students, as well as their parents and the faculty administrators.
We recommend that CS teachers join organizations like the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) and become involved in local and state wide chapter activities.
Listed below are a list of ideas to celebrate computer science education. Check out even more classroom resources at
csta.acm.org and
www.csedweek.org
- Use CSTA videos in morning announcements
- Hold a CS poster, video, commercial or essay contest
- Provide CS career posters to the guidance office
- Host a CS party and invite school administrators
- Have students tell a story using Alice or Scratch
- Invite a computer scientist to discuss the many jobs in CS
- Conduct CS4FN and CS Unplugged activities
- Have students create a webpage celebrating CS
- Plan student projects in collaboration with other sources
- Ask students to identify and discuss TV shows or movies that incorporate computers – from the current or the past
- View Randy Pausch’s “Last Lecture” video
- Ask students to discuss current events that involve CS
- Feature your CS Education Week activities in the local or school newspaper