Computer Science Education Week

December 6-12, 2009

http://www.csedweek.org/

csta.acm.org

recruiting & celebrating

Ideas

1. scribbler robot cake
2. hall roaming robots
3. posters (did you know, famous people, esp. women and minorities)  Ria’s students – 100 posters
4. Computer Scientists – we solve the problems of the future
5. Movies (I, Robot, antitrust, war games (dated & language), matrix, tron, sneakers, hackers, the net, minority report)
6. science fiction predictions versus what’s come true
7. library displays (Rei)
8. industry support
9. trivia contest
10. candy with facts attached (customized candy hearts m&ms)
11. run simulations / senior projects in kiosks, etc.  (Briana)
12. multimedia presentation each day – Marlena’s students
13. case study bug trail to CS classroom
14. Shift happens…did you know
15. puzzles, puzzles, more puzzles
16. current students wear t shirts
17. ethical situations (current)
18. play wii
19. ways CS has improved the world!
20. how could you live without CS?
21. univ of Washington recruiting video