Virtual
Join College Board and Counselors 4 Computing for this webinar:
Engaging All Students in AP Computer Science Principles
Tuesday, April 16, 9am-10am
Register Here: https://collegeboard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYsduGgqjIuHNEmzODHBTzaJH2MPimy5rMI
College Board and Counselors for Computing PA discuss engaging underrepresented students (including females and minorities) in computer science coursework through AP Computer Science Principles. This session is especially geared towards helping counselors understand which students should be recommended to take these courses.
Gain knowledge about the AP Computer Science Principles program and what makes it engaging for a new set of students.
Hear an AP CSP teacher and students from Erie School District and Philadelphia School District.
Learn best practices for inviting underrepresented students into computing from Counselors 4 Computing from the National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT).
Tuesday, April 16, 9am-10am
Register Here: https://collegeboard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYsduGgqjIuHNEmzODHBTzaJH2MPimy5rMI..
Past Virtual Programs
Graduation Pathways and Career Education & Work Standards
Date: Monday, February 12th
Time: 9:00am-12:00pm
Advising students for careers in computing and wonder how to integrate it with state requirements? Join us for an overview of ACT 158 and integration ideas.
Presenter: Dr. Christina Green and Dr. Jennifer Kirk
Register Here: https://bit.ly/PASMART_ACT148
Email dana.wile@ncwit.org If you are interested in a recording of the past programs:
Spark Cybersecurity
Date: Thursday, October 12th, 2023
Time: 8:00am-11:00am
Join us to learn about a series of mini-lessons any educator can teach to spark student interest in the #1 growing field of cybersecurity. Presenter: Drs. Nazli Hardy & Jennifer Kirk
CS Activities-in-a-Box
Date: Saturday November 18th, 2023
Time: 8:30am-11:30am
Try out NCWIT Counselors 4 Computing new CS-in-A-Box activities. Designed to be picked up by any counselor and integrated quickly into classroom or group lessons.
Presenter: Nicole Sayre & MaKenzie Johonson
Building Robots for Social-Emotional Lessons
Date: Saturday January 20th, 2024
Time: 9:00am-12:00pm
Try your hand at physical computing with an SEL and micro:bit lesson.
Book Talk: Power-On Graphic Novel
Monday February 5th 3:30pm-4:45pm EST
Meet with UCLA researchers & authors of the Graphic Novel Power-On & Stuck in the Shallow End. Learn about their research of the impact of systemic inequality on CS education, and how they wrote this Graphic Novel as a tool to address the problem of disparity in CS.
Presenter: Dr. Jane Margolis, Dr. Jean Ryoo, and Facilitator Stephen Sharp
Registration Link: