1. Invite industry professionals to your classroom (or explore careers). Have volunteers discuss their backgrounds and careers and then give feedback on student projects or support a special activity.
2. Play interesting CS videos: See curated playlists. Additionally, check out these great video series:
3. Teach an intersession! (written as part of MyCS but perfectly appropriate for any course!)
4. Lead physical computing projects: This is a great time to break out the Bee-Bots, Dot and Dash robots, Finch robots, Spheros, Makey Makeys, micro:bits, and Circuit Playgrounds! Here are some resources for these devices. Ask the CS team to check out class sets of physical computing devices!
5. Pose debugging challenges: Discuss the history of the Grace Hopper and how she coined the term “bug” after pulling a moth from a computer in 1947.
6. Choose a fun Hour of Code tutorial: Here are some suggestions for students who already have some experience with CS:
7. Teach an unplugged activity: Unplugged activities are a great way to teach CS concepts in a fun and different way. Some suggestions include:
8. Create additional opportunities: