Communications of the ACM - Self managed systems
CS4HS: an outreach program for high school CS teachers
Proceedings of the 38th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
Teaching complexity via spreadsheets
Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges
Scratch Programming for Teens
Computational thinking for the sciences: a three day workshop for high school science teachers
Proceedings of the 41st ACM technical symposium on Computer science education
Why computational thinking should be integrated into the curriculum
Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges
Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges
Introducing computer science to K-12 through a summer computing workshop for teachers
Proceedings of the 42nd ACM technical symposium on Computer science education
Introducing computational thinking in education courses
Proceedings of the 42nd ACM technical symposium on Computer science education
Changing perceptions of computer science and computational thinking among high school teachers
Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges
CS4Impact: measuring computational thinking concepts present in CS4HS participant lesson plans
Proceeding of the 44th ACM technical symposium on Computer science education
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Recruiting a precollege audience into computing disciplines can be challenging. One approach is to engage those that have a strong influence with the precollege students, K-12 teachers [16]. To engage these teachers, we held a Google-sponsored Computer Science for High School (CS4HS) workshop at our small university. The workshop, scheduled over a two day period, included presentations on the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) K-12 computer science curriculum standards, recruiting woman into computing disciplines, and careers in technology. Additionally, there were hands-on sessions with Scratch programming, FIRST robotics, computer hardware, programming in Excel, and CS Unplugged. A unique aspect of this workshop was that high school, middle school, and elementary school teachers, both in and out of technology-related disciplines, were invited to attend. Another unique aspect of our workshop was the inclusion of several sessions with activities for participants to create action plans for incorporating computational thinking components into the curriculum at their respective schools. This included a presentation from a former school superintendent on how to work with school districts in considering computer science as a component in the curriculum and several small-group working sessions to develop the action plans. Discussions with the attendees and subsequent surveys revealed some surprising information about perceptions that K-12 teachers had surrounding computer science and technology. This paper describes our experience with the workshop.