Dear Collaborative Leadership Team members,
This week is Computer Science Education Week (CSEdWeek) and we would like to invite you to join us in the activities below. In particular, we encourage you to attend the two events we will be hosting, tomorrow's Twitter Chat and Thursday's Webinar, which are highlighted in the table below.
Day
Activity
Monday, December 3
Teach using Google and CS First's new activity for Hour of Code 2018, "An Unusual Discoveryhttps://csfirst.withgoogle.com/en/discovery-teachers?utm_source=NGCP&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=11.15.18-HOC18-NGCP--all-other-00&src=-11.15.18-HOC18-NGCP--all-other-00" (available in both English and Spanish).
Invite creative CS professionals into your learning space with live broadcasts, thanks to Microsoft, Code.org, and Skype in the Classroom. Register herehttps://education.microsoft.com/CSweek for a new speaker each day of the week!
Tuesday, December 4
Find an engaging computer science program in your neighborhood using The Connectoryhttp://www.theconnectory.org 'Find an Opportunity' search.
Attend the Constellations Center for Equity in Computing 'breakingtheCode = [Underrepresented Students in CS]https://gatech.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=07f43425cffbe0045cc2939f7&id=ea365249c2&e=1dcca46dd1' webinar at 4:00PM Pacific (7:00PM Eastern).
Wednesday, December 5
Request a woman computer scientist to come into your classroom or program, using resources from FabFemshttp://www.fabfems.org.
Participate in our Twitter Chat with ECEP, NCWIT, and others, "Encouraging Equity in CS: A #CSEdWeek Showcase" using #CSEdWeek at 4:00PM Pacific (7:00PM Eastern).*
*Hosting with the National Center for Women and Information Technologyhttps://www.ncwit.org/ (NCWIT), Expanding Computer Education Pathwayshttps://ecepalliance.org/ (ECEP), and the Georgia Tech Constellations Center for Equity in Computinghttp://constellations.gatech.edu/.
Thursday, December 6
Join the Bridging the "Encouragement Gap" in STEM +Chttp://ngcproject.org/bridging-the-%E2%80%9Cencouragement-gap%E2%80%9D-in-stem-c webinar at 1:00PM Pacific (4:00PM Eastern).*
*Featuring NCWIT's Research Scientist, JeffriAnne Wilder.
Visit The Connectoryhttps://theconnectory.org/ to register your computer science programs and add opportunities. The Getting Started Guidehttps://theconnectory.org/need-help makes it easy.
Friday, December 7
Introduce a girl to an inspiring role model in computer science through our platform, FabFemshttp://www.fabfems.org.
Discover broadening participation in computing resources from NCWIThttps://www.ncwit.org/ and the Expanding Computing Education Pathwayshttps://ecepalliance.org/ (ECEP) Alliance.
Happy #CSEdWeek,
Erin Hogeboom
Director of Strategic Partnerships
Pronouns: she/her
National Girls Collaborative Projecthttps://ngcproject.org/ | The Connectoryhttps://theconnectory.org/ | FabFemshttps://fabfems.org/