What Holds Girls Back from Computer Science an update

A few weeks back I blogged about an infograpfic that was making the rounds.

I am so happy to say that the infographic has been updated:

Better, no?

I am so glad to see the update. Gone is the one of blame and the factual errors about the APCS exam. The whole tone reflects their stated purpose of "Teach Girls To Program Before People Tell Them They Cant Do It". Great approach.

I really love that they now include information on stereotype threat. Joanne Cohoon at UVA has done a lot of great work on this as it relates to females in computer science. It is her research at NCWIT the reference at the bottom.? And while we are at it, have you been to a Tapestry Workshop? If not put it on your list for next summer, absolutely will change your teaching. Resources from past workshops are posted on the site, so you can read ahead,

Well done!

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CS Principles Pilot Curriculum an Update

Whew, busy!

This year has been crazy, but the good kind. Over the past two days I have updated my list of what we are doing in the CS Principles Pilot so far this year. If you are interested, the list is here: http://supercs.net

Etsy shop that was selling the flashcards

Let me tell you, weve been busy. Digging into what we have covered so far gives me hope we are really moving towards something.

A side note, the Performance Tasks (nee Portfolio Assessments) have just been updated. If you are in any way working on the CS Principles project you ought to take a look. Of special interest is the new Impact PT that replaces the Internet one from the past two years.

A technique I am using this year goes back to my days as a debater. I have printed out all of the Learning Objectives on flash cards. Each time I lesson plan on a particular topic I pull the cards that relate. This approach has really let me see the connections in the topics as we go through the material, and has sparked some new ideas for journal topics.

If there is any interest let me know and I can try to post the flash cards as a pdf for folks to print out.

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HOW To Post Blank Status Update and a blank comment Facebook

For Blank Status update:-

• 1. Login to your Facebook account and go to your Facebook wall or profile.

• 2. Now, just click in the Update Status box where you usually type your status update.

• 3. Copy and paste the characters given below in the Update Status box and

@[0:0: ]

• 4. Now, click on the Post button and a blank status update will be posted as shown in the image given below.

And if you want more fun then, you can post a huge blank status update too. It will appear as big blank space on your friends Facebook wall and will amaze them for sure. For that, just copy and paste the code given above in the Update Status box and hit Enter to come down a line below. Now paste the code again and keep repeating the same steps depending on how large blank status update on Facebook you wanna post. After that click on the Post button to publish it. It will appear on the Facebook wall as shown below


How to put blank comment :- 

• Click within the Facebook comment box to insert the cursor within it.
• Press the "Num lock" key near the top left of the keypad to turn on your numeric keypad.
• Hold down the "Alt" key on your keyboard while typing "0173" on the numeric keypad. Use the numeric keypad, not the row of numerals on your keyboard, to enter the numeric code.
• Press the "Enter" key to send the comment to Facebook.

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