Computer Science Education Week is December 9-15, 2013
This week is Computer Science Education Week and the linked site above has many fantastic opportunties to explore coding with students with teaching the Hour of Code in your classroom. Check out videos featuring Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Black Eyed Peas founder will.i.am and NBA star Chris Bosh sharing the importance of students learning programming. Consider sharing information from the following PDF titled "What is Computer Science and What do People Do Once They Know It?"
http://csedweek.org/files/What_is_CS_and_Careers.pdf and share information from the site Computing Degrees and Careers. Finally, check out the infographic titled What's wrong with this picture? to see stats about computer science and computer programming.
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