Articles
The Utah Exploring Computer Science Initiative is a CS 10K project funded through
the National Science Foundation in Computing Education 21 (NSF-CE21 #1240977).
We hope to support 100 Exploring Computer Science teachers in Utah by 2015.
To see our National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Goals, check out our Goals page above. You can also email Helen Hu for our NSF proposal.
The goals of the Exploring Computer Science course are:
- To change students' preconceptions about computer science.
- To expose more students to computer science concepts.
Recent articles about the ECS course include:
- An ABC 4 News article and television documentary Familiarizing Utah with computer science from July 2014. This article and video show Utah's need for students interested in computer science.
- A Salt Lake Tribune article and television documentary Teaching Utah teens 'hands-on' computer science from May 2014. A teacher given the Inovation Award for her methods of teaching.
- The Salt Lake Tribune article, Report lauds Utah's computer science education from March 2014. This article is about Exploring Computer Science and the remaining chalenges in Computer Science Education.
- The Salt Lake Tribute article, Should Utah require computer coding before graduation? from December 2013. This article examines high school graduation requirements.
- The Huffington Post blog, The iPads-in-Schools Challenge: Tools for Consumption or Innovation? from October 2013.
- The Salt Lake Tribune article, Utah kids savvy on Facebook and Angry Birds, but their coding skills don't fly from July 2013, includes pictures and quotes from our June 2013 teacherss.
- The EDCUtah feature story, Providing a Skilled Workforce: New 'Exploring Computer Science' Curriculum Will Help Support Industry Needs from February 2013.
- The Salt Lake Tribune article, New computer science class may be coming to a school near you from September 2012.
- The Time magazine article, Can We Fix Computer Science Education in America? from July 2012.