Computer Science Education Team

Finding the way forward for computer science education in Maryland.

Project Documents

1. CS Ed Workshop Proposal (PDF)

Workshop #1 Documents

1. Workshop #1 goals statement (PDF, as sent in invitation)
2. Logistics (PDF, as sent 2009-03-06)
3. Meeting location (googlemap)
4. Participants (Text list, current as of 2009-03-06)
5. Jan Cuny's Slides (PPT) as given at the meeting.
6. ISTE Secondary Standards for Computer Science (PDF), Link contributed by Liz Neal as offered at the meeting, as comparison to what others share. (Standards begin on page 12.)
7. Proposal Guidelines for New/Modified Educator Preparation Programs, (Word) document from MSDE contributed by Liz Neal.
8. Donna Thomas recommends we link to the following CSTA reports:
   • Ensuring Exemlary Teaching in an Essential Discipline: Addressing the Crisis in Computer Science Teacher Certification
   • ACM Curriculum Report
   • Computer Science State Certification Requirements CSTA Certification Committee Report

Workshop #2 Documents

1. Logistics (PDF, same document as for previous workshop)
2. Draft undergraduate curriculum for CS Ed Major (PDF)
3. Challenges in Computing Education Research, Mark Guzdial (Powerpoint)
4. Creating an Infrastructure for High School Computing Education in Georgia, Barbara Ericson (Powerpoint)
5. AP Computer Science rates by state (XLS)
6. Important links mentioned during our visitors' talks:
   • http://gacomputes.cc.gatech.edu/
   • http://roboteducation.org/
   • http://csunplugged.org/

Links of Interest

1. USM STEM Symposium including 2009 Langenberg Lecture and Award Ceremony.