Computer Science Education Week is coming up once again this December from the 7th to the 13th! Unlike a one day launch event like CodeVA has hosted in previous years, this year we have an entire virtual week of speakers, family nights, kids activities, and sessions for educators. We can’t wait to #BringCSHome with you!
Here’s what we have going on for the week!
Sunday 12/06
Monday 12/07
Tuesday 12/08
Wednesday 12/09
Thursday 12/10
Friday 12/11
Saturday 12/12
CS Ed Week Launch! – 9AM Register HereLearn MoreCS Ed Week Launch is the kickoff event for our whole week of activities where students and teachers alike can learn about CS across VA. Attendees will hear from a diverse range of CS professionals along with Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger, First Lady Pamela Northam, Secretary of Education Atif Qarni, and State Superintendent James Lane
Shake it, Program it! K-2nd Grade – 10AM Register HereLearn MoreAlgorithms are a fundamental part of computer science. Eureka Workshop will be leading activities that explore how both bees and dessert chefs need algorithms in order to communicate. Join us to learn about sequencing, patterns, looping, and randomness as we create our own group algorithms in real time!
Shake it, Program it! for 3rd-5th Grade – 10AM Register HereLearn MoreAlgorithms are a fundamental part of computer science. Eureka Workshop will be leading activities that explore how both bees and dessert chefs need algorithms in order to communicate. Join us to learn about sequencing, patterns, looping, and randomness as we create our own group algorithms in real time!
MS/HS: App in an Hour: Make a Game! – 9AM Register HereLearn MoreJoin us for an App in an Hour event where participants will be learning how to code a classic shell game using Code.org’s App Lab. Viewers will learn how to use block code to create a game with variables, functions, and loops. This activity is perfect for beginning to intermediate learners aged middle school to adult.
Doodle Jam with Saxton All Students – 10AM Register HereLearn MoreDoodleJams are collaborative drawing time hosted by our Eureka Workshop and for CS Ed Week our special guest artist will be Saxton Moore! Saxton Moore is a two times emmy nominated artist who’s worked with the likes of Nickelodeon and Netflix. Students of all ages can join this online drawing session and have fun with a career professional and their friends!
Family Code Night – 8PM External Registration: Available hereLearn MoreAt Family Code Night, parents pair up with their young children at this evening school event to do their first hour of coding, together. The effect is extraordinary: huge turnouts, great fun, inspiration – plus the personal engagement of happy, motivated parents, a unique and largely untapped force in K-5 computer-science education.
Integrating CS – Sparking Ideas, Twitter Chat – 7pmLearn MoreLooking for ideas for how to integrate computer science into your classroom? Join us on twitter for the CS Integration Twitter chat to share ideas and resources on how you can make your classroom CS Ready
CS to the Core: K5 Overview – 5pm Register HereLearn MoreParticipants will focus on Knowledge of Elementary School Computer Science Standards of Learning, Strategies to integrate Computer Science into non-CS subject areas, How to work with CodeVA’s Computer Science Integration Lesson Planning Guide, and Learning to plan Computer Science integrated lessons for K-5th grade.
CS to the Core MS Overview – 5pm Register HereLearn MoreParticipants will focus on Knowledge of Middle School Computer Science Standards of Learning, Strategies to integrate Computer Science into non-CS subject areas, How to work with CodeVA’s Computer Science Integration Lesson Planning Guide, and Learning to plan Computer Science integrated lessons for 6th-8th grade.
CSTA Blue Ridge – CS Learning Series Session External Registration: Available hereLearn MoreJoin us December 7 from 3:30-4:30 for an interactive session on the Impacts of Computing. This is part of CSTA Blue Ridge’s Computer Science Series every Monday from 11/9-12/14. Join the conversation to help us bring CS Education to every student in Virginia. Each session is stand alone for register for one or all!
Family Code Night – 9PM External Registration: Available hereLearn MoreAt Family Code Night, parents pair up with their young children at this evening school event to do their first hour of coding, together. The effect is extraordinary: huge turnouts, great fun, inspiration – plus the personal engagement of happy, motivated parents, a unique and largely untapped force in K-5 computer-science education.
CS in the K5 Classroom Webinar for Educators – 5PM & 8PM External Registration: 5pm session here and 8pm session hereLearn MorePresented by CodeVA’s Director of Education, Rebcca Dovi, this webinar will provide principals, educators and parents with necessary understanding of the Virginia Computer Science Education Mandate. The Mandate requires schools to integrate computer science into core instruction from kindergarten through eight grade. Through CodeVA’s partnership with the national CS is Elementary program, schools will also see how to post their computer science goals in a visualization of CS programs in each school and district in the state.