December 9, 2009 - New York Times Tech Talk

John White, the CEO of the Association for Computing Machinery, discusses Computer Science Education Week with Times reporter Claire Cain Miller.

To listen to the 10 minute conversation Click Here.

National Computer Science Education Week (CSEdWeek) -

December 6-12, 2009, was recently designated by the U.S. House of Representatives to recognize the transformative role of computing and the need to bolster computer science at all educational levels. This celebration is a joint effort led by ACM (the Association for Computing Machinery); with the cooperation and deep involvement of the Computer Science Teachers Association, the National Center for Women in Technology, and the Computing Research Association; and with the strong support of Google, Intel, and Microsoft.

ACM and its partners are developing a Web site, www.CSedweek.org, to serve as the interactive and central resource hub for CSEdWeek. The Web site will:

• Raise awareness of the critical role of computing for our global information society
• Promote efforts to expose students – particularly in grades K-12 – to robust computer science education
• Highlight the challenges facing computer science education
• Engage supporters to prepare students with the knowledge and skills they need for the 21st century.

The site will contain computer science education resources, such as posters, brochures, curriculum guides, data, and research. It will also house a social networking platform to share ideas and celebrate CSEdWeek at national and local levels– and that’s where you come in!

Chris Stephenson
Executive Director
CSTA.ACM.ORG

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