Conference Session

Computational/CS Initiatives

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

David R. Wright, North Carolina State University

Tagged Divisions

K-12 & Pre-College Engineering

provided by thespeakers. A variety of other online resources are also provided. NCWIT and CSTA also provided awealth of printed materials that attendees could take with them to support their recruiting andteaching efforts.4 EvaluationAll of the attendees expressed an interest in learning new strategies and techniques for attractingand retaining a more diverse student population in the computer science courses. The second-mostcommon expectation (expressed by 15 of 27 participants) was to collaborate with other teachersand CS education professionals to develop ways of strengthening their CS curricula and informingschool administrators and parents about the importance of computing education for all students. At the end of the workshop