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Twitter handle: @tapestryworkshp (note: “…shp” not “…shop” due to Twitter character limits)

Facebook group: CS@HS Tapestry

Monday, August 6, 2018

Other resources related to this day’s discussions:

• http://indeed.com where you can search for current open jobs in any region.
• The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is the source of most of our occupational outlook data; you might also benfit from visiting their Occupational Outlook Handbook, particularly if people want something that looks “more official”.
• The App Assocation’s salary and degree information by city.
• http://dotdiva.org has a lot of example computing professionals in not-obviously-computer disciplines. Last updated when their grant expired in 2010, but still the best such repository we know of.
• We mentioned “growth mindset” a few times. For more, see, e.g., a TED Ed lesson on the topic, a list of 7 TED talks, or mindsetworks.com.
• Counselors for Computing.
• Logic Puzzles (pptx) compiled by Buffie Holley
• A selection of past participants’ recruiting materials.

Tuesday, August 7, 2018

• Hacker One sent hackers to talk to Buffie Holley’s students (they initiated this).
• http://www.reducingstereotypethreat.org has (among other things) a list of about 300 scholarly articles on stereotype threat.
• Buffie Holley also uses physical puzzles, such as puzzle boxes.
• Martin Gardener, The Colossal Book of Short Puzzles and Problems, W. W. Norton & Company (December 17, 2005). ISBN-10: 0393061140; ISBN-13: 978-0393061147.
• The Lighthouse team’s online Tapestry-like course for Community College faculty, but open to all.
• A youtube video about rubbery ducky debugging.

Wednesday, August 8, 2018

• http://spatiallearning.org maintains a database of several thousand related papers.
• Links in pair programming talk: http://youtu.be/rG_U12uqRhE and http://cstapestry.wikidot.com/pair-programming .
• https://www.ncwit.org – many resources, including summaries of research and best practices.
• https://www.engage-csedu.org/ – classroom-ready curricular and related material.
• http://aspirations.org
  • girls apply (must be US citizens enrolled in school)
  • no CS experience needed
  • girls fill out a multiple-choice about computing experience, but that has low weight
    • girls rarely rate themselves as highly as you would; review and help them see they can say more
  • 6 paragraph-response questions (not visible to teacher, but to students; suggestion: have a student get them for you an have all students answer them)
    • girls rarely brag well; review draft and point out how they can boast more
    • suggestion: have early deadline on application drafts so you can read and review them
    • maybe rope in writing teachers to help with grammar, etc, after they have good content
  • takes time (suggestion: give time in class)
  • (typically) opens in September and closes in November (often with an extension to the deadline announced near the deadline)
  • after students win, contact the local paper, put on morning announcements, etc.

• C4C kits can be ordered at https://www.ncwit.org/counselors-computing-c4c-kit-request-form

  A note from Jane Krauss at C4C:

  Please add somewhere on the order form this note — “Please also send xxx copies of”Top 10 Ways to Engage Counselors as Allies.” and…based on Tapestry work, here’s a slide deck for presenting these points one-by-one…It is read-only but can be downloaded as a copy to modify.

  Top 10 Ways