Inspire students to try Computer Science
1. Find a guest speaker
Thousands of engineers and individuals passionate about computer science have signed up to volunteer as a mentor or a guest speaker. You can use our map of volunteers to contact local volunteers to visit your classroom, or search in any city to find computer science students or technical professionals who are ready to inspire your students remotely, via video chat.
2. Show these videos
Computer Science is Changing Everything (5 min)
Inspire a girl (2 min)
Computer Science intro (1 min)
What Most Schools Don't Teach (5 min)
President Obama on computer science (1 min)
Hour of Code is Here - Anybody Can Learn (2 min)
Anybody Can Learn (1 min)
- More inspirational videos featuring role models and celebrities
- More inspirational videos featuring professionals in technology fields
3. Student of the Week and Teacher of the Month
Share these inspiring stories about students and teachers who are changing the face of computer science right now. Nominate one you know.
4. Put up these posters
5. Grow participation by women
- Top 4 Ways to Recruit Girls to Try Computer Science
- NCWIT outreach guide for computer science
- Outreach guide for Latinas
- Fact-sheet for participation by women
- Awards and recognition for girls engaged in coding
6. Other Materials
- Check out these Teaching tips for introducing CS to a classroom
- Video library: Use these videos to teach computer science in any class worldwide.
- One-pager: What can you do with CS?
