CS 10K: The Utah Exploring Computer Science Initiative

盐湖城威斯敏斯特学院与杨百翰大学合作，提议仿照洛杉矶联合大学探索计算机科学课程创建一学期的新课程。犹他州绝大多数高中生除了必修的计算机素养课程外，没有机会学习计算知识。该项目旨在为犹他州公立学校的所有学生提供现有计算机素养课程的替代方案。犹他州探索计算机科学计划将把探索计算机科学(ECS)课程调整为半年课程，以满足犹他州高中计算机素养的毕业要求。在三年的时间里，该项目将通过暑期专业发展讲习班、学年期间每月举行的会议、指导计划和支持性在线社区来准备和支持100名教师。拟议的项目将使学生更好地培养21世纪更高级的计算技能，并将提高学生、家长和辅导员对计算机的认识。预计ECS课程将改善学生对计算作为一门学科的看法，导致学生对额外的CS课程更感兴趣，这将反过来推动对更严格课程的需求，例如AP CS A或拟议的新AP计算机原理课程。该项目的目标是让大多数犹他州学生参加ECS课程，以在5年内完成他们的计算机素养高中毕业要求。

Westminster College of Salt Lake City, in partnership with Brigham Young University, proposes to create a new one-semester course modeled on the LAUSD Exploring Computer Science curriculum. The vast majority of Utah high school students do not have the opportunity to learn about computing beyond a required computer literacy course. This project seeks to provide all students in Utah public schools with an alternative to this existing computer literacy course. The Utah Exploring Computer Science Initiative will adapt the Exploring Computer Science (ECS) curriculum into a half-year course that meets the computer literacy high school graduation requirement for the state of Utah. Over three years, the project will prepare and support 100 teachers with summer professional development workshops, monthly meetings held during the academic year, a mentoring program, and a supportive online community. The proposed project will better prepare students with more advanced 21st century computing skills and will increase student, parent and counselor awareness of computing. It is anticipated that the ECS course will improve student perception of computing as a discipline, leading to increased student interest in additional CS courses, which will in turn drive demand for more rigorous course offerings, such as AP CS A or the proposed, new AP Computer Principles course. The project goal is to have the majority of Utah students taking the ECS course to fulfill their computer literacy high school graduation requirement within 5 years.