Publications

ACM published and copyrighted the definitive print versions of the articles referenced below in a special section on the CS Principles and CS 10k projects that appeared in the ACM Inroads magazine [Vol. 3, No. 2, (June 2012)].  The links below refer to the author’s pre-print versions of these articles. They are posted here with the permission of ACM. You may download these articles for your personal use; however, you may not redistribute them.

Amy Briggs, Middlebury College: 

Preface to the Special Issue : Computer Science Principles and the CS 10K Initiative

The CS Principles Project

Larry Snyder, University of Washington: 

The First Five CS Principles Pilots: Summary and Comparisons 
AP CS Principles Pilot at University of Washington
Status Update: High School CS Internationally

Jan Cuny, NSF: 

TransformingHigh School Computing: A Call to Action

Joanna Goode, University of Oregon:

           Can We Fix Computer Science Education in America

Rich Kick, Newbury Park High School: 

CS Principles at Newbury Park High School

Tiffany Barnes, UNC Charlotte:

AP CS Principles Pilot at UNC Charlotte

Dan Garcia, UC Berkeley: 

AP CS Principles Pilot at University of California, Berkeley

Jody Paul, Metropolitan State College of Denver: 

CS Principles Pilot at Metropolitan State College of Denver

Living in a Computing World: A Step Towards Making Knowledge of Computing Accessible to Every Student

Beth Simon, UC San Diego:

AP CS Principles Pilot at University of California, San Diego
How to Implement a Peer Instruction-Designed CS Principles Course

Chris Stephenson, CSTA and Cameron WIlson, ACM:

Reforming K-12 Computer Science Education … What Will Your Story Be?

Presentations

Talks and presentations relating to CS Principles and CS 10k:

2013

CS Principles: development and evolution of a course and a community. SIGCSE 2013. Owen Astrachan, Amy Briggs, Lien Diaz, Brook Osborne

            CS Principles. TCEA 2013. Owen Astrachan

CS Principles: status report. CE21 meeting. Owen Astrachan, Amy Briggs, Lien Diaz, Brook Osborne

CS Principles workshop. Georgia Tech. Deepa Muralidhar

2012

             Broadening Participation: ECS and CS Principles. CS&IT 2012. Owen Astrachan, Gail Chapman, and Brook Osborne.

Piloting CS Principles: A First Hand Experience by K-12 Teachers.  CS& IT 2012. Ann Drobnis, Rebecca Dovi, Rich Kick, Deepa Muralidhar, Baker Franke.

(AP)CS Principles. CE21 meeting. Owen Astrachan.

What is Computational Thinking? CE21 meeting. Owen Astrachan.

(AP)CS Principles. AP Annual Conference. Owen Astrachan. 

2011

University of Washington's Pilot. SIGCSE 2011. Larry Snyder.

The CS10K Project: Mobilizing the Community to Transform High School Computing. SIGCSE 2011. Owen Astrachan, Jan Cuny, Chris Stephenson, Cameron Wilson. 

AP CS Principles. SIGCSE 2011. Owen Astrachan, Jody Paul, Beth Simon, Dan Garcia, Larry Snyder, Tiffany Barnes. 

(AP)CS Principles.  ACM Ed. Owen Astrachan. 

2010

APCS Principles. Snowbrid. Owen Astrachan