#CSforGood: Celebrating Computer Science Education Week in the AISL Library

We celebrated Computer Science Education Week in the library across this week. The theme of this year’s Computer Science Education Week is #CSforGood- which centers around an exploration of the ways that computer science can be used to create a “more equitable and sustainable world” (CSforGood).  Many students created short videos they posted to a closed video-sharing platform called Flipgrid in answer to these questions:

• Can you think of any problems in your own life that could be solved or helped using computer science?
• What’s a recent example you’ve seen where technology was used to help solve a pressing problem somewhere in the world?
• Do you think there are ways to use computer science in addressing big issues like healthcare, access to clean water, or poverty?​

Students also used their creativity and problem-solving skills to explore a wide range of hands-on activities, including coding, using modular robotics cubes called Cubelets, designing with 3Doodlers, building radios with Snap Circuit Pro, and more!