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 Welcome to the School of Computer Science Outreach Roadshow!
.....developed by Women@SCS
Supported in part by the NSF-ALADDIN
Center
Carnegie Mellon University
This is a highly interactive presentation by undergrads and grads in the
School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon who talk about why/how they began studying the area, their
current experiences, what Computer Science means to them now, and their
future hopes and expectations. The middle and high school presentations
include a guessing game, a slide show of CS applications, algorithm style puzzles, a robot demo, and much more. The
graduate level Roadshow (presented to undergrads) includes general information
on going to graduate school and short research talks.
Roadshow Demonstration
Below you can download a pdf with ideas and guidelines for starting your own Roadshow.
Roadshow Demonstration
*Please acknowledge Women@SCS if you use or adapt our Roadshow.*
Audiences
- elementary, middle, and high school girls and boys
- parents and teachers
- undergraduate students
- all who are interested in gender equality and computer science
Goals
- to increase the visibility of young women in computer science
- to challenge the traditional stereotypes of what/who computer scientists
are
- to show the breadth of fields that computer science can encompass
- role modeling
- to provide an interesting and enjoyable learning experience
- to provide leadership/mentoring opportunities for our young women computer
science students
Women@IT Presentation
Women@IT
has developed a graduate level Roadshow, which is presented to undergraduates.
This is part of an outreach component, implemented by our graduate students,
to publicize the range of their research interests and to encourage women
to consider applying to doctoral level studies in computing-related disciplines.
Roadshow Extras
Here are some links to interesting videos and websites that can be used
to supplement the material presented in the Roadshow.
- CSUnplugged -- Great Resource for games and puzzles away from the computer!
- CS4FN -- Great Resource, you can download "The Magic of Computer Science" full of fun card tricks
- CAPTCHA - How to tell Computers and
Humans Apart (a demo
that you can play with)
- Peekaboom - A picture game used to train computer vision algorithms
Past Roadshow Presentations
Elementary, Middle and High Schools Presentations:
- St Bedes 5th and 8th grades
- Sterrett Classical Academy, Pittsburgh
- Carmalt School, Pittsburgh
- The Ellis Middle School, Pittsburgh
- Winchester Thurston, Pittsburgh
- Alderdice High School, Pittsburgh
- Keynote Presentation for Technology Day, YMCA Workshop
- Girls-Specific Week Camp at Carnegie Mellon
- Peabody High School
- North Allegheny Intermediate School
- Pittsburgh Gifted Center, Pittsburgh
- Western PA School for the Deaf
- Schiller Classical Academy
- Girls in IT Event, Carnegie Mellon, (Keynote Talk)
- Frick Middle School, Pittsburgh
- Linden Elementary School, Pittsburgh
- Carnegie and Crafton Elementary School
- St. Philip Grade School, Pittsburgh
Conference Presentations:
Presentations for Teachers and others:
- AP Computer Science High School teachers, Carnegie Mellon
- TeacherTech, High School and Middle School Teachers, Mellon Institute,
2004
- Aladdin Summer Workshop, Carnegie Mellon
- CyberConXion,
Pittsburgh
- Take your Daughters/Sons to Work Days at Carnegie Mellon
- Sally Ride Science
Festival, University of Pittsburgh
- NSF vistors to the Computer Science department
- Roadshow for Ivanhoe productions
- CSD Advisory Board Presentation
- NCWIT presentation
- CS50 Celebration Presentation
- Project Olympus Show and Tell
- TechNights
- Gwen's Girls (after school program)
- CS4HS Summer
Workshops
Campus Presentations (Graduate Roadshow for Undergraduates):
- Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech)
- George Washington University, D.C.
- Princeton University
- Carnegie Mellon University
- University of Pennsylvania
- Columbia University
- University of Texas at Austin
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