Social discussion of CS in K-12

["Reese, George Clifford" <reese AT illinois.edu>]

Dear CTRL-Shifters in Unit 4 and District 116, please help spread the word to high school students. This sounds like great fun.

https://splash.cs.illinois.edu

-George

 

From: Bri Chapman [mailto:bri.chapman AT gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2015 8:22 AM
To: Reese, George Clifford
Subject: CS @ Illinois Splash

 

Hi George!! 

 

I hope all is well. I'm writing to ask if you could help spread the word to high school teachers and their students about this incredible event the computer science department is hosting. I'm including a sample letter below. Please let me know if you have any other ideas about how to spread the word! Thanks so much for your help! 

 

Bri

 

 

 

Hello,

 

On Saturday, April 11th, we are inviting all high school students to UIUC for a FREE undergrad-led outreach event: CS @ ILLINOIS Splash! (https://splash.cs.illinois.edu). The students will spend the day taking fun courses taught by undergrads, creating a custom schedule based on their interests. The program includes all three meals on Saturday for free. We hope they can enjoy a day of creativity on-campus while meeting other high school students and college undergrads!

 

Splash will offer a wide selection of classes with topics in and out of computer science. Some courses our instructors are planning to teach:

·         Robots: Our Future Overlords

·         UIUC 101: How to Succeed at UIUC! (or any college)

·         Secret Codes, Magic Tricks, And Coloring Books

·         Landing a Job your Freshman Year

·         Hacking Ninja 101

·         Quizditch: Harry Potter Trivia

·         E-sports Are The New Sports: League Of Legends Analysis

·         What the Heck is Machine Learning?

·         Awesome Animations in Swift

 

...and a whole bunch more!

 

We would like your help in inviting students to Illinois for Splash. Any high school student interested in computer science is welcome to attend. Interested students should submit their emails at https://splash.cs.illinois.edu by Tuesday, March 24th to ensure availability. We’ll reach out to them within two weeks with more information! Splash is entirely free, though students will need to provide their own transit to UIUC. We’ll do our best to facilitate carpooling where possible.

 

Questions? Course ideas? Let us know at cs-splash AT illinois.edu. We look forward to meeting your students at Splash!

 

Thanks!

--The Splash Team