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Introduce synonyms for CS to demystify terms describing CS jobs.
Promote collaboration and creativity to dispel stereotypes about CS.
Model programming to show problem solving strategies.
Publicize resources for learning CS to help students see how they can continue learning CS.
Request eyes and ears, and monitors off to ensure students listen to announcements.
Count down before breaks to avoid "just one more thing" negotiations.
Explain food and drink restrictions to help students understand computers.
Set the default homepage to enable students to get started quickly.
Establish a gallery of current and past projects to motivate students and to build community as students get to show off their work.
Encourage asking peers questions to encourage collaboration and minimize roadblocks.
Combat stereotypes about computer science and computer scientists. This shows students that, regardless of their personality or other hobbies outside of CS, they could become computer scientists too!
Stay positive and regularly reassure students that you have confidence in their abilities.
Re-introduce yourself to students to minimize the imbalance in power.
Move to students' eye-level to connect with students as equals.
Volunteers: Stay quiet during announcements to model respect for the teacher.
Volunteers: Defer to the teacher to be consistent with classroom norms.
Explain what counts as CS to help students realize that they are learning CS.
Emphasize that computer science teaches a way of thinking that can be used in careers in the tech industry and beyond.
Compare exclusive OR gates to a light controlled by switches at the bottom and top of a staircase to explain how XOR logic works in a familiar situation.
Select analogies and examples of content that are as gender-, class-, and nationality-neutral as possible to avoid alienating and further confusing students of different backgrounds.