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!
Ask students to consider which objects in the room are computers to further their understanding of what computing is. Use the phrasing "What different Computers do you see".
Split students into groups responsible for programming different tasks in Java to create a Set game, this will allow them to learn to distributed work in environments that mirror industry.
Have students complete CodeLab’s practice exercises to improve their skills in Python, Java, C++, or other programming languages.
Send students on an online scavenger hunt to find pieces of information on the internet so they learn different ways of retrieving data.
Demonstrate manipulating primitives with operators before manipulating them with methods so students can understand the basics of primitives before using them in a more complicated way.
Have students think about a reference to an object as a numeric memory address to help them understand how passing references works.
Use constructive and well-formed examples, like Quicksort, to teach recursion so that students have a strong model for building their own solutions.