- Activity:
- Have students identify things that are computer science, make sure students identify a variety of examples.
- Here are some examples you can come prepared with that students might find interesting:
- The creation of movies and other multimedia content.
- The question of whether or not we can tell the difference between the behaviors of people and the behaviors of computers, the turing test: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turing_test
- The recommendations of other movies you might like on Netflix or the friend recommendations made on Facebook.
- The analysis of data that are meaningful to them (e.g. health, sports, etc.)
- The design of computer interfaces.
- Accessibility exercises are good here.
- You can also link in binary representation using ideas/examples such as chorded keyboards.
- The planning of bus routes and coordination of traffic lights.
- Help students see that computer programs are used in a lot of different places.
- It is sometimes difficult to have students think of situations/places where programming is NOT used.
- "Analog" almost has no context for younger generations.