This is a copy of the page which can be found at https://bit.ly/CS4FNlunch.
I (Jo Brodie) gave a ‘Lunch and Learn’ talk to QMUL colleagues on Tuesday 19th September 2023 about the work that the CS4FN project has done in helping teachers who want to increase the representation of diversity of computer science in their classrooms, free.
This page is the place where I’m putting all the links, a copy of the slides and a copy of the YouTube video recording.
The shortlink for this the original page is https://bit.ly/CS4FNlunch
An overview of the slides in the talk
Slide 1
Contact us at cs4fn@eecs.qmul.ac.uk or @cs4fn on Twitter
Slide 3
1. Magazines
Download PDF copies of our magazines and booklets (all our material is here) and our Magic of Computer Science booklets.
Get free copies
Teachers, school librarians and home educators in the UK can sign up to receive a free copy or class set(s) of all of our future magazines and booklets. Please see our sign up page for more. Back issues are at the links above.
2. CS4FN sites old and new
CS4FN – original site (~2005) is https://www.cs4fn.org and we are moving all the articles (and adding new ones) to the newer and whizzier https://cs4fn.blog
3a. EECS schools talks
Schools in London can book a free talk on electronic engineering and computer science topics from staff in QMUL’s School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science (EECS).
3b. Royal Institution (Ri) Masterclasses in Computer Science at EECS
Many universities and schools around the UK host Ri Masterclasses in Computing and other STEM subjects, QMUL’s computer science department (EECS) hosts an annual six week programme for London schools (teachers should contact the Ri for information about the programme).
Slide 4
4. The Women Are Here
A copy of the annual and poster can be downloaded here.
5. Anne-Marie Imafidon on The Life Scientific
Anne-Marie Imafidon (Stemettes founder) talks about a particular experience she had as a young Black woman in computing, when a white colleague apparently struggled to believe that she knew something that he didn’t.
• The Life Scientific (Jim Al-Khalili interviews her for his podcast, recorded at the Cheltenham Science Festival), ~25mins
• Black History Month event coming up (Wed 4 Oct 1-2pm)
6. Posters celebrating diversity in computing
Download copies of the posters and find out more about the people on them here.
Slide 7
7. Website
Black History Month articles mentioned in my talk that are on the CS4FN site: NASA’s brilliant calculators and The Gender Shades Audit. There are plenty more as part of our Black History portal.
Computing and Society page on the Teaching London Computing site (this site).
Slide 8
8. Portals
A handy way of accessing our information is through these themed portals, including one on Diversity in Computer Science (from the CS4FN site) and our diversity posters page, which also includes snippets of information about the people featured.
Slide 10
9. Magazines
Issue 26 Peter W McOwan Serious Fun
Issue 27 – Smart Health (Pambayesian project)
Issue 17 – Machines making medicine safer
Issue 28 – Cunning Computational Contraptions
Slide 11
10. EPSRC funding
EPSRC – this was the call for funding, for several ICT Public Engagement Champions and Paul Curzon is one of the awardees. I work with him on this grant.
Slide 12
11. Our TES “shop”
CS4FN on TEShttps://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/JoBrodieCS4FN: All our material is free to download. TES is a place where teachers can also access other free and non-free school resources.
Slide 13
12. Books celebrating Black computer scientists
The books listed are –
• A Computer Called Katherine
• Sasha Savvy Loves To Code
• Counting on Katherine
• Black Women In Science
• Counting Stars
• 101 Black Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
• Hidden Figures
• The Girl With A Mind For Math
• Computer Decoder
References and other resources
Royal Society pilots Career Development Fellowship to support independent researchers from underrepresented groups (19 September 2023) The Royal Society (from 1hr 27m you can hear Dr Mark Richards, Senior Teaching Fellow at Imperial College, talking to BBC 5 Live about the fellowships and why this kind of scheme is needed.
Raspberry Pi Foundation – Delivering a culturally relevant computing curriculum: new guide for teachers
Raspberry Pi Foundation – Engaging Black students in computing at UK schools – interview with Joe Arday
Raspberry Pi Foundation – Engaging Black students in computing at UK schools – interview with Lynda Chinaka
Raspberry Pi Foundation – Exploring how culture and computing intersect
- also includes a link to a resource using Scratch programming to design cornrow curves.
BCS: Ethnic minority representation in IT
Hwang, Y, Das, A., Waite, J. and Sentance, S. (2023) Using a sociological lens to investigate computing teachers’ culturally responsive classroom practices.
This blog is supported through EPSRC grant EP/W033615/1.
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