CSEd Week

Introduction:

      Computer Science Education Week (CSEdWeek) is the major annual awareness program of the computing. CSEdWeek is a call to action to raise awareness about the importance of computer science education and its connection to careers in computing and other fields. It is held annually in recognition of the birthday of computing pioneer Admiral Grace Murray Hopper (December 9, 1906). CSEdWeek 2013 is celebrated between 9-15th December.

      CSEdWeek aims to:

• Communicate the endless opportunities for which computer science education prepares students in higher education and careers;
• Provide information and activities for students, educators, parents, and corporations to advocate for computer science education at all levels;
• Eliminate misperceptions about computer science and computing careers. 

CSEd Week 2013

Events:

       Like last year ACM-SEECS celebrated CSEdWeek this year too with a lots of students participating in activities held during this week. Following events were held in CSED:-

1. Coffee with ACM
2. Code2Success
3. Hour of Code
4. Seminar on Augmented Reality
5. Closing 

Coffee With ACM:

      Coffee with ACM was aimed to test the participants’ general knowledge regarding

• Computer Science
• ACM
• Tech tools
• Tech brands/companies
• Tech movies

      It consisted of multiple choice questions, visuals which they had to identify within 20 seconds, writing a paragraph on the topic ‘Computer Science’. Coffee was arranged for all the organizers and participants at the end of the event by the SEECS tuc shop ‘Le Khokha’.

Code2Success:
        Code2Success was a programming competition in which each team were given 5 tasks within an hour. The tasks were divided according to the level of the students participating. e.g. final year students were given harder tasks as compared to the freshmen. Almost 20 teams in groups of two participated. Most of the students completed their task before the time ended. It was a good event though.

Student Coding in Code2Success

Hour of Code:

         Hour of Code was celebrated during this week on Wednesday. The students of university participated and developed apps for any device, python programming was also taught, SOS village children built small apps using online tutorials. About 60-70 people participated.

Seminar:

          ACM-SEECS arranged a seminar which most of students had been waiting for long in CSEdWeek. This seminar was conducted in association with Quadsource. It was on Augmented Reality using Unity3D and Kinect. Former members of ACM conducted this seminar.

Augmented Reality Seminar

Closing:

     After 4 days of pure computing competitions, seminars and teaching ACM-SEECS arranged a closing ceremony in which the winners of the competitions were given prizes. The remaining participants were given certificates. After that refreshment was served to all those who attended the ceremony.

Closing Ceremony

Written By: Noor Fatima.