NM CS4ALL introduces computer science to high school students across the state of New Mexico.
NM CS4ALL was developed through a partnership between University of New Mexico, Irene Lee of
the Santa Fe Institute, and school districts across New Mexico.
NM CS4ALL was founded in 2012 with funding from the National Science Foundation's Computing
Education for the 21st Century program. With the first CS4ALL course in the nation,
NM is positioned for success in education that prepares students for the digtially-integrated world.
By partnering with schools and offering facilitators professional development in Computer Science we have
reached over 800 high school students across the state. The course also gives students UNM
college credit by offering a hybrid course (UNM CS108L). Contact us to make a donation to help this
transformative program reach more NM students.
The K-12 Computer Science
Framework comes at a time when our nation's education systems are adapting to a
21st century vision of students who are not just computer
users but also computationally literate creators who are
proficient in the concepts and practices of computer
science, October 2016.
Las
Cruces, New Mexico should launch a moonshot effort to achieve 100 percent computer science literacy among graduating
high school seniors by 2020, March 2016.
President Obama announced a four billion dollar Computer Science For All Initiative to accelerate CSeducation in K-12 by training teachers, expanding access to high-quality instructional materials, and building effective regional partnerships, January 2016.
UNM Introduces New STEM Course - KRQE's Amy Walker, February 2015. "The University of New Mexico has been making a big push to get young students interested in fields related to the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) classes."
NM CS4ALL has a unique focus on teaching computer
programming through modeling and simulation in addition to
core Computer Science principles. Students learn how to apply
CS skills to address real-world problems in STEM
disciplines.
Dual credit
Students receive simultaneous high school and university (UNM) credit for
NM CS4ALL.
Access for all
Our hybrid course matches online content from UNM with high school facilitators leading hands-on
Computer Science programming in high school classrooms. In contrast to many other programs, NM CS4ALL is designed
to teach Computer Science to all high school students and is not limited to AP students, in excellent alignment with the
new national initiative.
Scalability and professional development for facilitators
NM CS4ALL facilitators complete the companion UNM professional development course,
which gives them the skills to mentor CS4All students in the classroom. Community building partnerships engage
facilitators who integrate NM CS4ALL into school districts across NM.
Results
43 high school facilitators have completed the CS4ALL professional development course.
These facilitators have taught over 800 CS4All students in over 30 NM high schools.
80% of students passed the course
A remarkable 72% of NM CS4ALL students are from underrepresented groups in
STEM. Notably 25% of students are Native American students and most are from rural
districts
Program evaluations showed that both facilitators and students had significant increases in learning
objectives, and NM CS4ALL successfully engaged underrepresented students with 88% of students
reporting "liking" or "really liking" the course
UNM students developed new learning modules to be used in a partnership with the
UNM NASA Swarmathon Challenge,
an annual swarm robotics competition engaging 400 students from minority serving colleges and
universities across the US
Contact
Dr. Melanie Moses, Associate Professor of CS at UNM
and Lead Instructor
Shannon McCoy-Hayes, Program Assistant
Have questions? Interested in collaborating? Please
contact us at
cs4all@cs.unm.edu
NetLogo
NetLogo is a core tool for engaging students and developing
the ideas central to CS4ALL.
Participating Schools and Districts
Albuquerque Public Schools
BIE Southern Navajo Agency
Deming Public Schools
Ft. Sumner Municipal Schools
Gallup McKinley County Schools
House Municipal Schools
Las Cruces Public Schools
Los Alamos Public Schools
Rio Rancho Public Schools
Santa Fe Public Schools
Socorro Consolidated Schools
Taos Municipal Schools
West Las Vegas Schools
Zuni Public Schools
Monte Del Sol Charter School
Las Montanas Charter High School
NM Media Arts Collaborative Charter and School of Dreams Academy
