Arnold the Wonder Parrot assists Tim at all his shows.

Events for Computer Science Unplugged include workshops and seminars for educators, and shows for children. If you are running an event that would be of interest to the Unplugged community, please let us know so that we can mention it here.

Events for Kids

Computer Science Unplugged shows for kids are held all over the world at schools, universities and science museums. They use the activities from this site, modified to suit a live environment with lots of audience participation.

• Tim demonstrates how binary numbers are stored. This is based on the first activity in the "Unplugged" book, but each child holds one of the bits, which makes for much more exciting numbers.
• Students at a New Zealand School try the Sorting Networks activity outdoors, using a chalk network.

Events for Grown-ups

Teacher workshops focus on enrichment and extension material for classes of all ages (new entrants to high school), and explores Computer Science in a fun way without using computers.

• Mr Idosaka shows how magnetic binary number cards can be used on a whiteboard.
• Discussing Unplugged at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
• Teachers at a workshop in Japan try the Battleships activity.