The Computer Information Technology department at Iowa Western Community College (IWCC) in Council Bluffs, was recently named a recipient of a CS4HS (Computer Science for High School) grant from Google’s Education Group. According to the Daily NonPareil, the grant will help the college train local high school teachers how to incorporate computer science technology into their school’s curriculum.

CS4HS is an initiative sponsored by Google to promote “Computer Science and Computational Thinking in high school and middle school curriculum.” Currently, the initiative is offered in the United States, Canada, Europe, Middle East, Africa, China, New Zealand and Australia. With the $1,400 grant, IWCC will develop a two-day workshop for local high school teachers. In addition, the college hopes to give one robot to each participating school.

College officials hope to host the workshop late this Summer, although the specific dates have not yet been set. More information about the CS4HS initiative can be found at cs4hs.com.