Computational Thinking is a term to group skills for the utilization of computers as problem solving tools that improves college readiness and increases K12 students' likelihood of attending and graduating from college. It differentiates from Digital Literacy (or Computer Literacy) where a person acquires skills for using the computer for everyday use. Statistics about the percentage of bachelor's degrees in computer science/engineering earned in the United States during the last twenty years shows that less than 20 percent of graduates account for underrepresented minorities which place this population in great disadvantage with other ethnic groups. Given that New Mexico is a state with high percentage of underrepresented minorities, the Department of Engineering at Northern New Mexico College through the support of Google Inc. and the National Science Foundation has organized and developed Computational Thinking (CT) workshops and activities for K12 teachers and preservice teachers during the last two years as an approach to increase the awareness of Computer Science among K12 students in New Mexico. The curriculum developed in the workshops have provided teachers and preservice teachers a variety of tools to incorporate and enhance their classes in K12 schools through the utilization of computational thinking activities. The approach utilized for the workshops has not only enhanced CT skills but also has provided ideas to develop lesson plans and activities for the Common Core State Standards. The present paper presents a summary of the activities developed for the workshops as well as results that the participants have shared on the utilization of the acquired skills in their classrooms. © American Society for Engineering Education, 2014.