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CSTA
Sheena Vaidyanathan, a contributor for CSTA, writes: "It is a wonderful time to teach computer science. Almost every day, there is a new tool or website or resource available to teachers for use in the computer science classroom. Sometimes teachers like me can feel overwhelmed. What should we use in our classroom? When and how? I use the CSTA community to help me answer these questions. CSTA is the membership organization that connects me with other teachers. It provides me a safe place to share and learn from other teachers and understand how to use the many CS resources available to me as I try to stay afloat my other classroom expectations — assessment, standards, curriculum and more."
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EdSurge
Most novelists don't write code. Still fewer teach it. But Gene Luen Yang is a rarity: a nationally renowned writer with a techie past and an endless appetite for education. He's taught computer science in Oakland, California, for 17 years as he's racked up Eisners — comics Oscars — and National Book Award nominations. In the latest of Yang's stream of accolades, the Library of Congress has appointed him the USA's National Ambassador for Young People's Literature. He is the first graphic novelist to assume the mantle since the post debuted in 2008.
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The Hechinger Report
Teaching children how to harness technology to create, solve problems and collaborate is essential in early elementary education to introduce today's youth to the goal-oriented skills they need to become the leaders of tomorrow. Students in kindergarten are at an ideal age to begin learning coding concepts because they are not afraid to try new things. They have grown up with technology from the earliest age, so they are comfortable with it. Students at this age are willing to tinker and explore because they aren't typically afraid of failure.
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IEEE TryComputing.org offers free educator resources to help students build computing skills and explore computing careers. Find a wide range of interactive computing lesson plans for students ages 8-18. Lessons topics include programming, concurrency, networking, encryption, artificial intelligence, and more! All lesson plans are aligned to national education standards.
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Samsung for Education
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As schools adopt mobile technology at an unprecedented pace, the need for best-in-class mobile devices, support and services is growing rapidly. Samsung Mobile is committed to supporting mobile-first initiatives, offering a comprehensive portfolio of enterprise solutions.
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The Associated Press via The Seattle Times
Half a dozen bills before California's state Legislature address the growing concern that California students don't have the computer science skills necessary to thrive in the modern workforce. Educators and tech industry leaders in that state would like high schools to teach students more than just how to use a computer — the goal now is for students to be able to program one. Computer science shouldn't be a niche field for the highly educated any longer, advocates say.
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Ventura County Star
Katherine Orantes, a junior at Newbury Park High School, was skeptical about taking a computer science class, mostly because she thought it would be too hard. That made her a prime candidate to take the Advanced Placement computer science principles class that Newbury Park has been piloting along with about 50 other high schools and colleges nationwide. The class aims to bring more young women and minority students into the computer sciences, said Lien Diaz, senior director of AP computer science for the College Board.
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Lifehacker
Cooking is hard work that's often hard to be passionate about. Yet, once programmer Brett Terpstra started seeing the similarities to coding, the whole process became a lot more interesting. This idea's not necessarily a new one, but Terpstra's blog post is a fun read, especially if you've always found cooking to be a chore.
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Edutopia (commentary)
Grant Smith, a contributor for Edutopia, writes: "Becoming a coding teacher doesn't need to be intimidating. I've tried to convert real programmers into after-school coding teachers and it completely bombed. Trust me — as a well-trained teacher, you have all of the skills you need to be successful. Plus, it's not like you have to know enough to make the next Facebook, just enough to teach the basics! So let's get started."
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