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CS Teaching Excellence Award Applications Close Tomorrow!
CSTA
If you've been considering completing an application for the CSTA / Infosys Foundation USA CS Teaching Excellence Award, it's your last chance! Don't miss out on your opportunity to be honored for your teaching with a stipend, registration for the CSTA 2023 Virtual Conference, CSTA+ membership, and more! Apply by 11:59 p.m. PT tomorrow!
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Share This $10,000 Scholarship Opportunity with Your HS Seniors
CSTA
The 2022-2023 Cutler-Bell Prize looks to recognize up to four high school senior students residing in the U.S. for their projects in CS. Winners will receive a $10,000 prize to go to their college/university of choice. Applications are due by Jan. 27, 2023. Share the application with your students.
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Borrow a Finch Robot 2.0 from BirdBrain Technologies for 60 days, and learn how it can be used to facilitate deep and joyful learning in your Computer Science classroom. Finches can be programmed in Python & Java, as well as several block- and icon-based environments. Try one today!
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Have you Downloaded the CS Teaching Landscape Study?
CSTA
A new landscape study of PreK-12 computer science teachers in the U.S. examines their professional development needs and the institutional changes required to transform CS classrooms to be more identity-inclusive. Kapor Center, CSTA, and AiiCE conclude that we must collectively commit to expanding and better equipping the current CS teacher workforce before we can realize a technology ecosystem that is more just and reflective of society. The report concludes with a set of five recommendations and aligned action steps for teachers, administrators, policymakers, content providers, and other community members to move closer towards equity within computer science. Access the full report and resources at landscape.csteachers.org.
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.HEADLINES FROM THE FIELD
AI's promising reality in classrooms
eSchool News
Artificial intelligence (AI) can be an ambiguous word in education circles, evoking images of machines replacing human teachers in the future. The truth, while less fantastic, is that AI is a solid tool that assists educators in the classroom right now.
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Startling 96% of school tech exposes student data, research finds
The 74
Each school day, students nationwide are required to log into thousands of digital platforms to complete homework, chat with their teachers and check their grades. Then, without their knowledge, an overwhelming majority of those tools turn around and share their data with third parties — often for profit.
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Explore Engineering and Computer Science Essentials™ — a novel approach to teaching and learning engineering with computer science and computational thinking as a scaffolded, rigorous, standards-aligned, curriculum for Grades 1-5. Essentials units empower children to become lifelong STEM learners and passionate problem solvers.
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The student-centered approach to technology planning
The Tech Edvocate
There are quite a few ways to create a student-centered approach to the planning of technology used for education and learning. There are so many technologies available that it is sometimes difficult to decide what to use and which is the best tool. Another problem is the pace at which new technology and digital tools become available for use in the classroom.
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Teaching students about AI without breaking a school budget
K-12 Dive
Districts looking to teach artificial intelligence lessons in middle and high school do not need to invest heavily in technology resources nor launch a separate stand-alone class: Instead, stakeholders and educators can begin by talking with students about ways they already use AI without even knowing it.
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Ready for take-off?! Go on a behind-the-scenes virtual tour from NASA’s Johnson Space Center and explore Callisto – a technology experiment created by Amazon’s Alexa, Lockheed Martin, and Cisco that’s heading to the moon during the Artemis I mission! Grades 4+ can take the free, interactive tour now on Kahoot!
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6 tips for tech-enabled instruction in the early literacy classroom
eSchool News
There are plenty of reasons that K-3 teachers tend to be less likely than their middle and high school peers to use technology in the classroom. From their focus on hands-on learning to a lack of district-provided devices in the lower grades, the reasons are both pedagogical and budgetary.
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Engage students with 3D games/animations/arts, AR experiences, AI applications, Youtube remixes, etc. Coding is simplified with Scratch-like interface and blocks, with many new tools for debugging, brainstorming, diagrams, remote collaboration, class management, etc. Tutorials, lessons and PD also provided for teachers. Contact us for 1-year free pilot program at info@creaticode.com
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5 ways video improves school-home communication
eSchool News
Increasingly, district leaders are incorporating video into school-home communication. Many districts that tried video options out of necessity during the pandemic are seeing the benefits that video can provide for parent engagement and are expanding video options even as schools are back to in-person instruction.
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Here's what the research says about screen time and school-aged kids
EdTech Magazine
If you are like most Americans, a typical evening with your family means that everyone is tethered to a digital device of some sort. Some might be watching Netflix. Others might be strategizing in an online game, and still others may be using a school-issued device to do homework or research.
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Code for Fun is offering professional development Zoom mini-sessions throughout Fall 2022. These sessions focus on the different pillars of CS educational material for grade K to 5. Check-out our calendar and sign up to the sessions of the grade you teach or all of them.
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Wishes and worries for 2023: What ed tech leaders are thinking about
THE Journal
During the final weeks of 2022, THE Journal asked scores of ed tech leaders about their wishes and worries for 2023. Cybersecurity and teacher resources were the most common topics addressed in the responses — many of which include specific ideas for new policies and practices for K–12 education in the U.S.
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What is ChatGPT and how is it used in education?
Education Week
During the chaotic summer of 2020, filled with pandemic panic and political protests, the emergence of a sophisticated new artificial intelligence tool that could credibly tweet, type, and code on its own was far from most educators' minds.
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