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.CSTA NEWS
Save Your Spot for the CSTA Equity in Action Summit
CSTA
The CSTA Equity in Action Summit is a one-day virtual event bringing together PreK-12 CS teachers for a call to action to transform our approach to providing equitable CS education rooted in justice. Engage in strategies to equip yourself with resources on representation, accessibility, and culturally sustaining pedagogies. Develop an action plan to increase CS education access to all students and empower them to use CS in a just way.
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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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Attend Our Upcoming Professional Learning Series
CSTA
During the upcoming Black History Month in February 2023, our featured webinar will focus on celebrating Black Excellence in Data/Computer Science. Our guest, Dr. Brandeis Marshall, author of Data Conscience: Algorithmic Siege on Humanity, provides a keen perspective on how social justice intersects with data science. We invite you to join the conversation as she provides her take on how we, as educators, can impact students and how we together can improve the world of tech. This event is free to CSTA+ members.
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.CSTA EVENT CALENDAR
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ACM/CSTA 2023 Cutler-Bell Award Office Hours |
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Black Excellence in Data and Computer Science with Dr. Brandeis Marshall |
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CSHS Leadership Summit: Student Proposals Workshop |
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B.A.G. presents CS Homecoming- Black Jeopardy! |
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B.A.G. presents CS Homecoming - HBCU Awareness in CS |
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B.A.G. presents CS Homecoming - D9 Day in CS! |
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CSTA Equity in Action Summit |
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CS Integration into Other Disciplines |
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.HEADLINES FROM THE FIELD
Making new tech tools work for your classroom
Edutopia
The phrase "the three Rs: reading, 'riting, and 'rithmetic," according to Wikipedia, "appears to have been coined at the beginning of the 19th century," but the concept was alluded to as far back as back as 397 AD in the Latin writings of St. Augustine.
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Getting the 'ed' right in EdTech
Deccan Herald
Growth in EdTech investments is not the same as better learning outcomes. That will require technology to better understand the human learning process and solve the fundamental problems that plague it.
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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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AI to experience massive growth in education
THE Journal
Artificial intelligence will experience more than a tenfold growth in the education sector over the next eight years. According to a new forecast by P&S Intelligence, expenditures for AI by schools will grow from $2.13 billion in 2022 to $25.77 billion in 2030.
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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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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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In cybersecurity, balancing vigilance with access
eSchool News
Cybersecurity is at the forefront of IT issues to be addressed over the next year. Nearly every list of major IT or educational technology issues for 2023 includes the need to further harden educational systems and infrastructure.
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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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How to design spaces for flexible learning
EdTech Magazine
College and university campuses have a dilemma: With hybrid and remote learning becoming common at most institutions, physical learning spaces are looking worse for wear as students debate the value of even attending classes in person.
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Improving support for girls studying digital technology
The Educator
Researchers from the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) examined different factors affecting girls’ engagement with digital technology at school, identifying three ways that parents and teachers can boost their support for female students.
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