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Education Week
Contrary to popular belief, people aren't taking jobs away — technology is. The 2016 election rubbed raw the divisions between those with the skills for the future and those without. As we look ahead to the Trump presidency, instead of scapegoating, we need significant investments in a sustainable education strategy that prepares youths to effectively participate in the world of tomorrow. Scapegoating, or blaming an individual or group of people for something for which they are not responsible, is a misguided explanation for declining job opportunities.
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Edutopia
First impressions matter. That's equally true whether you're meeting new people or encountering an unfamiliar subject like computer science. Kiki Prottsman, education director of Code.org, worries that too many students are getting a less-than-inspiring introduction to a field she loves for its creative potential. Instead of having students follow instructions "to write code you're not interested in and would never use," she wants them to discover that the thinking involved in computing can be as creative as making art, writing poetry or directing movies.
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THE Journal
Tampa Preparatory School has taken the plunge into coding. Tenth graders at the Florida school can choose a STEM-focused curriculum that offers courses in Robot C, C programming and Swift iOS app development for iPads to go along with classes in engineering and robotics. According to Chad Lewis, director of technology at Tampa Prep, the STEM focus requires students to at least be entering Algebra II in 10th grade, in addition to a high level of success in prior math and science classes. STEM students, as well as others, may opt for coding-specific courses that feature Python programming that can be used to build apps for the iPad.
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Newsday
For 48 hours on one recent weekend, 27 teenagers from Long Island high schools sequestered themselves at offices in Westbury. They stayed overnight in sleeping bags and immersed themselves in learning how to code — using computer languages including HTML5, CSS and JavaScript to instruct computers to carry out different tasks. They split into teams, and by the end of the Code-a-Thon, the winning team had built a website exploring the need for future space colonization and walked away with prizes of new laptops.
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UChicago news
By the time most students get to middle school, they are experts at using cell phones and playing video games. But few understand how the technologies work or who writes the programs that make them run. Changing that is the idea behind Hour of Code, a global campaign that aims to get everyone, kids to adults, to try computer coding for an hour. Supporting such efforts is Argonne National Laboratory, whose Educational Programs Department recently coordinated sending computer scientists from Argonne and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and computer science students from the University of Chicago into schools in greater Chicago.
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Miami Herald
A revived proposal to let Florida high school students count computer coding as a foreign language looks to be on an easy path to pass the state Senate again this year. Members of the Florida Senate Education Committee offered no questions or commentary on the proposal before voting unanimously to advance the measure out of its first committee, after hearing strong support from the business community and personal testimony from a Broward County middle-schooler and his mother.
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Voice of America
In a computer lab at Harvey Mudd College in California, a small robot performs the graceful movements of tai chi, an ancient Chinese meditation exercise. Student Jane Wu writes instruction codes from a nearby computer, showing a visitor a simple form of robotics and artificial intelligence. Wu is a third-year student in mathematics and computer science at the college, a leader in attracting women to high technology.
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EdTech Magazine
As January comes to a close, it's a good time to take a look at what might be hot this year in K-12 education. Though Betsy DeVos, the nominee for Secretary of Education, hasn't spoken much about educational technology, a Forbes article reports that she has said in the past that blended learning and digital tools play a role in K-12 education choice. From data analytics to innovative STEM programs and personalized learning tracks to new competency-based approaches, thanks to technology, K-12 education is poised to leap forward in new and exciting ways this year.
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