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For the second year in a row Oracle Academy is providing first-time CSTA Conference Attendees with the opportunity to receive a $1,000 scholarship to help them attend the conference this July in Baltimore. Thirty-five scholarships will be awarded. The application submission period will be open from April 1 - May 1.
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Register now to attend the 2017 Annual Conference in Baltimore this July. Click here to find out more about our program, pricing, hotel details and to register.
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US-based teachers — earn your Cyber Teacher Certificate issued by the Computer Science Teachers Association and delivered by LifeJourney. Includes 8 CEUs. Fully sponsored with no cost to you or your school. Click here to register.
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CSTA
Thanks to Infosys Foundation, NSF, NCWIT and CSTA, CSPdWeek is returning this July 17-21. CSPD Week will be held in four different locations this year: Colorado School of Mines, Golden; College of St. Scholastica, Duluth MN; University of Texas, Dallas, TX; University of California, Berkeley, CA. Information and application materials are available here.
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Education Week
One of President Barack Obama's pet education initiatives was Computer Science for All: The federal government dedicated $4 billion to help states develop their computer science programs, arguing that working with technology is an essential skill. But with funds for federal education programs in question, future leadership in computer science education will likely come from states. And right now, there are major differences in how states have approached strategy, standards and other state-level computer science education initiatives. For instance, seven states now have standards for computer science education and 22 have teacher licensure standards for the subject.
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EdTech Magazine
Every year students all over the world celebrate the Hour of Code. The goal is to set aside one hour to give everyone a chance to learn about coding and its fun aspects. On code.org, organizers release a themed game to help build excitement. There have been Frozen, Star Wars and Moana coding themes, all to build students' knowledge base but also to show them that coding really isn't that difficult. Coding helps to develop not only computer skills, but also logic, math, problem solving, design and more. Coding can happen in any classroom and touches every subject area. The skills that children acquire while learning to code can impact them far beyond the devices they program with.
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Campus Technology
If understanding of computer science is essential to being an informed citizen, then it makes sense that every child needs an education in the use of computing devices and software, digital literacy and computational processing. That's the premise of a new report developed by half a dozen organizations that undertook a state-by-state survey of the current state of K-12 CS education. The report, titled "State of the States Landscape Report: State-Level Policies Supporting Equitable K–12 Computer Science Education," was released during a workshop led by Google, the Education Development Center, and the Massachusetts Computing Attainment Network on Google's Cambridge campus.
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EdScoop
State leaders are recognizing a pressing need for computer science to be more accessible to students — but they need to build a more robust network and establish a basis to sustain programs, according to a recent report. The report, funded by BNY Mellon, delves into state policies that support equitable K-12 computer science education and outlines steps states should take to foster wider access to computer science instruction. It was co-authored by a coalition of leading educational organizations, including Code.org, EDC, Education Commission of the States, NSF BPC Expanding Computing Education Pathways Alliance and SageFox Consulting Group.
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Times Higher Education
Offering imaginative joint honours courses may help to alleviate the U.S.' dire shortage of female and ethnic minority computer scientists, a conference has heard. At present only 14.1 per cent of computer science majors at U.S. universities are women, while only 3.2 percent are African American and 6.8 per cent are Hispanic, Carla Brodley, dean of Northeastern University's College of Computer and Information Science, told Times Higher Education's Young Universities Summit at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane.
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Boise State Public Radio
Hadi Partovi is the CEO and founder of Code.org, a nationwide nonprofit that encourages young students to take up computer programming. He also launched an annual event called Hour of Code. Code.org has had success working with state school boards, particularly here in Idaho. Partovi was in Boise to speak to the Idaho Technology Council, on behalf of the national technology group, called TECNA.
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eSchool News
Edtech is making is easier and more efficient to help students at every level, and to bring even the most timid of learners out of their shells. Dr. Kenneth Shore, a psychologist and Chair of a child study team for the Hamilton, New Jersey Public Schools, explains that "Low self-esteem can lessen a student's desire to learn, his or her ability to focus, and his or her willingness to take risks. Positive self-esteem, on the other hand, is one of the building blocks of school success; it provides a firm foundation for learning."
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EdSurge
Selling an education technology product to public school districts in the United States has never been easy. Now it may be even tougher, with severe budget cuts looming over the education sector. The president's education budget proposal, which aims to cut $13 billion in education spending in the 2018-2019 school year, will have to go through both the House and Senate before it is approved. In its current state that’s highly unlikely, according to most budget analysts.
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