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CSTA
If you're looking for novel ways of inspiring students, then consider giving them some hands-on exposure to the past at a Vintage Computer Festival event. Vintage Computer Festivals are a series of family-friendly events celebrating computer history. The event formed in the 1990s and gradually spread to other parts of the country and into Europe. Each event has an exhibit hall where anyone can see and try out historic computers from the 1960s-1980s. There are also keynote speeches by celebrities and VIPs, technical classes, tours of nearby museums, consignment sales and more.
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CSTA
We shine a spotlight on CS education for students each December during CSEdWeek. Why not do the same with a perennial offering for CS professional development for teachers? After all, professional development has long been recognized as one of the key ingredients in CS education. Bringing even one PD provider to train a handful of teachers and counselors in a small district is prohibitively expensive, and even the smallest school district will need multiple solutions to implement the dream of CS4All.
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THE Journal
The Center for Integrated Computing and STEM Education at the University of California Davis has launched a computer science curriculum for use in grades 1-12 across the United States. The curriculum, the C-STEM Information and Communications Technologies Pathway, is currently in use in 200 California schools and integrates computer programming into math with an emphasis on algebra, eliminating the need for computer science to displace other courses while allowing districts to pursue President Obama's goal of Computer Science for All.
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InformationWeek
New study reveals that none of the top 10 U.S. university computer science and engineering program degrees requires students take a cybersecurity course. There's the cybersecurity skills gap, but a new study shows there's also a major cybersecurity education gap — in the top US undergraduate computer science and engineering programs. An analysis of the top 121 U.S. university computer science and engineering programs found that none of the top 10 requires students take a cybersecurity class for their degree in computer science, and three of the top 10 don't offer any cybersecurity courses at all.
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School Library Journal
As with other aspects of tech use in early childhood, deep discussions are underway about the appropriate role coding has in young children's classrooms — and in the library. Sometimes referred to as the "new literacy" in schools, teaching coding means teaching children the language used to operate tablets, computers, and other devices they interact with every day. Experts say these beginning programming skills teach problem-solving and critical thinking and expose children to the world of computer science.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
There's not much Congress can agree on these days. But our lawmakers should be able to agree we need to prepare our students for the challenges of tomorrow's workforce. Computer science is key to that preparation. That's why the Computer Science Education Coalition, a broad group of businesses and NGOs, is urging Congress to come up with $250 million to ensure that all our K-12 students have the opportunity to take computer science. Since this is the Show-Me State, let me show you the extent of the problem. Nationwide, there are more than 600,000 computing jobs unfilled — and we're not coming close to filling that pipeline, with less than 50,000 computer science graduates last year. At this pace, there will be more than a million unfilled computing jobs by 2024.
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Education Week
Recently, the Virginia legislature passed a bill that would require computer science to be added to the state's K-12 learning standards. If the governor signs the bill, as he is expected to do, Virginia would become the first state to integrate computer science into its core academic requirements for elementary, middle, and high school, according to Code.org, a nonprofit advocacy group. The call to increase K-12 computer science education has come down from up high recently.
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eSchool News
A new report from SETDA and Common Sense Kids Action focuses on K-12 broadband and Wi-Fi connectivity, state leadership for infrastructure, state broadband implementation highlights, and state advocacy for federal broadband support. The report highlights the pivotal role state leaders and policymakers play in helping districts and schools implement high-speed broadband and Wi-Fi in schools. This kind of connectivity is necessary, the authors note, to help connect students to high-quality digital learning opportunities.
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eSchool News
STEM education at the K-12 and university levels has seen its share of headlines, as industry experts and policymakers tout its importance in the nation's economy and workforce. Despite the focus on engaging students in STEM education and encouraging them to pursue STEM majors in college, the STEM industry is still male-dominated. In fact, a recent U.S. Chamber of Commerce study revealed that women hold approximately 50 percent of jobs in the country, but only fill just 25 percent of STEM jobs. That same study revealed that 17 of the top 20 highest-paying occupations require STEM skills.
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K-12 Tech Decisions
Today's students, young and old, have new learning styles and preferences. Educators can use digital signage to communicate ideas and skills more effectively, accelerating the pace of learning and improving educational experiences for students. Whether online or offline, the classroom is where a large portion of educational instruction and learning takes place. Several emerging practices are taking advantage of digital signage to drive better student outcomes.
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