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EdTech Magazine
It starts with a game of Robot Turtles, a board game by Thinkfun that's being used at Hubbard Woods School in Winnetka, Illinois, to teach kindergarteners the basics of coding. "It helps explain the step-by-step nature of coding," says Todd Burleson, resource center director for this Winnetka Public Schools District 36 elementary school. The game serves as an on-ramp for students, introducing technology into their educational journeys. Within HWS and District 36's other four schools, this is the first step of a journey that will touch on coding and robotics at each grade level.
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eSchool News
Efforts to ramp up computer science education in K-12 schools have intensified across the nation, and with good cause — most future jobs will require some form of computational thinking. According to Code.org stats, only 15 states have created K-12 computer science standards. In 35 states and Washington, D.C., computer science can count toward a high school math or science requirement; this is up from just 12 states in 2013. In a 2016 Gallup report, 84 percent of parents, 71 percent of teachers, 66 percent of principals, and 65 percent of superintendents said they believe offering computer science is more important than, or just as important as, required courses such as math, science, history and English.
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THE Journal
Students who did extra computer science activities in transdisciplinary modules scored higher on reading comprehension exams, as well as Florida standardized tests in science and English and language arts, according to preliminary results from a new study. The findings are the preliminary results of a National Science Foundation-funded study led by Outlier Research and Evaluation from the University of Chicago and conducted at Broward County Public Schools using computer science education resources from Code.org.
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Disability Scoop
Hunched over an iPad, Joe Ballard watched as pixelated storm troopers surrounded a tiny R2-D2. With deft fingers, the 10-year-old boy dragged together what look like small puzzle pieces on the screen. They changed the scenery, the type of obstacles and the number of enemies in the game he built. Joe, a fourth-grader at Felida Elementary School, is among 60 students enrolled in Vancouver Public Schools' special education classes who is learning how to write computer code.
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Midland Reporter-Telegram
Today, coding is becoming important in the classroom. By the year 2020, there will be a 1 million-person job gap in the area of computer science, according to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics.
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Omaha World-Herald
To a room full of 17 young girls, Shelly Ahlers, a senior vice president at ACI Worldwide, talked about her experiences as a woman in a technological career. She discussed how her computer science experience landed her a job at ACI right out of college. In the more than 30 years since, her role has taken her all over the world, she said. "I truly believe anything is possible for girls and women in technology," Ahlers told the middle schoolers who spent Saturday at the fourth ACI Coding for Girls Camp.
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eSchool News
Cornell University computing and information sciences researchers are working on computer software that may help K-8 math teachers with grading math assignments. Researchers will present their research at the Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, April 21-26, in Montreal. "I've been interested in working on techniques for automatic education and trying to make teachers' lives easier," says Erik Andersen, assistant professor of computer science.
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