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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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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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Stanford University is hosting a professional development experience for Math and Science teachers that showcases a new way to teach logic. Register now for this summer opportunity!
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CSTA
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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A digital textbook to teach computer programming with a unique story-based game. It covers introductory Python programming, and is suitable for beginners. The learner unlocks story chapters by answering a programming question at the end of each chapter. The textbook is designed for accessibility so it is suitable for learners with blindness, visual impairments and autism.
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The Des Moines Register
Iowa school districts are being urged to offer more computer science classes in elementary, middle school and high school grades under legislation signed by Gov. Terry Branstad that's aimed at developing more high-tech workers.
Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds held a news conference Monday at Greenwood Elementary School in Des Moines to highlight the program's importance. Greenwood offers an after-school computer science club and 75 students are participating. Some students showed off their work on a robotic arm in the school's library.
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Education Week
Since approving a plan in 2015 to make computer science a part of the curriculum for each of its 56,000 students, the San Francisco Unified school system has been at the fore of the national "CS4all" push. Now almost two years into the initiative, some early lessons have begun to emerge. "While people here are certainly very excited about computer science, it's still a nascent field, and sometimes the understanding is still superficial," said Bryan Twarek, the district's computer science program administrator.
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The Verge
Microsoft announced a new code-builder addition to Minecraft: Education Edition, meant to help students learn coding skills through the popular game. The tool, which enters beta today for teachers and students at qualifying schools, allows players to use learn-to-code tools like MakeCode, Scratch and Tynker to interact with the game.
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EdScoop
States should create opportunities and certification paths for teachers to ensure that computer science is a subject taught in every K-12 school, according to a new report from Code.org. According to the recently released report, states should develop "multi-pronged approaches" to prepare and license a new generation of computer science teachers. All states deal with teacher certification differently, but they should "create pathways that align with their existing preservice teacher preparation, certification, and endorsement pathways," according to the report.
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EdTech Magazine
About 4.3 billion people in the world don't have regular access to the internet, the World Economic Forum reports. Though strides have been made to boost access in the U.S., the Commerce Department reports that a disparity still exists between urban and rural areas. Late last month, Google announced plans to change that by pledging $50 million over the next two years to support nonprofits working to bring tech tools to students of all backgrounds and access levels.
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THE Journal
Apple says it believes coding is an essential skill and wants to teach it to students as young as kindergarten. For the next phase of its Everyone Can Code initiative, the company teamed up with STEM learning company Tynker to launch two full, free courses purpose-built for Apple's programming language Swift. Tynker has helped more than 50 million kids around the world learn introductory coding skills through games and activities. The new courses, "Space Cadet" and "Dragon Spells," are now available on the Tynker iPad app and incorporated into the "Swift Playgrounds: Learn to Code 1 & 2" guides available on iBooks.
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University of Washington via Science Daily
Girls start believing they aren't good at math, science and even computers at a young age — but providing fun STEM activities at school and home may spark interest and inspire confidence, suggests a new study.
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District Administration Magazine
Look for role models. Districts should find preschools that are already teaching STEM, consider what elements make it a strong program, and think about ways they could modify instruction for their own classrooms, says Phil Hampton, network director of VC STEM, an alliance of organizations working to enhance STEM instruction for students of all ages.
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ACM, the world's largest educational and scientific computing society, delivers resources that advance computing as a science and a profession. CSTA appreciates ACM's ongoing support!
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