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.CSTA NEWS
The CS Teacher Landscape: Results from a Nationwide Teacher Survey
CSTA
While the technology sector remains one of the fastest growing industries across the nation and continues to rapidly permeate all facets of society, the next generation of the computing workforce must be equipped with the skills to examine how current systems exacerbate inequities and to develop new, more equitable innovations. To enable this shift, current computer science instruction will need to develop students’ computing identities, computational thinking, and ethical reasoning.
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Are you looking to advance your skills teaching computer science? Our Computer Science Education graduate programs are designed with a unique combination of core concepts and the latest pedagogical best practices. Online and flexible course delivery means that no matter where you are, our programs can fit your schedule.
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100% Online. Quality, Affordable. Our online MS in Applied Computer Science program provides individuals with the knowledge and skills needed to pursue software development. Students takings two courses per semester, 6 credit hours per semester (including summer semesters), may complete the program in two years.
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TONIGHT: Join Us for Our Professional Learning Series Event
CSTA
Registration is still available for tonight's Professional Learning Series — Assessing and Supporting Creative Work in K–12 Classrooms. We'll explore a report entitled Assessing Creativity in Computing Classrooms, which contains some of the stories and reflections from 80 PK–12 teachers across the U.S., as well as 50 assessment examples used in their classrooms. We’ll discuss strategies for assessing creative programming projects and consider how to apply strategies to our own contexts.
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Addressing the Shortcomings of Internet Accessibility
CSTA
There was a time when I, like many other educators, dreamed of students each having access to a computer. I can remember the first time my school got a laptop cart. The thrill of being able to work with wireless connectivity on maybe one or two lessons a month. I was always writing small grants, doing fundraisers, and hoping that one day we might be able to achieve the dream of a 1:1 reality. Oddly enough it was not any of my efforts that made this dream happen, but rather a deadly global pandemic. We all know that by March of 2020 education was now being relegated to the virtual world. As I write these words children are still working online, hybridly, or in-person with devices of their district’s issuing. Americans are now facing a new reality, internet inequality.
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The Python textbook, Adventures with the Codue, is designed for dually enrolled classrooms grades 5 to 8 to level the playing field for learners with visual impairments and blindness. Read our latest blog post here and try the textbook today!
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.CSTA EVENT CALENDAR
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Assessing and Supporting Creative Work in K–12 Classrooms — Professional Learning Series |
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May New Member Orientation |
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Code 'n Play — Professional Learning Series |
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CSL the new ESL: Engaging ELLs via CS |
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.HEADLINES FROM THE FIELD
CoderZ Named SIIA Education Technology 2021 CODiE Award Finalist for The Best Coding and Computational Thinking Solution
eSchool News
Once again, CoderZ has earned prestigious industry recognition, this time as a finalist in the Best Coding and Computational Thinking category for the SIIA Education Technology 2021 CODiE Awards program. CoderZ is a powerful, self-paced virtual learning platform that is designed to teach students valuable principles of coding, robotics, and computational skills through the engaging and challenging context of robotics. As a cloud-based robotics and computer science program, CoderZ delivers four engaging courses for schools and districts to choose from – each uniquely developed to ignite students' passion for STEM concepts and provide authentic learning opportunities to increase interest and engagement.
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Michigan schools to receive $15 million for coding incentive
The Center Square
Michigan is one of seven states that will share $15 million to implement a Code.org pilot program to increase Advanced Placement Computer Science opportunities. The pilot focuses on expanding AP CS course offerings to more students and increasing diversity to ensure CS courses are available to all students. Code.org is a nonprofit dedicated to increasing computer science instruction for young women and students belonging to underrepresented groups.
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How teaching robotics fosters tech and soft skills
Tech&Learning
Fausto Flores has spent too many hours to count coding with his robotics coach Omar Cortez. But the sixth grader at the School for the Talented and Gifted in Pleasant Grove, Texas, isn't complaining. "When I get the code right what I feel is pure enjoyment and happiness," Fausto says.
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Can early adoption of esports help students learn to cope with stress?
EdTech Magazine
Esports provides a socially distant, collaborative and competitive opportunity for students in any learning environment. These games may also provide a benefit to students beyond safe social interaction with their peers. Students who participate in esports clubs may learn skills to cope with stressors, especially if they practice those skills from a young age.
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Virus, technology, unrest make stressful year for teachers
The Associated Press
The school bell rings, and about a dozen masked first-graders turn to the monitor and wave hello to their classmates — each a tiny Zoom square representing the other half of the class. The teacher — standing behind a plexiglass wall — shares her screen, grabs a pointer, juggles a laptop, projector, marker and board and embarks on another act of her one-woman show.
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Cardona: 3 ways schools can improve outcomes for all students
District Administration Magazine
While the COVID-19 pandemic and response upended the education model throughout the nation, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona says it has provided an opportunity for educators and officials to rethink and revamp education to improve equity and outcomes for students across the nation.
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