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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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According to the 2017 National Board of Certified Teachers Study, Investing in what it Takes to Move PD is critical in helping teachers perfect their skills and impact student achievement in their classrooms. CSTA's new Continuing Professional Development Pipeline, powered by Degreed and funded by grant from Infosys Foundation USA, is launching in Fall 2017 and will bring 5+ turn-key resources for K-12 CS teachers including self-selected pathways, community, badging, and amazing PD programs for novice, career stage, and teacher leaders! Follow us here for more details soon!
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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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TECH CORPS
TECH CORPS is gearing up for a summer of fun with technology! Almost 2,000 students will build robots, design video games, create mobile apps and much more across four states. Summer is coming fast, but don't worry… We still have applications open for both our sponsored experiences, offered at no cost to students, and our open enrollment programs, available at a low cost. We are offering summer experiences for rising third-fifth, sixth-eighth, and nineth-12th grade students.
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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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EdTech Magazine (commentary)
Melissa Wrenchey, a contributor for EdTech Magazine, writes "As a teacher in a large district that has curriculum and technology aligned with certain stands, I often encounter tools that I would designate as ones that students should know how to use. For example, Microsoft Word for collaborating with teammates, OneDrive for file sharing and Excel for data analysis. Sometimes these tools seem to be a perfect fit when teaching other standards such as Common Core for third grade, which requires students to 'conduct short research projects that build knowledge about a topic.' You would teach word processing skills as students are conducting their research."
The Hechinger Report
After-school programs can help students develop an interest in science, technology, engineering or math. If children haven't developed an interest in those fields by the time they leave middle school, then it's unlikely to happen. After-school programs can help expose students to more than they see in the regular school day, providing an opportunity for them to develop these interests.
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Lose the boring coding platforms—bring coding to life with Vidcode. Vidcode teaches students how to code through their favorite hobby: video making. Get free resources today!
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Study International News
As we recover from one of the biggest international cyberattacks the world has ever seen, never has the role of Computer Science been more relevant or pressing. We live in a digital age full of opportunity and potential, and there is no chance of it abating anytime soon. Computers already infiltrate every aspect of our everyday lives, so we need computer scientists to theorise, design, develop, and apply the software and hardware for the programmes we use, as well as to offer protection for any future attacks.
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Insider Monkey
Looking for some computer science activities for elementary students? Good, you've come to the right place! While demand for IT experts is growing globally, and while children are getting introduced to computers and other electronic devices from the youngest age, it's, therefore, reasonable to start learning computer science very early, which is why we have prepared some great suggestions for interesting computer science activities for young pupils.
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SPEL Technologies, Inc.
Teach your students computer programming using an accessible digital textbook called Merscythe: Adventures with the Codue. The textbook contains a story-based game in which users unlock chapters by answering programming questions, and it is loaded with many features including tutorials, instructor resources, and a learning management system. The tutorials contain practice exercises and animation games to make learning easy and engaging. The learning management system facilitates creation, grading and testing of assignments, online video classes and class discussions. The instructor resources contain a webinar that is approximately two hours long, homework problems with solutions, and projects.
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TAPinto.net
Mahopac Middle School students are learning their science curriculum and computer coding all in one class. Technology and science teacher Victoria Lew is teaching sixth graders the layers of the atmosphere by having them create projects using an interactive program known as Scratch, where students learn to code their own animation.
"The projects the students are doing with Scratch really give them a good introduction to coding," Lew said. Scratch coding is done in blocks, which makes it simpler for students to use, as opposed to creating lines of code. It provides a solid introduction into basic coding.
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eSchool News
Although STEM education is inarguably essential in today's economy, it is not always seamlessly incorporated into early childhood education–and the barriers to inclusion are more pervasive than many educators might realize. "Just as the industrial revolution made it necessary for all children to learn to read, the technology revolution has made it critical for all children to understand STEM," according to the report.
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Look out Silicon Valley, you might have some competition. A group of fourth and fifth graders at Brooklyn Landmark Elementary School are getting an early start in the world of computer programming as part of a class teaching the basics of coding, app development, and entrepreneurship. The class began last school year for some of the students in third and fourth grade and continued this year as the students progressed into fourth and fifth grades. And it's already giving some students, like fifth-grader Christian Isaiah, 10, a sense of the power that comes with an ability to create things using code.
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The New York Times
The sixth graders at Newton Bateman, a public elementary school here with a classic red brick facade, know the Google drill. In a social-science class last year, the students each grabbed a Google-powered laptop. They opened Google Classroom, an app where teachers make assignments. Then they clicked on Google Docs, a writing program, and began composing essays. Looking up from her laptop, Masuma Khan, then 11 years old, said her essay explored how schooling in ancient Athens differed from her own. "Back then, they had wooden tablets and they had to take all of their notes on it," she said. "Nowadays, we can just do it in Google Docs."
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eSchool News
School districts are routinely being overcharged by at least $3 billion on ed-tech products, including hardware and software, each year–the equivalent of 54,000 first-year teacher salaries, according to a new study from the Technology for Education Consortium. The study on ed tech purchasing reveals schools spend an estimated $13.2 billion on ed tech products each year. This includes $4.9 billion on hardware such as tablets, laptops and desktops, along with $8.38 billion on instructional and noninstructional software and content.
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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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