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.CSTA NEWS
Want that Swag Delivered to Your Door? Register by Monday!
CSTA
Looking to add to your CSTA swag collection? Now is the time to register for CSTA 2021! Register by May 31, to receive this year's CSTA 2021 swag box delivered right to your door. U.S. and Canada residents only.
You don't want to miss out on the 2021 conference t-shirt! Make sure to enter your mailing address when you opt-in to receive your swag box! Get your swag!
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2021 CSTA Board of Directors Election Results
CSTA
This year, CSTA+ members voted to elect three representatives to their Board of Directors. We’d like to take the opportunity to announce the newest and continuing members of the CSTA Board of Directors.
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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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Teaching CS through Project-Based Learning with Arm
CSTA
On Saturday, May 8, 2021, CSTA Dallas-Fort Worth held Teaching CS through Project-Based Learning with Arm as a half-day professional learning opportunity for Texas CSTA members. As part of this event, Arm School Programs purchased some Micro:bits Version 2 to distribute to each participant. The event brought together 74 participants to learn and collaborate together.
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.CSTA EVENT CALENDAR
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May New Member Orientation |
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CSTA Engage — CSTA Conference Preview |
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CSTA+ Benefit Webinar: Codio |
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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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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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.HEADLINES FROM THE FIELD
Coding instruction should follow educational principles
eSchool News
A programming language is math. It's a system for writing human logic in a way that a computer can work with. A computer program is a list of instructions written using the programming language's mathematical system. When a computer runs a program, it's called software. Because computer software is so important these days, it's vital that we teach our kids to code.
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Educational intervention enhances student learning
Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health via Science Daily
In a study of low-income, urban youth in the U.S., researchers found that students exposed to Photovoice, an educational intervention, experienced greater improvements in STEM-capacity scores and environmental awareness scores compared to a group of youth who were not exposed to the activity. The results suggest that the Photovoice activities may be associated with improved learning outcomes.
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The serious business of laughter in the classroom
We Are Teachers
Humor is powerful. It has the power to heal and the power to serve. So why do we restrict it and even prohibit it in the classroom? How can we take cues from the gravity of the past year to lighten up and let laughter be the potent tool that it is for student learning?
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10 essential reads for burned-out teachers
eSchool News
Teachers were stressed even before the COVID-19 pandemic upended schools and sent teachers and students home to learn virtually, but the pandemic certainly added to growing teacher burnout. The truth is that teachers manage much more than instruction. Teachers offer support and encouragement and are an integral part of students' lives. In some cases, they've privy to information students don't want to share with their parents or caregivers, putting teachers in the important position of stepping in to keep students safe from abuse, bullying or self-harm.
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Here's how we can make difficult pandemic parent-teacher conferences better
The Hechinger Report
Parent-teacher conferences have always been important, perhaps never more so than now, with many schools across the country closed to in-person teaching since last spring. Some students have only had access to class instruction through Zoom, an experiment that everyone hopes against reason will minimally impact children's learning and development, but an experiment, nonetheless.
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Schools are deciding what the new CDC mask guidelines mean for the classroom
NPR
This week has brought a few dizzying updates to the year-long school-reopening story. In a surprise move, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed its COVID-19 safety guidance, telling people who have been fully vaccinated that, with some exceptions, they can now gather indoors as well as outside without face masks or social distancing. The announcement came just one day after the CDC also gave the green light for children ages 12 to 15 to begin receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
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