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Some kids like Minecraft so much that they're willing to get graded on how well they play the game. Elena Rezac, a 13-year-old at William Annin Middle School in New Jersey, even prefers playing at school to playing at home. "You have to do your best," the seventh grader told CNNMoney. "It ends up being way better than what you do at home." That's because there isn't really a "point" to Minecraft. The video game lets players build virtual worlds out of blocks, and sometimes there are zombie or animal attacks. But at school, students can use Minecraft to create their own games and story lines.
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Network World
As scores of college graduates hit the job market this spring, their employment prospects are more promising than those of last year's graduating class. In particular, computer science graduates are a hot commodity. "Not only does computer science provide every student foundational knowledge, it also leads to the highest-paying, fastest-growing jobs in the U.S. economy. There are currently over 500,000 open computing jobs, in every sector, from manufacturing to banking, from agriculture to healthcare, but only 50,000 computer science graduates a year," reads an open letter released by the nonprofit Computer Science Education Coalition in partnership with Code.org.
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Diverse: Issues In Higher Education
The National Society of Blacks in Computing held its inaugural conference in Atlanta, with the goal of increasing the numbers of Blacks in the computer science field within the academy. The conference, which included three tracks focused on undergraduates, graduate students and future faculty/research scientists, attracted more than 90 participants from across the country. Although the number of Black Ph.D.s in computer science has steadily increased over the past few years, experts say that a lot more work still needs to be done.
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eCampus News
New report offers policy recommendations to sustain momentum for computer science education. U.S. institutions should make every effort to expand computer science education to keep up with workforce demands, according to a new report from the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation. And though interest in computer science education, and access to it, is growing, the report found that not enough students are taking high-quality computer science classes at high school and university levels. The report found that at the university level, the U.S. boasts strong computer science programs, but universities still aren’t keeping up with demand.
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After years of lagging behind Arkansas, West Virginia and several other states, California is expanding computer science in public schools across the state and training teachers to teach it. Despite being the leader in technological innovation, the state currently provides no dedicated professional development funding for teachers in computer science, high schools are not required to offer computer science courses, and there are no computer science curriculum standards.
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SDPB Radio
A camp in Sioux Falls this summer is teaching kids how to program electronics and video games. Using computer code, kids learn how to program a motion sensor, range finder, and a laser to create a homemade security system. 15 middle school boys eagerly punch computer keys, and plug electronic pieces into a microcontroller board. They are learning how to upload code onto their device to create certain effects, such as a motion sensor that emits different sound depending on how far away it detects an object. They are creating a home security system as part of a one day workshop at Code Bootcamp.
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NPR
At Tech Square Labs in midtown Atlanta, you'll find glass walls and high ceilings. It follows the typical design trends of today's "hip" innovation centers and co-working office spaces. It's also where 14 low-income African-American students are learning Java as part of the Code Start program.
Code Start is a free, year-long training program for low-income people between the ages of 18 and 24. Participants must have a high school diploma or GED, but not a college degree. Rodney Sampson started the program. He calls Code Start, "an experiment on whether or not we can take 'disconnected youth,' who've been labeled by the system, and teach them how to be a junior level software engineer or developer."
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THE Journal
When it comes to STEM education, high school students in the United States want to see changes made to teaching methods and more access to resources outside of the classroom, according to a national survey conducted by the Amgen Foundation and Change the Equation. The results released in the report "Students on STEM: More Hands-on, Real-World Experiences" show that students want more tangible learning opportunities. Respondents said that common teaching methods, such as teaching from the textbook, are less engaging than hands-on learning methods.
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