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CSTA
The CSTA Annual Conference is one month away, and we are excited about all of the professional development, networking and education that we have in store for our attendees. Register now to join CSTA 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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Education Week
As coding becomes an increasingly coveted skill, schools all over the world are deciding to teach their students how to code. This is a excellent idea, as having coding skills could pay huge dividends later on in life. However, pre-service teachers do not usually learn how to teach coding in their college teacher education programs. Many teachers have difficulty learning and then teaching coding skills to their students.
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THE Journal
In an effort to fill more than 3,200 tech jobs expected to open up in Miami-Dade County between 2016-2024, CareerSource South Florida teamed up with Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Florida's largest public school district and the fourth largest in the nation, and TechLaunch @FVI to bring coding bootcamps to the next-generation workforce this summer.
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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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The Washington Times
America's scientific future may belong to a group of smiling middle schoolers. The nonprofit Chemical Educational Foundation on Monday brought together some of the nation's brightest youngsters for its "You Be the Chemist National Challenge" at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. The tournament allowed 42 fifth- to eighth-graders to showcase their scientific knowledge in a format similar to that of a spelling bee.
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ISBuzz News
It has been reported today that "The Girl Scouts of America" is partnering with security firm Palo Alto Networks to create a series of 18 new cybersecurity badges that its troops can start earning in September 2018. This comes at a time when there is an estimated shortage of 1.5million cybersecurity professionals in the industry, by 2020. In response to this news, Lee Munson, Security Researcher at Comparitech.com has offered his insight.
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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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The Daily Caller
Apple CEO Tim Cook reportedly told President Donald Trump that he should consider making computer coding classes mandatory for schools. The business leader made the comments at the first official meeting of the White House's technology council, which consists of associates of the Trump administration like senior adviser Jared Kushner and the executives of several big tech companies. Tony Romm of the tech publication Recode, who was one of the few members of the media allowed to attend, reported that Cook also agreed with Trump and fellow participants of the forum that the U.S. tech infrastructure needs to improve. Cook appears to believe that having a knowledgeable and tech-savvy populace, especially among the up-and-coming generations, is vital for fully modernizing the country's technological capabilities.
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The Kansas City Star
With fewer than 40 percent of K-12 schools in the U.S. offering computer science courses, Verizon is bringing technology and hands-on learning opportunities to two middle schools in north and southeast Kansas City. Verizon Innovative Learning, the education initiative of the Verizon Foundation, announced that Smith-Hale Middle School and Eastgate Middle School will receive new computer science programs for the 2017-18 and 2018-19 school years. Verizon is working on the initiative with its national partner Project Lead The Way, a nonprofit organization that develops STEM curricula for elementary, middle and high schools.
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Phys.org
Canadian schoolchildren will soon start learning computer coding and other digital skills from kindergarten through to high school, the government announced Wednesday. About 500,000 students will be offered the opportunity to take part in the Can$50 million (US$38 million) program over the next two years, according to the science ministry. "Many jobs today rely on the ability of Canadian workers to solve problems using digital skills," said a statement.
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Education DIVE
Technology is changing the way the entire world operates — from commerce to transportation, there is not an industry that is not being transformed by the digital revolution. Education is no exception. Education technology provides numerous possibilities for interactive teaching and learning, as well as increasing process efficiency in the administrative offices. But research has shown that most administrators are entirely reliant upon their vendor relationships to guide the buying process; few actually know what they really need for their schools, and many admit to deploying technological solutions before they've fully identified a problem and laid out a strategy.
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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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