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CSTA
During her keynote address at CSTA 2019, Dr. Joanna Goode announced CSTA's Equity Fellowship Program. This Fellowship is a selective, year-long program designed to develop leadership in equitable teaching practices and advocacy. This program will both provide leadership development opportunities to the fellows and identify opportunities for the group to develop ongoing, peer-to-peer professional learning experiences focused on addressing issues of equity in the computer science classroom for all CSTA members. Learn more and apply by Aug. 5.
eSchool News
Rural schools in the United States face challenges many of their suburban counterparts couldn't fathom. For example, access to challenging and engaging STEM courses such as robotics and coding is not as prevalent in rural schools as it is in larger districts. But one district is aiming to make it easier for students to access robotics in rural schools.
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The Hill
In 1965, the Library of Congress got its first computer — so big that it had to be delivered one piece at a time. Back then, it most likely would have been women helping input data into a machine-readable format. That's because, in the '60s and '70s, many believed that women were on track to outnumber men in tech. In fact, the number of women studying data processing was growing faster than the number of men.
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Education Technology
As digital technologies transform the world we live in, from the internet of things, artificial intelligence, and robotics to biotechnology, computer science fluency is now a fundamental skill for the next generation. In fact coding has become so critical that experts argue it could potentially become the new literacy. The benefits of coding in education are two-fold: Not only does it benefit computer science students, but it also significantly improves learning potential for them in other subjects, like science.
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Dice
Google is pushing harder into education with Code with Google, a hub for the company's various computer-science courses. It's a good PR move for Google, which has complained for years that the country's educational pipeline isn't optimized for teaching computer science skills. The company's previous educational efforts have included the Computer Science Summer Institute, a three-week computer science course for graduating high school seniors, and Howard West, a cooperative effort with Howard University to encourage more diversity in Silicon Valley.
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The Unity Certified User certification focuses on programming with Unity software. It covers the basics of C# programming within Unity to create interactivity in games, apps, AR/VR, and other experiences. With Unity certification, your students can have the industry-recognized credentials that employers are seeking.
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By: Sheilamary Koch (commentary)
 For the first time, the number of female college graduates in the labor force has surpassed that of their male counterparts, per a new Pew Research Center analysis of 2019 first-quarter data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Yet, the number of women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) jobs remains steady and below 30%. To shed light on how we as educators can help shift these stats, I spoke with international educator and STEM author Erin Twamley. Here are some of her strategies that empower female students.
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KJZZ
This year, Arizona was one of 33 states where legislators created new policies related to computer science, according to nonprofit Code.org. "It's important that we have legislation at the state level that helps close gaps around who has access to computer science and who doesn't," said Alexis Menocal Harrigan, Code.org director of State Government Affairs. Here lawmakers changed a professional development grant program to give priority to educators from rural schools or those where at least 60% majority of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunches.
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Victoria Advocate
The black 3-D printer buzzed and glowed with blue and purple lights, and Jessie Hernandez waited as black and gray plastic string weaved into a small, rectangular keychain. "I like dark colors, but I also like the Audi R8 race car, so the keychain will say 'Audi,'" Jessie, 11, said. "I like fast cars, and I like watching Nascar, so I wanted to make my keychain about that." Jessie was one of about 14 children who learned how to create their own keychain to print using a 3-D printer during a class July 10 at the Victoria Public Library.
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EdTech Magazine
Higher education institutions are finding that hackathons — events inviting students to participate in science, technology, engineering and math challenges — are a great way to connect coding to real-world problems that students care about solving. At Stetson University, hackathons have included daylong boot camps on activities such as penetration tests, application building and coding of smart assistants, Campus Technology reports.
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Demand for skilled cybersecurity talent continues to outstrip supply, with estimates of 3.5 million unfilled positions by 2021. EC Council Associate, ECA, Certification is the starting point for a career in cybersecurity. ECA qualifies strengths, skills, and readiness of aspiring professionals, leading to a career in the highly lucrative Information Security industry. Click here to receive a free practice test voucher!
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Entrepreneur
Women entrepreneurs face more obstacles than men who raise money for high technology startups from venture vapitalists. In a recent report by All Raise and Pitchbook, data revealed that split across 482 teams, female founders raised a total of $2.88 billion last year. That's 2.2 percent of the $130 billion total in venture capital money invested over the year. Unfortunately, the percentage has not increased from the previous year. As a result, there are fewer female founders. And there are even fewer female technical founders.
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EdScoop
The Federal Communications Commission voted along party lines to auction off unused wireless spectrum currently assigned to its Educational Broadband Service. Education advocates are deriding the decision, which will go into effect next year, as shortsighted. The order, approved through a 3-2 vote led by the commission's Republican majority, will place 114 megahertz of unused mid-band spectrum up for auction to wireless carriers for the expansion of their nascent 5G networks.
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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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