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By: Bambi Majumdar (commentary)
 One recent change in education involves a multistate initiative to expand access to and diversity in K-12 computer science. 33 states have passed legislation to that effect in 2019, and about $42.5 million has been funded for this cause. Interest in computer science education is rising, as it should in the digital age. Stakeholders, from parents to policymakers, recognize the importance of this investment. Much of this success can be attributed to the Code.org Advocacy Coalition, which has worked hard at advocating the cause since 2013.
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The Advocate
Check out these recent headlines about artificial intelligence:
These headlines are from reputable news sources, including MIT Technology Review. Is it just me, or has the media decided that AI will cause the end of civilization as we know it? I'd like to suggest that exactly the opposite is true. In fact, owing to technological innovations, the quality of life has improved immensely — across all of the world.
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Venture Beat
Unity Technologies, the maker of the widely-used real-time 3-D game development platform, has launched two new tools for the classroom. Create with Code and Unity Teach are now generally available for students to learn both game design and computer science. Create with Code, the first comprehensive solution for educators to teach computer science using Unity, and Unity Teach, a platform and ecosystem of inspiration, enablement and support for educators who are teaching or want to teach Unity to students, are the next steps in Unity's commitment to preparing students for a future surrounded by real-time 3-D creation.
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The Unity Certified User certification exam objectives align with current industry standards set by professionals and educators. It helps you teach and validate interactive content creation while providing your students with credentials that demonstrate real-world competence to prospective academic institutions and employers. Learn More.
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The Associated Press via U.S. News & World Report
It looks like a familiar scene. Children sit down opposite computer screens and tune out the world. But they weren't using social media or watching YouTube. They were coding. Once a month, young girls meet at the Bob Kirby Branch of the Warren County Public Library to participate in Girls of Steel, a program designed to introduce girls ages 8-13 to science, technology, engineering, art and math, or STEAM.
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EdTech Magazine
Students can read about dinosaurs, or they can go to the park around the corner and roam the land alongside the ancient beasts. They can dissect frogs or assist a world-famous surgeon in the operating room. They can write book reports or embed videos of characters in their presentations. When teachers talk about bringing lessons to life, they're no longer speaking figuratively. A growing number of educators are using extended reality applications to let students interact with people, places and things on the opposite side of the planet, as well as historical figures.
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Wyoming Public Media
The National Science Foundation has awarded nearly $1 million to the University of Wyoming to support integration of computer science education in K-8 classrooms and public libraries across the state. A mandate to teach computer science in Wyoming's K-12 schools by 2022 was passed by the state legislature in 2018.
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District Administration Magazine
What are the most significant edtech integration challenges? We see teachers having to grapple with standards and a lot of information, which they must deliver to students. With that kind of pressure, it's hard to bring in technology, especially if educators are not truly aware of how it will enhance their teaching and the students' learning experience.
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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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Tech&Learning (commentary)
Shelly Terrell, a contributor for Tech&Learning, writes: "The new school year is approaching fast. I will miss spending all day with my toddler, Savvy, but I am looking forward to trying new ideas with my elementary students. I work with all grades at my school and this is my second year with this group of students. I am now equipped with new procedures, web tools, activities, grading strategies, and classroom management strategies to make this an even better year than last year!"
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District Administration Magazine
As science education has expanded in recent years to adopt the Next Generation Science Standards — which include project-based learning and multidisciplinary studies in technology, engineering and mathematics — so have the corresponding science fairs. Instead of traditional exploding volcanoes or foam-painted solar systems that are sometimes completed at the last minute at home by frazzled parents, today's projects focus on using the scientific method — from testing a hypothesis to presenting the findings — even for young learners.
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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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