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Sept. 10, 2020

CSTA News

We're so excited about this Saturday's Virtual Teaching Summit! CSTA Don't miss out on: An Opening Keynote from Charity Freeman Culturally Relevant Pedagogy in an Online Setting from Christy Crawford Thriving as a Virtual Teacher from Jennifer Manly, and Humanizing Distance Learning from Paul France Check out the agenda for our full schedule of presentations focused on the best practices and tools you need to support your students virtually. For more information and to register for the summit, visit our website. READ MORE

Make Your Mark on CSTA 2021 CSTA Whether you prefer to be in front of the audience, or behind the scenes, it's your chance to help shape the 2021 CSTA Annual Conference! Apply to present: We're accepting submissions for a one-hour session, three-hour workshop, 20-minute mini-session, 45-minute Birds of a Feather discussion, or a poster session. Visit our website for more information on the process and to submit your application. All submissions are due by Nov. 8. Become a reviewer: We invite you to consider reviewing submissions for CSTA 2020! If you've attended or presented at a prior CSTA conference, have a connection to K–12 computer science, and are available between Nov. 23, and Dec. 17, consider volunteering your time! READ MORE

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CSTA EVENT CALENDAR

Sept. 12 Virtual Teaching Summit MORE INFO Sept. 22 New Member Orientation MORE INFO Oct. 8 CSTA Engage MORE INFO

HEADLINES FROM THE FIELD

Coding academies for Black, Latino youth aim to debug the diversity gap in tech CNBC With higher pay, better benefits and more resilience in a challenging economy, jobs in the fast-growing tech sector are highly sought after positions. Yet, Blacks and Latinos make up only a small fraction of this workforce. Now, coding academies for middle and high school students are helping to debug this diversity gap. READ MORE

How to make teaching online feel less isolating Edutopia Last spring, when COVID-19 made distance learning the most viable option to keep school communities safe, teachers adapted. But it was hard. Physical separation from students and colleagues forced some educators to learn how to manage loneliness. Some teachers felt guilty teaching remotely because they didn't feel that they were teaching effectively. Communicating care through computer screens felt impersonal. READ MORE

Codecademy expands online coding education eSchool News Codecademy, the online education platform empowering millions of people to learn code, announced two new initiatives for students and teachers, including its first-ever student membership and a new partnership with Clever, the most widely used single sign-on portal in K-12 schools nationwide. READ MORE

With online video, teachers get creative to connect with students EdTech Magazine YouTube has long been the home of pop music videos and keyboarding cats. But the pandemic has created a new class of potential viral stars waiting in the wings, ready to explain organic chemistry or decode algebra. Justin Bieber probably isn’t too worried. But online video lessons are growing exponentially as K–12 student learning goes online, and there is no doubt that a few teachers will rise to the top to help more students learn. That's a rapid divergence from how education has evolved in the past. READ MORE

Survey: Teacher morale and student enrollment declining under COVID-19 Education DIVE As the academic year begins, COVID-19 is causing declines in student enrollment and teacher morale, an increased likelihood of teacher resignations, and growing concerns about a slowdown in student academic progress. With 60% of the nation's educators reporting that the 2020-2021 academic year is underway and the remainder to follow suit early this month, the EdWeek Research Center fielded a nationally-representative online survey Aug. 26-28 to see what educators are thinking. Following are nine key findings from the survey of 826 K-12 educators, which included 415 teachers, 149 principals and 262 district-level administrators. READ MORE

Vernier and SAM Labs help teachers incorporate science and coding into instruction eSchool News Middle school teachers can now integrate science lessons with data collection and coding using new packages from Vernier Software & Technology and SAM Labs. Each new topic-based package — comprised of a Go Direct sensor, SAM Labs output blocks, and ready-to-go activities within the Google Workbench programming platform — engages students in scientific discovery and introductory block-based coding. READ MORE

These are the best computer science universities globally for 2020 CEO World Which are the top computer science universities globally for 2020? In this article, we present the best ones globally but also you will find the top computer science universities in Europe for 2020. Furthermore, there is information for some computer science universities with good results in Asia. The number one computer science university for 2020 in the world is Carnegie Mellon in the United States. It is the top university in its kind not only in the world but also in the United States. There are 116 scientists, the university managed to win 2.507.714 citations and it is mentioned in 22.440 major computer science publications. READ MORE

How to teach science remotely Tech&Learning With remote learning continuing to be in effect for many schools, teaching a hands-on subject such as science is a challenge for educators. Not being able to allow students to experiment, test and explore firsthand, however, has encouraged new teaching practices. In Orange County, Florida, science teachers have gone back to basics in a way, according to Veronica Franco, former STEM Gifted Education Teacher and STEM Futures Director. Unable to participate in on-site school experiments, students explore their neighborhoods and backyards in science-based scavenger hunts that involve identifying flora and fauna. Teachers also assign project-based tasks, such as coming up with ideas to help a local farmer with his excess strawberry harvest. READ MORE

'Beyond tired and stressed': Teachers with kids strained by lack of child care Education Week Working parents across professions were forced to balance the demands of their jobs and their children's remote education in the spring, and teachers were no exception. But this new school year has created even more logistical hurdles for teachers with kids at home. In schools that have adopted a hybrid model of instruction where groups of students alternate days of in-person instruction, teachers are often expected to be in their classrooms full time. READ MORE

Trashbots mission: Reinventing STEM education Austin Business Journal No more than a few months away from closing its $500,000 seed round of funding, Trashbots Inc. already has lined up several high-profile investors. Founded in 2016 and launched in 2017 by undergraduate brothers Rohit and Sidharth Srinivasan, Trashbots offers a robot-building kit for K-12 students that teaches pupils what Sidharth described as “real-world engineering.” It comes with gadgets such as motors, sensors and a gyroscope that students can use to build things — a fishing pole, for example, or a robot that can kick a ball or make music, Sidharth said. READ MORE

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