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There has been considerable political pressure in the past few years to incorporate more computer science education into American secondary schools. In his 2016 State of the Union message, President Barack Obama announced the goal of "offering every student the hands-on computer science and math classes that make them job-ready on day one." To achieve this goal, the president has requested several billion dollars in grants to schools for technology education and has channeled federal research money into improving computer science education. Considerable amounts of money are going to be spent, and considerable curricular changes are being considered.
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The Hill
Today's global job market requires computer skills at unprecedented levels. As the world becomes more technologically interdependent, it is critical that American students have the skills to compete with their global counterparts. That is why it is imperative that the next president be an unwavering champion of expanded computer science education. The Obama administration made progress when it announced its new Computer Science for All initiative in February, which allocated $4 billion in federal money to help teach computer science to grades K-12. This was a good start, but we must do even more.
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The Kansas City Star
Nine-year-old Reid Stainbrook is already an old pro at using a 3-D printer after only a few hours of working with it. He's grown comfortable with the technology at the Spark16150 lab at Arbor Creek Elementary in Olathe. "It's probably one of the easiest things" in the lab, Reid said. His next project? To make a plastic tennis ball that won't break when he uses it to play with his dog. Nearby, 9-year-old Colin Johnson was using special building blocks called Cubelets to make some special structures. One of his best projects was a lighthouse with a light that actually spins. He also demonstrated how he could use a Bluetooth connection with his iPad to make the blocks move.
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Education World
The Annual Partner Survey from 100Kin10, the national network committed to training and retaining 100,000 excellent K-12 STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) teachers by 2021 has revealed some insight into how the leading K-12 STEM education organizations are training effective teachers to keep up with the increasingly prioritized movement. In total, the survey analyzed 242 programs offered by 157 unique partner organizations of 100Kin10 to find that incorporating new standards and emphasizing pedagogical content knowledge are the two top priorities for both preparing new teachers and developing existing ones (75.5 percent and 70.5 percent, respectively).
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
When Bella Moak describes her GlobalHack VI experience, she does so in broad, life-altering terms. "It felt really empowering," says the 15-year-old sophomore at Visitation Academy. As the only all-girls team at the worldwide coding competition held at Chaifetz Arena last month, Bella and her middle-school and high-school teammates stood out in a space filled with more than 1,000 bright and ambitious students and professionals. In the end, they won first place in the youth division and second place overall, taking home $50,000 and besting hundreds of teams of college students and professionals by designing a cellphone app to make it easier for homeless people to find a warm meal and a place to sleep.
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Florida State News
A multidisciplinary team of Florida State University researchers is trying to make coding cool for middle school students. Led by Professor of Computer Science Xin Yuan and aided by a $1.1 million National Science Foundation grant, the five-member team is working with Tallahassee-based middle school teachers to develop coding modules that teach math and computer science concepts together for sixth, seventh and eighth grade mathematics classes.
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The Hechinger Report
A new tool from the U.S. Department of Education will help school districts rapidly measure the results of education technology. The Ed Tech Rapid Cycle Evaluation Coach was announced at the Blended and Online Learning Symposium in San Antonio, Texas. It's still in the early stages, so those interested in using the tool must apply to be part of the inaugural group.
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The Conversation
Many science, technology, engineering and math areas now show a gender parity — women earn about half of the undergraduate degrees in biology, chemistry and mathematics. This, however, is not true of all STEM areas — women earn fewer than one out of every five of the undergraduate degrees in computer science and engineering.
The failure of computer science and engineering to recruit and graduate women is incredibly costly. These disciplines often offer high-paying jobs, and men's greater participation in lucrative jobs in these fields perpetuates the gender gap in pay.
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eSchool News
It sounds like a science fiction statement, but it's actually not too far from reality. Humans rely on programmable devices for every aspect of their daily lives. These devices have transformed from stationary, to carried and worn, to physically implantable. There is no end to this progression; innovations keep evolving. With the ongoing focus of technology in education, and the need for schools to keep up with the ever-changing scope of its use in the classroom, it is essential that we provide students with the knowledge of how technology affects, and will affect, society.
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EdTech Magazine
As a tool for schools, the internet can be fantastic for encouraging collaboration and accessing resources, but it can also be ripe with threats. Cyberbullying. Scams. Hackers. Technological advances, like "safe search" tools and devices with built-in security protocols, have done much to help combat these issues. However, as ISTE notes, the first step is teaching kids and teens how to make the most of digital resources while staying safe.
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