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EdTech Magazine
There are nearly half a million open computing jobs in the U.S., but only 42,969 computer science graduates entered the workforce last year, according to Code.org. Many experts, including former President Barack Obama, hope that better access to computer science at the K-12 level can close this gap. With this in mind, Microsoft launched Technology Education and Literacy in Schools, a program that connects high school teachers with a curriculum and a computer science professional who regularly volunteers in class.
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Wonder Workshop invites teams aged 6-8 and 9-12 to compete in the Wonder League Robotics Competition. Three rounds of missions require teams to design solutions to real-world science and technology challenges by programming Dash & Dot. Teams who become eligible for the Invitational Round compete for a $5,000 prize! Deadline: 12/31/17.
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The Hechinger Report (commentary)
Joli Boucher, a contributor for The Hechinger Report, writes: "When I was 8 years old, my father began teaching me a programming language called BASIC, using an Epson QX10 computer. I would spend hours coding names and phrases that would scroll across the screen in different shapes and patterns. Within a year, I was coding my very own 'Choose Your Own Adventure' stories. My friends and family would select the conflict, plot and resolutions in my fictional 'masterpieces.' I was empowered! I was engaged! It was authentic learning."
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Edutopia
For more than three decades, Mitch Resnick has immersed himself in educational technology and innovative learning models. Now a professor at the MIT Media Lab, and a co-creator of the popular Scratch programming language, Resnick remains a tireless advocate for student-centered education, collaborative learning environments and the idea that coding is a form of literacy.
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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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Duke Chronicle
Ann Marie Fred was 10 years old when her father brought home a used Commodore 64 computer — a vestige of the 80s — from work. Fred, the girl who stayed after school to play Oregon Trail on the Apple computers, jumped at the chance to take advantage of her family's new computer. In addition to the Commodore 64, Fred's father brought home a monthly computer programming magazine with simple programs that played songs or changed the colors of pixels on the screen. Fred said her first experience with programming was copying the programs from the magazine and modifying them to see what would happen. This was the first foray into tech for Fred, who now works for IBM.
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The Associated Press via U.S. News & World Report
A bill expanding computer science as an option for Ohio schoolchildren is on its way to Gov. John Kasich. The legislation requires the Department of Education to adopt standards and a curriculum for computer science in grades K-12. The House approved Senate changes to the bill.
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EdScoop News
Computer technology has fundamentally changed how we live and work. Can it change the way we think? In a new report, the independent nonprofit Digital Promise advances the argument that computational thinking is not only central to computer science but also is widely applicable throughout the education sector and the workforce.
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MindShift
Harvard University is one of the most selective schools in the United States, so it isn't the first place that comes to mind when discussing how to make computer science appealing and open to a broad range of students. But Professor David Malan has been experimenting with different ways to make his introductory computer science class the type of place where students from many different backgrounds can thrive. And he's spreading what he learns to the broader educator community, hoping what he's learning from the CS50 experiment spreads beyond Harvard's walls to K-12 educators working to fire up kids about computer science.
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