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As 2022 comes to a close, CSTA would like to wish its members, partners and other industry professionals a safe and happy holiday season. As we reflect on the past year for the industry, we would like to provide the readers of the Computer Science Today, a look at the most accessed articles from the year. Our regular publication will resume Thursday, Jan. 5.
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How schools are improving STEM education for girls, students of color
U.S. News & Global Report
From Aug. 25: Some youth may also associate STEM with being "nerdy" or "not interesting," says Katie McCormick, director of product at Promethean, a global education technologies company. But STEM "really applies to all kinds of interests and hobbies," she says. "Things that you might want to do in the world, it's always going to be relevant."
Experts say that providing youth – especially young girls and students of color – with role models and access to STEM-related activities or clubs can help them see the possibilities and real-world applications of these subjects.
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Borrow a Finch Robot 2.0 from BirdBrain Technologies for 60 days, and learn how it can be used to facilitate deep and joyful learning in your Computer Science classroom. Finches can be programmed in Python & Java, as well as several block- and icon-based environments. Try one today!
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Why computer science education will be crucial for 'every job'
Education Week
From Oct. 6: Sophia Mendoza's interest in technology integration in education started as a 3rd grader in the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Her teacher brought in a TRS-80, a desktop microcomputer, and let students play with it. It was Mendoza's first experience with programming.
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AP computer science principles is diversifying computer science
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
From Jan. 6: When The College Board, the company who administers Advanced Placement courses and the SAT test to thousands of future college applicants each year, began developing the AP Computer Science Principles course, they hoped to not only meet the growing need for computer scientists in the workforce but also address the systemic inequities in the field of science, technology, engineering and mathematics .
So far, results show that it’s working.
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Explore Engineering and Computer Science Essentials™ — a novel approach to teaching and learning engineering with computer science and computational thinking as a scaffolded, rigorous, standards-aligned, curriculum for Grades 1-5. Essentials units empower children to become lifelong STEM learners and passionate problem solvers.
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Top coders say these skills will give kids a head start in the industry
CNBC
From Feb. 17: Cory Althoff, author of "The Self-Taught Programmer," told CNBC via video that adaptability is one quality that could help kids succeed as a programmer.
He added that strong literacy helps because a good understanding of grammar and syntax is a skill that can be applied in programming.
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What is Blackbird and how can it be used to teach? Tips & tricks
Tech and Learning
From Aug. 4: Blackbird is a programming tool that aims to help teach middle school-aged students JavaScript coding through a browser.
While the tool itself is useful, it also offers a one-day program of training for educators to help ensure the best possible teaching of this system is taken advantage of.
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Ready for take-off?! Go on a behind-the-scenes virtual tour from NASA’s Johnson Space Center and explore Callisto – a technology experiment created by Amazon’s Alexa, Lockheed Martin, and Cisco that’s heading to the moon during the Artemis I mission! Grades 4+ can take the free, interactive tour now on Kahoot!
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STEM Coding Lab is driving computer science education to Pittsburgh kids
Technical.ly
From Aug. 25: Pittsburgh’s STEM Coding Lab wants to ensure that all students have access to it anyway — and earlier. By venturing into classrooms during school hours, hosting after-school programs or running the summer camp it recently wrapped up, the 2017-founded nonprofit fills in the gaps by offering STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) classes to elementary and middle school students. The hope is to build a foundation that could help them into the tech industry as adults.
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Top 11 current trends in educational technology
Education Technology
From Sept. 8: Keeping up with innovative education technology trends has become essential for modern educators. Cutting-edge technology empowers educators to elevate pupils’ experience, and also takes the burden of repetitive tasks off their shoulders. So, what are the new trends in educational technology?
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4 computational thinking strategies for building problem-solving skills across the curriculum
MindShift
From July 28: Two decades into the 21st century, educators are still tackling the question of how to help young people prepare for a rapidly evolving work landscape. Industry leaders have long called for more emphasis on skills such as critical thinking, communication, and problem-solving, though the definitions and methods for teaching all of these can vary widely. At the International Society for Technology in Education conference in July, a number of education leaders and teachers discussed a framework that can help build students’ problem-solving skills in any subject: computational thinking.
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CodeLab is a web-based learning tool providing hundreds of interactive programming exercises for introductory classes. It supports multiple languages and integrates with environments like Canvas and Moodle. Over 300,000 students at more than 400 schools in 20+ countries have used CodeLab to gain mastery over the syntax, semantics, and common usage patterns of the language elements.
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A rubric for effective edtech use
Edutopia
From Sept. 1: An educational technology professor shares a rubric teachers and administrators can use to decide why and how to use edtech tools to improve student learning.
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Code for Fun is offering professional development Zoom mini-sessions throughout Fall 2022. These sessions focus on the different pillars of CS educational material for grade K to 5. Check-out our calendar and sign up to the sessions of the grade you teach or all of them.
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Our favorite websites for teaching kids and teens to code
We Are Teachers
From Jan. 27: There's no doubt about it — many of the best careers now and in the future are in computer science. That means that schools have a responsibility to ensure kids have a good grounding in the field, including a chance to learn coding languages like JavaScript and Python. Fortunately, there are a lot of terrific coding websites for kids and teens, both free and paid.
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50 STEM activities to help kids think outside the box
We Are Teachers
From Jan. 27: These days, STEM learning is more important than ever. Science, technology, engineering, and math are the keys to many modern careers, so a good grounding in them from an early age is a must. The best STEM activities are hands-on, leading kids to cool innovations and real-world applications. Here are some of our favorites, with challenges that will really get kids thinking about how STEM plays a part in their everyday lives.
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Teaching computational thinking is more important than defining it
ISTE
From Aug. 25:
Computational thinking (CT) is riding a strong current in the edtech world that teaching K-12 students to think like computer scientists will better prepare them for work and life.
But bringing CT to K-12 classrooms isn’t something educators can do overnight. It faces obstacles like introducing it into the curriculum to getting teachers fully onboard. It’s a challenge that could stand to undergo some computational thinking itself.
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5 tips for teaching kids the cybersecurity basics
PC Magazine
From Aug. 4: Kids may latch onto connected-tech quickly, but that doesn't mean they know how to use it safely without guidance from the adults in their lives. Given that there was an 85% increase in online attacks(Opens in a new window) involving account login and registration details last year, it's clear that it's time to start teaching basic online security rules in school and at home.
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