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Enhancing CTE: Start With A Comprehensive Coding Curriculum

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By implementing a comprehensive coding curriculum ––starting in elementary school and continuing through high school––schools can equip students with essential skills and enhance CTE, often before students even take their first technical education course.

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Why Should Students Learn Computer Science? A Teacher’s Perspective

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If you participated in December’s Hour of Code, you may have come to realize the importance of Computer Science to students. Here’s Greg’s informed perspective on this question: Beyond job opportunities, why should all K-12 students learn about computer science? The same applies to computer science.

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Competitive Coders Are the Future of Esports and the Rising Stars of Computer Science

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Players must program a backend strategy and use their coding and problem-solving skills to outsmart competitors. Students can start as early as upper elementary school with programs like Ozaria , a narrative adventure game that sets a foundation of core computer science (CS) concepts.

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CoderZ Launches New TEKS Aligned Computer Science Curriculum for Grades 3-8

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About CoderZ’s Commitment to Computer Science in Texas Demand for skilled STEM occupations is growing rapidly around the country, and especially in Texas where the government estimates these roles will make up 10.5% of total state employment.

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How One District Takes STEM Learning to the Next Level

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This is part of a three-article series covering key principles to consider when building out computer science programs in your academic setting. We saw an opportunity to use Minecraft Education as a project-based learning tool in computer science, which is how Level Up Los Angeles was born.

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6 Unplugged Hour of Code Activities

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The idea started as a clever way to teach students to think critically and problem-solve. One hour, according to Hour of Code, would show them that deep thinking was fun and problem-solving was exhilarating. Computer Science Unplugged. Why Should Students Learn Computer Science? Scratch Jr.

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5 Unplugged Hour of Code Activities

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The idea started as a clever way to teach students to think critically and problem-solve, show them that deep thinking was fun and problem-solving exhilarating. But here’s my issue: Too often, kids forget that the goal is to practice critical thinking and problem solving, not pursue a career in programming.