ED Surge

MAY 15, 2024

Building STEM Literacy at a Large Florida School District Broward County Public Schools is the sixth-largest school district in the United States, serving over 250,000 students across 326 schools and education centers in the Fort Lauderdale area.

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Computer Science Teacher

JULY 19, 2022

Many, dare I say most, education administrators don’t really understand computers let a lone what it means to teach computer science. It will be hard to keep computer science from being constrained in someone’s idea of neat little boxes. That is what bureaucrats like to see.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 10, 2024

When districts slot students into math classes based on ability they send conspicuous messages to those on the lower track that they are not smart enough, says Ho Nguyen, who was a K-12 math and computer science program administrator in San Francisco during the district's detracking attempt.

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DECEMBER 5, 2022

This includes (links are live on publication day) : An Overview of This Week. Why Should Students Learn Computer Science? Over the next week, I’ll share ideas that will get you ready for your Hour of Code. Long list of websites by grade. 10 Unusual Projects. 6 Unplugged Hour of Code Activities. Scratch Jr.

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DECEMBER 6, 2022

This includes (links are live on publication day) : An Overview of This Week. At any time during the year, click to take you to the master list : Program on computers, iPads, laptops–whatever works, whatever age. Google Computer Science for High School –free workshops (with application) for K-12 teachers.

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MARCH 26, 2021

Both private and public schools are available here at this level. University of Pristina, located in the city of Pristina as a public university. AAB University, located in the city of Pristina as a non-public university. These can range significantly with private schools tending to be more expensive than public universities.

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DECEMBER 6, 2023

This includes (links are live on publication day) : An Overview of This Week — Dec. This includes (links are live on publication day) : An Overview of This Week — Dec. At any time during the year, click to take you to the master list : Program on computers, iPads, laptops–whatever works, whatever age.

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ED Surge

JULY 19, 2023

public schools raise questions about whether curricula and edtech are staying culturally relevant. Between 2010 and 2021, the share of white non-Hispanic children fell to 45 percent of public school students, while the share of Hispanic children grew to comprise 28 percent. Meanwhile, changing demographics of students in U.S.

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Computing Education Research Blog

MAY 17, 2022

Barb Ericson has been gathering data on the Advanced Placement exams in Computer Science for a decade. After using public $ to develop #APCSPrinciples and claiming increased CS 'diversity', they have now removed access to the data. The College Board still produces all the reports and distributes them to the states.

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Defined Learning

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Through project-based learning, students at Winchester Public Schools participated in a "STEM-mersion" program which included an immersive visit to a regional airport. In partnership with Defined Learning, Winchester Public Schools was able to integrate career-connected PBL into their computer science curriculum.

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Cool Cat Teacher

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

48:14 Diversity in Computer Science and the future of our world and its success. Episode 860: “ How California is Improving Computer Science Education “ Guest: Omar Shepherd Original Release Date: August 26, 2024 Link: [link] CS for CA Data Tool Man Accuses HP Computers of Being Racist. Time Magazine.

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Computer Science Teacher

AUGUST 21, 2024

Basically there are a bunch of questions about teaching computer science that have no good answers. Yes, I know there are “public feedback periods, several in-person feedback sessions, virtual focus groups, and strategic interviews” going on. Public feedback is easily ignored and the rest involve hand selected individuals.

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DECEMBER 8, 2023

This includes (links are live on publication day) : An Overview of This Week — Dec. Let’s reinforce that goal by stepping away from the digital device, recognize that critical thinking and problem-solving apply to any part of life, even without a computer, iPad, or smartphone in hand.

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ED Surge

APRIL 24, 2023

This project was guided by Anni Kumar, a seasoned educator and head of the computer science department at Vikas Bharati Public School. One of their projects involved building an AI sensor boat to monitor the water quality for the protection of local villagers and aquatic life.

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ED Surge

MAY 11, 2023

The group plans to produce reports and guidelines for using AI in education; make policy recommendations for incorporating AI in school curriculum standards, courses, tools, assessments, and professional learning; and establish a global framework for computer-science curriculum that includes AI.

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Cool Cat Teacher

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter In today's show, I talk with Mark Sparvell about a tool that has become essential to my lesson planning and work in my AP Computer Science Principles course: Bing Chat Enterprise. ” And I'm like, “No. Have you done anything like that with PDFs?

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ED Surge

APRIL 27, 2023

Some researchers are exploring one that might sound trivial but actually could be quite thorny: What should these computer-generated educational assistants look and sound like? Mayer believes that as the computer-generated voices get more lifelike, the impact of voice tone, “gender” and other features will become more significant.

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Educators Technology

OCTOBER 14, 2022

SpringerOpen SpringerOpen features research a wide variety of peer-reviewed research articles spanning different disciplines including social sciences, humanities, science, technology, medicine, economics, biomedicine, chemistry, computer science, psychology, and many more.

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ED Surge

JULY 25, 2023

As Latino children make up a growing proportion of public school students in the United States, they’re also facing unique challenges. EdSurge recently posed a question to a panel of three educators and an edtech CEO: What is the greatest strength that Latinos can leverage to transform public education? Read the first part here.

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Cool Cat Teacher

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Meanwhile, I'm rapidly adding art literacy to my computer classes so that students have the language to make effective AI artwork generation accessible. For example, I've loaded my AP Computer Science Principles textbook into Bing Chat Enterprise. Understanding the names, periods, and artists is more important than ever.

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ED Surge

MARCH 7, 2024

The unusual idea seems in some ways like a publicity stunt to call attention to a the academic major it offers in artificial intelligence — and local TV news stations pounced on the notion that nonhuman classmates would be participating side-by-side in hybrid college classes with T-shirt-clad young people.

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ED Surge

MAY 23, 2023

To everyone else, though, those and many other scholarly publications are locked, or can only be read by paying hefty per-article fees. The typical open access model makes scholarly articles free to the public by charging authors a processing fee to have their work published in the journal. Now it's life of the author plus 70 years.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Interestingly enough, researchers in other sectors (including economics, public health and sociology) have explored similar theories and found that social capital can improve more than just access to higher education and job opportunities, as one might expect.

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Schooling Economics Accessibility Research 355

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DECEMBER 5, 2023

This includes (links are live on publication day) : An Overview of This Week (this post) — Dec. Websites and Apps to Support Hour of Code Why Should Students Learn Computer Science? This year so far: 1,706,394,983 hours in 180+ countries. Resources Over the next week, I’ll share ideas that will get you ready.

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ED Surge

JUNE 22, 2023

Goel, a professor of computer science and human-centered computing at the university leading the creation of Jill Watson, devised an unusual plan. The experimental chatbot is in use this summer in three online courses — Introduction to Cognitive Science (taught by Goel), Human-Computer Interaction, and Knowledge-Based AI.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Julie York, a computer science and media teacher at South Portland High School in Maine, was scouring the internet for discussion tools for her class when she found TeachFX. This is why the computational power we have now is exciting. She’s taught fifth grade for 25 years in the Aurora Public School system in Colorado.

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ED Surge

MARCH 13, 2024

Our most recent cohort of fellows included educators across a variety of grades and content areas, including a high school principal, an elementary school paraprofessional, a math and computer science teacher, and a school and community engagement manager, to name a few. They are meaningful, in and of themselves.”

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

The localized structure of this camp, albeit virtual, brought together a unique affinity group of students with a common interest in computer science and a shared lived experience as AAPI women and girls. This year, I spent most of my time in a public-facing role representing Hawai?i Though Hawai?i i in the last two years.

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Cool Cat Teacher

JUNE 26, 2023

10:38 Zeeshan Anwar (Chief Product Officer) and Tara Carrozza (Director of Digital Learning Initiatives) for NYC Public Schools Advice is to make sure that you have AI Accountabilities in place. Tara: AI Teaching Assistant in Computer Science with OER curriculum to support students in those subjects. How can AI support teachers?

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ED Surge

AUGUST 3, 2023

What’s unprecedented about ChatGPT and its clones is access, says Brian Stamford, program director for accountability and innovative practices for Allegheny Intermediate Unit in Pennsylvania, a regional public education body that provides services like professional development for educators in suburban Allegheny County.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 25, 2022

She was opening a public school in the city, modeled on game-based learning. We would say “play” or “critical thinking” or “computer science.” Can you share some of the obstacles you’ve faced promoting game-based learning? Unfortunately, at the time, you couldn’t say “games” to a potential parent or funder.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Note: Once published, the games are public so make sure students keep all information generic and vanilla. One of its goals is to make learning computer science and programming easy. It offers a web-based state standards-aligned curriculum with everything educators need to teach computer science fundamentals.

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Ellipsis Education

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

To get computer science into the classroom, you need resources, community support, and a plan. CodeVA , a nonprofit dedicated to building computer science infrastructure, is are experts at this. We’re making sure that computer science truly is “for all,” through an equity lens.

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Computer Science Computer Science Sciences 52

Computer Science Teacher

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Maybe it is not “release to the public” neat and tidy. Programming is basically stating a process or method using computer code. And, I hope, helps them think of computer science as worth doing for themselves. It may be what we used to call a “programmers program.” My Wordle solver helper program is one such.

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Computer Science Computer Publication Science 128

Ellipsis Education

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

To get computer science into the classroom, you need resources, community support, and a plan. Read on for inspiration as you plan your computer science implementation! We’re making sure that computer science truly is “for all,” through an equity lens. By Josh Miles CMO. It takes a village.

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Computing Education Research Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Both Barb and the Lifetime Service to the Computer Science Education Community awardee, Simon, earned their PhD’s later in life, both within the last 10 years. So, I’m doing a five minute lightning talk on Teaspoon languages as provocation to come talk to me about this approach to integrating computing into non-CS subjects.

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ED Surge

JULY 27, 2023

For the assignment, he asked students to write about the origin and impact of a code or cipher system of their choice, to form their answer as a blog post for the academic blog Wonders & Marvels , and to submit it to the blog for possible publication.

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