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Cool Coding & Computer Science Resources for Teens

Career in STEM

Cool Coding & Computer Science Resources for Teens. Even if you never go on to a career in IT, electrical engineering, or computer programming, everyone needs to know the basics. Cool Tools to Start Learning Computer Science. Coding is the language of the 21st century. And don’t just take my word for it!

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Cyber Security and CS Education

Computer Science Teacher

Way back in time, cybersecurity was all about controlling access to the computer in the locked room with the raised floor. We spent a lot of design time on our various OS subsystems to make sure that access was verified and that people could only access what they were authorized to access. It was the real world.

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Broadening Participation in Computing by Moving Away from Computer Science: Information, Arts, Humanities, and Sciences offer better models for #CSforAll

Computing Education Research Blog

In April, I gave a talk at Carnegie Mellon University’s Software and Societal Systems Department (S3D) “Broadening Participation in Computing by Moving Away from Computer Science” — slides available here, and video available here. More modern computer science definitions are much more narrow.

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CoderZ Feeds into the Five Fastest Growing STEM Careers

CoderZ

CoderZ is a STEM education application and curriculum that is built to introduce students to technology, computer science and robotics, opening up the pathway to career opportunities that are in high demand. A solid foundation in STEM and computer science is essential for the future.

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Will Teachers Listen to Feedback From AI? Researchers Are Betting on It

ED Surge

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. All teachers should have equal access to tools that can improve their teaching. Teachers, the target of all these innovations, have to be on board.

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Should CS Be Required in High School?

Ellipsis Education

Has the time come to update these requirements and add computer science to the mix? There is no doubt that today’s youth needs to be equipped with computer and technology skills to be successful. In this blog, we explore why high school should have computer science requirements in order to earn that diploma.

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Instructors Rush to Do ‘Assignment Makeovers’ to Respond to ChatGPT

ED Surge

And some schools have attempted to block AI chatbots from their school networks and devices, but experts say that doing so is essentially impossible, since students can easily access the tech from their smartphones, or through the many services that have integrated AI but that aren’t on lists of banned tools.