ED Surge

APRIL 13, 2023

The result is a new nonprofit named Axim Collaborative, and its focus will be on serving learners that higher education has historically left behind. In response, officials at MIT and Harvard highlighted all the potential good that could come for online education with the $800 million windfall from the sale.

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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. Generative AI has stormed into education. All teachers should have equal access to tools that can improve their teaching.

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ED Surge

MARCH 13, 2023

One program has set out to teach computational thinking (CT) and coding skills in a problem-centered approach, fostering a student-driven learning design. Instead of simply giving step-by-step instructions for students to develop computer programs in a teacher-centered approach, he encourages students to solve problems via active learning.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MAY 11, 2022

Raising computer-savvy children is complicated, whether you are a geek or a luddite. Our Ask a Tech Teacher crew has some great ideas for you in this next article: How to Raise a Computer-Savvy Generation. As a parent, do you know what you should do to raise a computer-savvy child? Image source: Pexels.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JANUARY 25, 2019

Thanks to cloud computing, that nightmare is over. Cristopher Burge who runs the website Cloud Storage Advice , has a great rundown on how cloud computing has revolutionized education: The concept of cloud computing saw its beginnings in the educational sector ever since the first open source websites saw the light of day.

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National Science Foundation

JULY 12, 2023

Ever since Jeannette Wing’s seminal article (2006) on the growing importance of thinking computationally , there has been a significant push to infuse Computational Thinking (CT) into K-12 education. What is Computational Thinking (CT) and How Can It Be Used for Equity? 2017; Voskoglou & Buckley, 2012).

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Cool Cat Teacher

OCTOBER 1, 2023

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Dr. Lydia Gonzalez, author of “Bad at Math: Dismantling Harmful Beliefs That Hinder Equitable Mathematics Education,” talks about the societal norms that make it acceptable to be “bad at math” and how these beliefs can be detrimental to learning.

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ED Surge

JULY 19, 2023

At a time when school districts are spending money on edtech like never before, it’s perhaps natural that some educators would be skeptical about both the pace and enthusiasm behind it. You see students taken away from more meaningful learning experiences and kind of plugged into computer screens where it's basically a flashcard.

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Computer Science Teacher

JANUARY 27, 2022

We’re still at a very interesting place in the development of computer science education. The shortage of qualified CS teachers is becoming more acute and more and more schools and school systems attempt to expand CS education. We still need a lot of research on how to teach computer science.

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CoderZ

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

In recent years, the landscape of education in the United States has been undergoing a profound transformation, particularly when it comes to Computer Science (CS) education in K-12 schools. Recognizing this need, many states have taken significant steps to introduce and support CS education in their K-12 schools.

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ED Surge

MARCH 6, 2023

Fortunately, the education sector had time to smooth out some of these wrinkles, especially with improved connectivity and advancing technology such as artificial intelligence (AI). EdSurge: How does Qualcomm fit into the equation of advancing the education sector? We feel this is what’s next for digital education.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 18, 2023

This project was supported by Google for Education and involved a number of partners, including our organization, WestEd. Instead, she added that it is important to center edtech around the educator; ultimately it is how teachers use that technology to advance their instructional goals that matters.

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ED Surge

APRIL 10, 2024

Education has had a wobbly relationship with the still-evolving presence of generative AI in schools — with some school districts banning it only to reverse course. So how much work would it take to come up with guidelines to help educators manage the challenges of using generative AI tools for their work? AI is everywhere.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 19, 2022

Salazar is part of a growing movement of educators rethinking homework in light of the pandemic. But educators disagree about how they should respond. It also gives parents a chance to be involved in their child’s education. But other educators have a different view. hours before the pandemic. We are where we are.

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Computing Education Research Blog

JUNE 20, 2023

So when ChatGPT launched at the end of 2022, it made this AI technology far more accessible and easier to use. Given this new reality we’re all now living in, Sam and I wanted to know what computing instructors are planning to do to ensure that their students are still learning well. See Section 7 of our paper for more examples.

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Computing Education Research Blog

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

I am absolutely thrilled that my collaborator, co-author, and wife is receiving the Outstanding Contributions to Education award! 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. Schedule is here.)

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ED Surge

MARCH 1, 2024

One of the toughest parts was that I could no longer look at a computer screen for long periods of time, which was a key element of so many of my classes. After I graduated, fueled by my personal experience as a student, I decided to pursue a career in education. When I returned to college, I had to adapt to these changes among others.

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Stephen Wolfram

OCTOBER 27, 2023

And in our century there’s a new and yet more powerful one: computation. And for nearly 50 years I’ve had the great privilege of building an ever taller tower of science and technology based on that idea of computation. And I ended that talk with a question: is computation ultimately what’s underneath everything in our universe?

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Even so, some educators are trying to get ahead of the curve to help influence what kinds of education products and services emerge in the metaverse. This week the Brookings Institution released a policy brief titled “ A Whole New World: Education Meets the Metaverse. ” So you do see potential in this technology for educators?

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

That’s the question posed by science journalist Annie Murphy Paul, who points to research emphasizing the many ways that thinking is influenced not just by what’s inside our skull, but by cues from our body movements, by our surroundings, and by other people we’re interacting with. The mind is sort of identical with the brain.’

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ED Surge

JULY 11, 2023

What if educators could use the same strategy of “adaptive experimentation” to regularly improve their teaching materials? That’s the question posed by a group of researchers who developed a free tool they call the Adaptive Experimentation Accelerator. We're like, ‘Let's just throw this in and see if it gets students to do it.’

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ED Surge

APRIL 25, 2023

Lightning struck: There didn’t seem to be a place where teachers could share educational resources with each other, which might help them sort through it all. Bir, who’s now a freshman studying computer science at Diablo Valley College in California, could relate. “As And teachers say they are finding it useful.

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Cool Cat Teacher

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The US Office of Educational Technology says, "Everyone in education has a responsibility to harness the good to serve educational priorities while also protecting against the dangers that may arise as a result of AI being integrated in educational technology." Is this a problem we need to care about or talk about?

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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. Researchers can request the data. She was told that they would sign an agreement with the University of Michigan to give her access to the data — but not to her personally. Barb did several months ago.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 3, 2023

Tailwinds: An Enabling Ecosystem A baseline enabling condition for game-based learning is access to computers and broadband. While there is still work to do in closing the digital divide, access is becoming less of a limiting factor for game-based learning. Over the past few decades, there have been great strides in this area.

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ED Surge

MARCH 11, 2024

With Gen Z now making up a substantial portion of today’s college students, their attitudes toward libraries have implications for higher education. They also did ethnographic research at two Ohio public library branches. She confirmed that light is a big draw.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 25, 2023

Modern educational tools make it possible to add a practical edge to math lessons, as students can observe math structures at play in the real world and see how people apply these formulas to solve common challenges. Department of Education reports show that technology can potentially transform education.

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Cool Cat Teacher

AUGUST 7, 2022

Not only do educators need to understand effective graphic design, we need to teach it. Sadie Lewis helps educators understand and teach graphic design in this quick, helpful show full of graphic design resources for educators. Free Educator Wellness Toolkit. Educator wellness is now more important than ever.

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Computer Science Teacher

MARCH 3, 2022

Honestly, I missed people and a lot of people I know in CS Education and CS Ed research are here. She started publishing and researching what became object oriented programming while I was in the early stages of my career. I hope we can get access to her talk and show it to students. I HAD to come in person.

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STEM Education Shopping

MAY 15, 2023

Is Cue robot research the future of STEM education? Today, I want to talk about a topic that’s been buzzing around the education world lately – Cue robot research. As someone who has spent years in the field of STEM education, I’ve seen how technology can revolutionize the way we learn and teach.

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ED Surge

JUNE 22, 2023

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology think they may have a way to keep the chatbots honest. ChatGPT doesn’t care about facts, it just cares about what’s the next most-probable word in a string of words,” explains Sandeep Kakar, a research scientist at Georgia Tech. It has problems saying, ‘I don’t know.’” So Ashok K.

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STEM Education Shopping

MAY 16, 2023

Today, I want to talk about a topic that’s been buzzing around the education world lately – Cue robot research. Is Cue robot research the future of STEM education? As someone who has spent years in the field of STEM education, I’ve seen how technology can revolutionize the way we learn and teach.

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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! Rebecca Dovi, Director of Education, CodeVA. Q&A with Chris Dovi, Executive Director, and Rebecca Dovi, Director of Education, of CodeVA.

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Computing Education Research Blog

JUNE 15, 2023

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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STEM Next

DECEMBER 19, 2022

From a Week of Computer Science to A Year of Possibilities: Five Ideas to Take into 2023. We celebrate the incredible effort that made Computer Science Education Week 2022 a resounding success. Check out our How-to Guide for activities along with resources to advocate for computer science in your community.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 19, 2023

In them, an animated avatar made to look like the 19th-century computing pioneer Ada Lovelace taught the basics of the Python programming language. But even as some educators raise concerns, others see potential for new AI technology to reduce teacher workloads or help bring teaching materials to life in new ways.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Not everyone is sold on the idea that virtual reality technology could or should bring higher education into a future of avatars and holograms. That’s a big price tag for the many students who already can’t afford up-to-date computers or internet connections adequate for completing their college coursework.

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