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Teaching Computer Science–Moving atoms not pixels

Computer Science Teacher

Robots, game controllers, Internet of Things, and more are ways that computer science interacts with physical objects and not just pixels on a screen. These are ways that teachers can bring more students to more interesting (to the student) to get involved with computer science. And it is quite true. But where to start?

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IoT, Python, and Raspberry Pi–Oh My

Computer Science Teacher

So mixing a new programming language (Python), with a new development domain (IoT) with a new operating system (the Raspberry Pi OS is built on Linux) seemed like something I should give a try. I’d love to hear what other people are doing with Raspberry Pi and IoT as well as where you like to go for connectable hardware.

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Is Computer Science STEM – The Link Between the Two

STEM Education Guide

It’s no secret that the exposure of students to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) can positively impact the future of the world and their futures. However, one thing that’s often overlooked is computer science education, an incredibly essential subject and skill in today’s digital era.

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Top 5 Reasons Why Kids Should Learn Python

Ask a Tech Teacher

The community support makes it very easy for kids to learn computer science with Python. For instance, Matplotlib is used for plotting charts and graphs; SciPy for engineering applications, science, and mathematics; Beautiful Soup for HTML parsing and XML and NumPy for scientific computing.

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Looking Back on Computer Science Education in 2021

Computer Science Teacher

I’ve never felt less prepared to write a look back on CS education than I do today. I’ve been retired from most of the year and the world has been changed a bit because of COVID. I have noticed some things have clearly happened. One is the increase in online development tools which I talked about a year ago.

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15 Highest Paying Tech Jobs in the United States – 2023

STEM Sport

STEM jobs are categorized as any career that relies heavily on science, technology, engineering, and math skills. Education Level Needed: Jobs in this field require a bachelor’s degree in computer science or programming. What is a STEM Job? It is also seen as a bonus to have a master’s degree in related fields.

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How can we make future places healthier spaces?

Futurum

This project is investigating how computing, the internet of things and data science can generate information that people can use to make their future places healthier. DATA SCIENCE – encompasses preparing data for analysis, including cleansing, aggregating and manipulating the data to perform advanced data analysis.

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