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Can Affordable Computing Education Bridge the Global Digital Divide?

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Founded in the United Kingdom, the Raspberry Pi Foundation set out to inspire young people to study computer science by inventing a programmable computer for the price of a textbook. If you can persuade a government or an education system to put computer science in the curriculum, that's great.

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Connecting STEAM Education and Computer Science

Ellipsis Education

In this blog, we take a closer look at the connections between art and STEM (called STEAM education), and we explore how to integrate art into computer science. You may be familiar with the term STEM, which standards for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. The same can be said for computer science.

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7 Reasons Advancement Courses Has Excellent Teacher Professional Development

Cool Cat Teacher

Recently, I took a course from Advancement Courses called Teaching Computer Science in 6-12. This blog post will discuss my experience and share what I created related to computer science. After completion, I believe that I received a world-class education about teaching Computer Science.

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Student-Centered Computing: Teaching Computer Science Using Culturally Authentic Practices

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Though women were once at the forefront of developing the disciplines of computer programming and software engineering (Berkeley School of Information, 2021), the computer science (CS) workforce in the US for the past three decades has become a field of mostly White and Asian men.

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Education in Kosovo

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Primary education is provided for students here. It consists of schooling from grade one through five. These schools have a goal to prepare students for vocational work directly out of school or to prepare them to enter university. Both private and public schools are available here at this level.

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Using a Student-Centered Approach to Promote Computational Thinking

ED Surge

Tony Lam, head of mathematics at Marymount Primary School in Hong Kong, recognized the mindset change required to create a student-centered coding experience. EdSurge: How would you describe the CoolThink curriculum adoption for your school?

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Governor, teachers and others back Arkansas’s computer science push

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How did Arkansas become a national leader in promoting and implementing a K-12 computer science curriculum? I also serve as a board member for the National Computer Science Teachers Association, and as a member of the Southern Regional Education Board’s Commission on Computer Science, Information Technology and Related Career Fields.