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DECEMBER 13, 2022

This week, I’ll post updated suggestions to get your computers and technology ready for the blitz of projects you’ll swear to accomplish in New Year resolutions. Here’s what you’ll get ( links won’t be active until the post goes live ): 8+ Ways to Speed Up Your Computer — December 13th. ” Finished?

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DECEMBER 15, 2022

This week, I’ll post updated suggestions to get your computers and technology ready for the blitz of projects you’ll swear to accomplish in New Year resolutions. Here’s what you’ll get ( links won’t be active until the post goes live ): 8+ Ways to Speed Up Your Computer — December 13th. image your computer.

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MAY 5, 2021

Here’s a great article on a topic I don’t talk about enough–proper posture at the computer. I think you’ll enjoy it: Good Sitting Posture in Front of the Computer Explored. Are your kids slouching all the time especially when in front of the computer? The same goes when he’s using a computer.

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Computer Science Teacher

DECEMBER 4, 2022

For most of my career I hive been hearing that some day computers will write all the code and human programmers will no longer be needed. And if we are what does it mean for teaching computer science? What do we tell students who ask “what’s the point of learning to code?” So will learning higher level languages.

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Computer Science Teacher

DECEMBER 10, 2023

He chats with Vicki Davis about it at The Great Student AI Writing Experiment with Steve Dembo (coolcatteacher.com) That is not to say that teachers haven’t learned a lot. There seems to be a rapid growth in unqualified teachers teaching Computer Science. While not really CS, Steve Dembo has been using ChatGPT in interesting ways.

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APRIL 28, 2023

Believe it or not, most computer problems are simple. I can say that because I’ve run a computer lab for almost ten years. I’ve seen just about every problem there is and have learned this: If you believe your life with computers is a constant state of civil unrest, you’d be right.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

In North Salem Central School District, every student is encouraged to engage with computational thinking (CT) and computer science (CS). CT pathways are system-wide K-12 programs supporting equitable participation in computational thinking. focused on elements such as “data practices” and “understanding and using algorithms”).

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Computer Science Teacher

JULY 3, 2022

For one thing a lot of teachers have been voluntold that they are going to teach computer science in the fall.Some have never taught CS before. Hopefully, all CS teachers join the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA). Many people also join Computer Science Educators which is a wide ranging group for CS teachers.

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Accelerate Learning

JANUARY 4, 2022

There’s a scene in the award-winning film A Beautiful Mind where the real-life math genius John Nash (played masterfully by Russell Crowe) stands before two massive screens full of cryptic numbers formulated by an enemy government and computes in his mind for hours until he demystifies the code.

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ED Surge

MARCH 13, 2023

How can teachers engage students to learn problem-solving skills across the curriculum? One program has set out to teach computational thinking (CT) and coding skills in a problem-centered approach, fostering a student-driven learning design. AI or ChatGPT won’t replace you any time soon, but someone using AI will.

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ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Computer science has a wider footprint in schools than ever before, but there are differences when it comes to who has access to computer courses and who’s enrolling. Girls, for instance, make up just one-third of high school computer science students nationally. They fail, but they learn something new out of that failure.”

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ED Surge

JULY 12, 2022

Today, a collection of more than 500 prominent business, education and nonprofit leaders called on states to update their K-12 curriculum to make computer science a core subject. The effort was led by Code.org, an education nonprofit focused on expanding computer science education. You'd expect everybody to learn it. In the U.S.,

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JULY 22, 2021

In these 169 tech-centric situations, you get an overview of pedagogy—the tech topics most important to your teaching—as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations, how to scaffold these to learning, and where they provide the subtext to daily tech-infused education. Today’s tip: Computer safety.

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DECEMBER 20, 2021

Computer science is one of the most in-demand fields of the U.S. Student interest in computer science far exceeds access to computer science education, especially among historically underserved populations. employers increasingly seek job candidates with skills or a background in computer science. The study of U.S.

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APRIL 26, 2021

In these 169 tech-centric situations, you get an overview of pedagogy—the tech topics most important to your teaching—as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations, how to scaffold these to learning, and where they provide the subtext to daily tech-infused education. Category: Maintenance, Problem-solving.

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Computer Science Teacher

AUGUST 17, 2022

I learned about data bases in school and worked with them some in industry but that was mostly about how they work internally. I did find their definition : data science the science of collecting, organizing, and drawing general conclusions from data, with the help of computers. I was thinking about data science lately.

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ED Surge

AUGUST 29, 2022

When educators consider the term computational thinking (CT), they often think of math or coding. But if you ask Daniel Fung, vice principal and English teacher at the Sham Tseng Catholic School in Hong Kong, he will tell you computational thinking is an entire pedagogy geared toward teaching lifelong problem-solving skills.

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DECEMBER 12, 2018

If you participated in December’s Hour of Code, you may have come to realize the importance of Computer Science to students. The school’s tagline is Learn to code; Code to learn. Computer Science is an important subject for all students because it teaches you how to think. The same applies to computer science.

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Computer Science Teacher

JANUARY 17, 2022

It makes sense as he is just learning how to read. Over time, school spends less time teaching how to read and a lot more time using using reading to support learning. For many years, I have been saying that computer science and its tools should be the same. More and more I see programming as a learning tool as well.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 30, 2023

Pathways Matter The most effective learning pathways are cross-curricular and offered consistently across a district’s schools and within their classrooms rather than isolated at a few magnet schools or limited to a few course electives. Computational Thinking Pathways. To date, all 50 U.S. It wasn’t one more thing for teachers to do.

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ED Surge

JUNE 14, 2022

Who gets to learn about computer science in school? While a growing number of schools offer some form of computer-science class or after-school program, such offerings are still far more common in well-resourced districts than those that primarily serve underprivileged students, and more boys take them than girls.

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AUGUST 25, 2021

In these 169 tech-centric situations, you get an overview of pedagogy—the tech topics most important to your teaching—as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations, how to scaffold these to learning, and where they provide the subtext to daily tech-infused education. Category: Maintenance, Security.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 13, 2023

School and district leaders have shared challenges that they are facing regarding the use of AI for teaching and learning. AI has the ability to expand what learning looks like within a particular discipline, introducing novel teaching strategies and applications for concepts. What Is AI Literacy?

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APRIL 6, 2021

In these 169 tech-centric situations, you get an overview of pedagogy—the tech topics most important to your teaching—as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations, how to scaffold these to learning, and where they provide the subtext to daily tech-infused education. What’s the easiest way? Select ‘Backup Now’.

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Computer Science Teacher

AUGUST 11, 2023

Teachers need to struggle to learn (davidlargent.blogspot.com) Our students often (usually?) struggle to learn new things. I think this is especially true in computer science. I often shared my own story of my first computer class. It also helps us model life long learning for extra value.

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OCTOBER 20, 2020

If you’re a senior in HS looking to continue your tech education, we have a list of the ten best colleges that will help you perfect your skills: 10 Best Colleges in the USA to Study Computer Science. Computer Science is a desirable degree for many students as it has great prospects and is linked to innovation in technology.

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ED Surge

JULY 5, 2022

In 2015, the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust set out to develop a computational thinking (CT) and coding education initiative of world-class standard, based on up-to-date teaching tools and proven pedagogy. This goes beyond simply embedding computational thinking into a curriculum; it’s really about empowerment.

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JUNE 18, 2019

If fellow writers learn to approach it light-heartedly, they’ll be more likely to accept it. A Denial of Service — a DoS – is defined as: “…an interruption in an authorized user’s access to a computer network…” If I’m the “authorized user” and my brain is the “computer network”, this happens to me often.

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JULY 26, 2021

At a time when coding careers continue to flourish – despite the Covid19 pandemic and its adverse effect on the world economy – it is not surprising to see kids learning programming at an early age. So what is Python and why should kids learn it? This has definitely added to its appeal making more kids want to learn Python.

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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. Given how much we still have to learn about how to teach CS we need to avoid that trap AND to promote a growth mindset that is open to new ways of teaching and learning.

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MARCH 12, 2019

If students and colleagues learn to approach it light-heartedly, they’ll be more likely to accept it. A Denial of Service — a DoS – is defined as: “…an interruption in an authorized user’s access to a computer network…”. I learned how this geeky term applies to life from my millennial daughter. 7: Garbage collect.

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Defined Learning

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In today's rapidly evolving technological landscape, equipping students with computer science skills is crucial.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 12, 2018

If you participated in December’s Hour of Code, you may have come to realize the importance of Computer Science to students. The school’s tagline is Learn to code; Code to learn. Computer Science is an important subject for all students because it teaches you how to think. The same applies to computer science.

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APRIL 19, 2021

In these 169 tech-centric situations, you get an overview of pedagogy—the tech topics most important to your teaching—as well as practical strategies to address most classroom tech situations, how to scaffold these to learning, and where they provide the subtext to daily tech-infused education. Today’s tip: Image Your Computer Often.

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Defined Learning

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Considering today's rapidly evolving technological landscape, integrating computer science education in the classroom is essential to prepare students for future careers.

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Computer Science Teacher

JULY 5, 2022

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. But where to start?

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

K-12 learning opportunities must prepare students with the necessary skills to succeed in Industry 4.0. This includes developing competency in social-emotional learning, design thinking and computational thinking, whether or not students eventually study computing or engineering or enter the information technology industry.

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