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Online Event: Engaging TA's in AP CS Classes
This year, despite teaching more AP CS students
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Coaching for Equity in Computer Science--Stipend Available for Coaches and Teachers!
The National Center for Computer Science Education has partnered with Code Savvy on the Coaching for Equity in Computer Science project. www.cscoachingforequity.org This is
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FREE Fun Computer Science educational interactive doll, storybooks, and activity books for your classroom
CompSci ABC, in partnership with Infosys Foundation USA, is introducing an exciting FREE K-4 CS Teachers course titled, “Computer Science Learning Reimagined with Somi”, with FREE course kits (first-come, first-served).
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What's your CS Identity?
According to Study.com, a person's "Personal Identity" is "the concept you develop about yourself that evolves over the course of your life.
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Evaluating Websites
April Fools Day would be a fun day to teach students how to evaluate websites for credibility.
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What is Your "GoTo" Definition of Educational Equity?
What is your favorite "goto" definition for educational equity? One of my favorite is the one used by the National Equity Project.
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Pi Day Celebrations?
Did anyone else celebrate Pi Day this year? I usually encourage my students to make parody songs. So this year, I joined in. Here's my parody of 7 Years by Lukas Graham: 7 Lines of Code.
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Strategies for Brainstorming Programs for Beginner Programmers
Blank code file scaring your students? Try these strategies for brainstorming programs as shared by Michele Lombardi, CS for All Teachers Community Ambassador.
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Twosday Binary Fun
This Twosday (2/22/22) could be a fun day to teach students about binary numbers (base 2)! One of my favorite elementary binary activities is binary bracelets from Code.org.
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Teaching Flowcharts?
Does anyone here teach flowcharts to elementary students? I recently had this thought that flowcharts could be a great way to introduce sequencing, selection, and iteration (the building blocks of an algorithm) to elementary students.
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How-To Guide: Using CodingBat To Assign, Check and Grade Student Code
This resource was created for CS for All Teachers by Community Ambassador, Rebekah Lang.
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Can You Draw a Computer Scientist?
This would be an interesting experiment to continue with our elementary school classrooms! Ask them to draw computer scientists!
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Values and Impacts of Computer Science Education
Values and Impacts of Computer Science Education