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How a 16-Year-Old Gets Other Kids Excited About Coding

By Erik Ofgang

Founded by 16-year-old Ian Michael Brock, Dream Hustle Code is a computer science and education program geared toward students from diverse backgrounds to spark an interest in coding.

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How to Teach Tech in an Online Environment

By Sascha Zuger

Ironically, teaching tech through tech is a challenge, but Champlain College Online is cracking the code

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CoderZ, Amazon Future Engineer Program Offer Free Access to Virtual Coding/ Robotics Tool

By TL Editors

The cloud-based platform features a graphical simulation of LEGO Mindstorms EV3 robot and a CoderZ virtual robot named Ruby.

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RoboKind Donates Coding Software for Districts Experiencing Coronavirus School Closures

By TL Editors

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GitHub Announces Teacher Toolkit, Autograding for GitHub Classroom

By TL Editors

Today, GitHub announced two new features, the GitHub Teacher Toolkit and autograding for GitHub Classroom.

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ACM and CSTA Announce 2019–20 Cutler-Bell Student Winners

By TL Editors

The Association for Computing Machinery and the Computer Science Teachers Association announced four high school students were selected for the Cutler-Bell Prize

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How It's Done: Digital Forensics Master of Science Degree

By Sascha Zuger

Creating digital forensics analysts, detectives of the cyber world

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AlgoBot: Fun Way to Introduce Computer Science Algorithms

By TL Editors

Algo Bot is a game where players solve basic puzzles through arranging sequences of commands.

30 Sites & Apps for Learning to Program or Code

40 Sites & Apps for Teaching Kids to Program or Code

By David Kapuler

Students are learning coding and programming earlier than ever before.

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Amazon Launches New Student Music Coding Competition with Ciara

By TL Editors

“EarSketch provides an amazing way to experience these creative disciplines simultaneously,” said Dr. Roxanne Moore, Senior Research Engineer at Georgia Tech and project lead for the remix competition.

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Teach Coding & Computer Science With Top Gaming Platform Roblox

By TL Editors

Like Minecraft, this popular gaming platform can be used to teach and demonstrate specific skills, with careful planning and structured implementation.

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Applications Now Open: $40,000 College Scholarships in Computer Science

By TL Editors

Scholarships will be awarded based on academic achievement, demonstrated leadership, community involvement, work experience, future goals, and financial need.

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Kids Experiment, Design and Build With SAM Labs

By TL Editors

SAM Labs is a programming site where students develop engineering skills by using SAM blocks and the SAM Space app to create, modify, or enhance designs.

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Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Review

By Les Pounder/TechRadar

This review of the specifications, performance and capacity of the Raspberry Pi 4 Model B will help educators decide if it's the technology of choice for their innovative STEM classrooms

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Code with Google Introduced

By TL Editors

Code with Google brings together Google's free curriculum and programs that build coding skills - from beginner level to advanced - to help students succeed.

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Programming Game Explores the Role of Humans in the Future

By TL Editors

7 Billion Humans includes many programming concepts such as basic movement and operations, if/then/else conditional statements, memory, comparisons, loops, and more.

UBTECH Education, Center for Educational Innovation Partner in New UKIT STEM and Computer Science Program

By TL Editors

The UKIT curriculum includes activities that cultivate 21st-century skills such as critical thinking, problem solving, communication, creativity, team-based work and use of technology.

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Amazon Future Engineer Brings Computer Science Courses to More Than 1,000 High Schools

By TL Editors

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Computational Thinking: Over 50 Resources To Teach CT Across the Entire Curriculum, Part 2

By Michael Gorman

As educators, we must take that next step - teaching students to problem-solve and come up with algorithms of their own.

NEWS & TRENDS: Lane County (OR) Schools Receive Federal Grant Funds to Boost Computer Science Education

By TL Editors

Students in Lane and surrounding counties in Oregon will benefit from a $642,000 federal grant to help high-school students transition from CTE programs to post-secondary education and jobs.