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| Dec 10, 2021 | Computer Science Education Week | The second week of December every year is Computer Science Education Week. It is a week to celebrate efforts to get computer science education into the K12 system around the world, and it is also a week in which schools do events, like The ... |
| Jul 22, 2021 | How low-code development could boost AI adoption | Image: iStock/AndreyPopov
Every company may want to put artificial intelligence to work, but most companies aren’t blessed with the ability to hire battalions of data scientists–nor is that necessarily the right approach. As Gartner analyst... |
| Apr 24, 2021 | New schools seek to bring AI, programming literacy to fill the talent gap | Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto
Even as demand booms for talent in hot technologies, companies struggle to find qualified applicants. This is true for artificial intelligence jobs. Currently, private education companies are filling the gap ... |
| Nov 18, 2020 | How This Former White House Advisor Is Leading More Women And Minorities Into Tech | Tired of barriers keeping promising young women, low-income students, and people of color away from computer science and engineering careers, Ruthe Farmer—the former Senior Policy Advisor for Tech Inclusion at the Obama White House—has comm... |
| Dec 10, 2019 | CS Education Week | This week is CS Education Week. There are CS Education week events all around the world, mostly in schools where students will do an hour of coding.
In NYC, where I do most of my CS Education work, there are CS Education week events in many... |
| Dec 4, 2018 | La Hora del Código | It is Computer Science Education Week. This is a worldwide movement to get schools everywhere doing an hour of code. It started in 2009 and nine years later it is one of the largest learning events in the world.
I celebrated CS Ed Week yest... |
| Dec 4, 2018 | Finastra’s Hour of Code program connects more than 1,000 kids to the world of coding | Finastra to support Computer Science Education Week December 3-9
London, UK – December 4, 2018 - Since the end of September, Finastra has hosted more than 1,000 children at its offices around the world for programming that introduces young ... |
| Nov 27, 2018 | Apple бесплатно обучит детей программированию в фирменных Apple Store | Александра Кукуть 27 ноября 2018, 12:39 Apple бесплатно обучит детей программированию в фирменных Apple Store
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| Nov 26, 2018 | Apple to host free coding sessions at stores, rolls out new material for teachers | Apple today opened registration for thousands of free “Hour of Code” sessions taking place at its Apple Store locations around the world from December 1st through the 14th. The sessions are one of several programs the company has underway f... |
| Dec 7, 2017 | CS Education Week In NYC | All over the city this week, students in NYC’s public schools have been celebrating CS Education Week by doing events and hackathons to showcase their coding skills.
Through NYC’s CS4All program, over 1000 teachers have been trained to teac... |
| Dec 4, 2017 | Why Big Names and Big Money Are Backing Greater Access to Computer Science | California’s Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom thinks his state is falling behind when it comes to requiring computer science in all of its high schools.
“It’s time to move away from downloading apps, to have our kids start designing apps,” he told... |
| Dec 4, 2017 | Do An Hour Of Code | It is CS Education Week, which happens at this time every year to celebrate and energize the growing K12 CS Education movement.
The highlight of CS Education Week is the Hour Of Code, in which students, teachers, parents, and community memb... |
| Apr 6, 2017 | Want to Break Stereotypes in STEM and Computing? Take a Look at Computer History | The history of computers is not just an intriguing account of amazing innovations. More importantly, it is the story of the people who helped us get there. These stories teach us lessons that go far beyond computing—tales of determination, ... |
| Mar 21, 2017 | Getting Girls into STEM: The Power of Blended (and All-Female) Instruction | Jackie, the team captain of St. Mary’s all-girls robotics team, knows a thing or two about breaking the mold. During a panel on the importance of STEM education for women, she explained what it’s like to be a female student competing in a m... |
| Dec 12, 2016 | Accenture hosts Hour of Code hackathon | The skills shortage is one of the biggest challenges facing the ICT industry in SA, said Accenture's Khethiwe Nkuna.
Accenture hosted an Hour of Code Hackathon in Johannesburg recently to teach learners from Alexandra, Soweto and Dieps... |
| Dec 7, 2016 | Microsoft hosts 50 hours of code sessions | Blairgowrie Primary School participated in a two-hour coding session with Microsoft representatives.
This week SA joins millions of people around the world in learning or teaching an hour of code during Computer Science Education Week, whic... |
| Dec 7, 2016 | Raspberry Pi announces a new online training series | Raspberry Pi has trained over 540 educators in the US and the UK this year, something of which they're immensely proud. Now it is launching two free online CPD training courses, available anywhere in the world.
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| Dec 7, 2016 | Local technologists are volunteering at schools for Hour of Code and you can too | Developer Pam Selle teamed up with seven other volunteers from coworking space Indy Hall and Comcast to help kids at Laura W. Waring Elementary School learn about programming as part of an annual initiative called Hour of Code. It was Selle... |
| Dec 7, 2016 | Raspberry Pi announces a new online training series | Raspberry Pi announces a new online training series
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Raspberry Pi has trained over 540 educators in the US and the UK this year, something of which they're immensely proud. Now it is launching two free online CPD training cou... |
| Nov 30, 2016 | Moving From an 'Hour of Code' to Districtwide 'Computer Science for All' | This coming week is Computer Science Education Week, an annual event dedicated to inspiring students to take an interest in computer science. It may start with an ‘Hour of Code’ in some schools, but the goal is to reach “Computer Science fo... |
| Nov 28, 2016 | Videos For The Hour Of Code | The Hour Of Code has become a big deal in K-12 schools around the US and around the world. It happens this year during the week of Dec 5th to Dec 11th, which is Computer Science Education Week. Schools find an hour during that week and offe... |
| Aug 22, 2016 | Coding needs a new youth movement | Josh Seides Contributor
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| Dec 10, 2015 | The Hour Of Code | This is Computer Science Education Week. Two years ago, the folks at code.org organized something called the Hour of Code to help celebrate CS Ed Week. The idea was to encourage schools, students, and really anyone to spend one hour writing... |
| Dec 9, 2015 | Millions learn an Hour of Code | An interactive map represents more than 191 000 Hour of Code events hosted worldwide this week.
Millions of people around the world are learning or teaching an hour of code during Computer Science Education Week, which falls from 7-13 Decem... |
| Dec 8, 2015 | Radiant Games encourages kids to code with release of Box Island | Radiant Games, an Icelandic mobile gaming startup, just released its full-length title Box Island: Epic Coding Adventure. The release closely follows an earlier release of a shorter version of the game, specially released for Code.org’s Hou... |
| Oct 14, 2015 | The New Era Of Youth Startups | Josh Seides Contributor
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| Dec 13, 2014 | Taking a look at the learn-to-code movement and its opportunity in 2015 | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
The learn-to-code movement, tied to issues around... |
| Dec 13, 2014 | Taking a look at the learn-to-code movement and its opportunity in 2015 | The learn-to-code movement, tied to issues around diversity in tech, has received an explosion of attention over the past year.
I’ve been leading CodeNow, one of the organizations in the learn-to-code space, for almost four years now and I’... |
| Dec 8, 2014 | It’s Computer Science Ed Week And It’s Time To Do Something | Bijan Sabet Contributor
Editor’s note: Bijan Sabet is a general partner at Spark Capital. Prior to joining Spark, Bijan held senior business development and product management roles at various startups.
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| Dec 7, 2014 | Careers in tech: Everyone starts somewhere and students can start today | When I arrived in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1976, the burgeoning tech industry that we know today was just taking shape.
It was an exciting time where everyone was looking to start something new and share ideas that would eventually cre... |
| Dec 4, 2014 | Check Out This Rap Song on the Top 10 Reasons to Code [VIDEO] | “Beyond all the lifestyle perks
Coders change the world
When they puttin' in the work
Medical research to help cure cancer
An algorithm just might have the answer
By 2030 we're hitting the red planet
And I guarantee you
Coders... |
| Nov 26, 2014 | Attention All Software Engineers: Please Volunteer During The Hour Of Code | The Hour Of Code is a great hack that introduces coding to students in K-12 schools all around the country. Most schools don’t have CS teachers and CS classes. But any teacher in any classroom in any school can find one hour to get their st... |
| Jun 3, 2014 | 12 games that teach kids to code — and are even fun, too | Coding is a big deal right now. Worldwide, 36 million kids have taken part in “Hour of code” activities, helping them become active, rather than passive users of technology and starting learning that might one day help secure a job in our i... |
| May 13, 2014 | Baltimore Innovation Week 2014: your ideas for September [VIDEO] | Plans are coming together for the third annual Baltimore Innovation Week (Sept. 12-20), and so it’s time to start thinking about how you’ll be getting involved.
(Follow @BinnovationWeek or on Facebook and sign up for the occasional e-mail u... |
| May 9, 2014 | ICT teacher shortage leaves knowledge economy looking stupid | The shortage of computing experts in Australian schools has serious implications for our future as a player in the knowledge economy.
In New South Wales the number of high school students enrolled in dedicated computing courses has declined... |
| Feb 4, 2014 | UK Government Backs Year Of Code Campaign, Boosts Funds To Teach Code In Schools | Modern governments have a problem. The Internet is becoming increasingly important to the future of economies, and yet the skills associated with it remain – for the most part – far down the priority order in terms of education policy. Amon... |
| Jan 21, 2014 | MakeGamesWithUs Summer Academy (YC W12) receives 1,000 applications for their new game design course | On the MakeGamesWithUs blog:
A little over a month ago we quietly launched our new Summer Academy, a 2 month in-person course where students will design, code and ship their own original iPhone game. In the first month, we received 1,000 a... |
| Jan 7, 2014 | I Did #Hourofcode; Here’s What I Learned | My grade school experience with computer classes didn’t expand far beyond Spooky the Ghost teaching me how to type and clipping Word Art onto Powerpoint slideshows. Now it seems as though every education initiative includes computer science... |
| Dec 14, 2013 | Code Literacy Doesn’t Need To Come At The Expense Of Other Skills | Klint Finley Contributor
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| Dec 11, 2013 | Codecademy (YC S11) releases first learn-to-code iOS app Hour of Code, hits #1 in Education on App Store | Eliza Brooke at TechCrunch writes:
Today Codecademy made its first foray into the app space and released an intro to coding course designed to take less than an hour to complete. I had a lot of laundry to do, so I figured I’d give it a sho... |
| Dec 11, 2013 | 500 Baltimore city school students will take one-hour coding classes this week | As part of the international Computer Science Education Week, local nonprofit Code in the Schools is traveling to several city schools to tutor students through one hour of computer programming.
Code in the Schools cofounder Gretchen LeGran... |
| Dec 10, 2013 | Hour Of Code | This is CS Ed Week and this year we are celebrating it with an Hour Of Code. The idea is to get every student to spend an hour this week writing code. If you want to do this with your kids (at home or in school), here are some resources to ... |
| Dec 10, 2013 | Hour of code | As part of CE Ed Week, encourage your child or a student to spend one hour coding
This is CS Ed Week and this year we are celebrating it with an Hour Of Code. The idea is to get every student to spend an hour this week writing code.
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| Dec 10, 2013 | An International 'Creative Computing' Movement | The hour is upon us.
The Hour of Code, that is. Tens of thousands of students in the U.S. are taking a crack at looping, sequencing, and assembling lines of code.
But while many educators get students immediately on a computer for the lesso... |
| Dec 9, 2013 | Best Tech Events This Week (Computer Science Education Week, Emoji Art Show, ITP Winter Show, Forbes Hackathon, Startup Grind) | This is a guest post from Gary Sharma (aka “The Guy with the Red Tie”), founder and CEO of GarysGuide and proud owner of a whole bunch of black suits, white shirts and, at last count, over 40 red ties. You can reach him at gary [at] garysgu... |
| Dec 9, 2013 | Zuckerberg, Obama, and Apple tell kids to try programming for an hour | reader comments 123 with 72 posters participating
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Code.org’s Hour of Code initiative, which kicks off this week, has received endorsements from no less than President Obama... |
| Dec 9, 2013 | Grace Hopper Gets A Pair Of Google Doodles | Google is showing a doodle on its homepage today honoring computer scientist Grace Hopper on what would have been her 107th birthday.
Hopper, born in 1906, was a computer scientist and U.S. Navy rear admiral, who was one of the first Harvar... |
| Dec 9, 2013 | Codecademy Releases Its First Educational App, A.K.A. My New Subway Time Killer | Although I write a lot about apps and Internet stuff, I never really learned to code.
I threw the “really” in there to soften the blow, but the fact is, I straight up don’t know how to do it. I started learning at one point in middle school... |
| Dec 8, 2013 | Obama kicks off CS Education Week with Code.org: 'Don't just play on your phone — program it' | This is shaping up to be the biggest Computer Science Education Week yet.
The annual event, meant to promote computer programming education worldwide, is focusing on a new “Hour of Code” initiative powered by the nonprofit Code.org. The goa... |
| Dec 8, 2013 | Obama, Celebrities, Politicians And Tech Co’s Come Together To Launch Coding Education Push | Back in January, brothers Ali Partovi and Hadi Partovi launched a new non-profit organization called Code.org with a simple mission: Change the perception America has of coding and computer science and make those subjects accessible to the ... |
| Nov 27, 2013 | Final Hours: Play-i CEO Vikas Gupta On How He Raised Over $1 Million | The crowdfunding campaign for Play-i is in its final hours. The campaign launched seeking $250,000 to fund and prove a market for an interactive, cost-effective set of robots – named Bo and Yana – that would aid in teaching young children t... |
| Nov 9, 2013 | How Code.org is extending computer science beyond ‘the lucky few’ | Computer programming has declined in American schools over the past decade, in spite of its developmental value — not to mention career benefits — for kids. Only 10 percent of American schools teach computer science; girls and minorities ar... |
| Nov 2, 2013 | One million students have taken the computer science pledge on Code.org | Code.org tells us its Hour of Code movement has hit a big milestone: one million students have signed up to participate in Computer Science Education Week next month.
Hour of Code is an awareness campaign requiring one hour of a student’s (... |
| Oct 29, 2013 | The president’s ‘gaming guy’ tells us that educational games fascinate Obama | REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — You may find it hard to believe that the leader of the free world has much time for video games.
But the senior adviser for digital media at the White House, Mark DeLoura, says Barack Obama has taken a personal intere... |
| Oct 29, 2013 | The president’s ‘gaming guy’ tells us that educational games fascinate Obama | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — You may find it hard to believe that the leader of the free world has much time for video games.
But the senior ... |
| Oct 16, 2013 | LinkedIn’s Reid Hoffman On Two Realistic Outcomes Of Teaching Everyone To Code | On a regular basis, we get pitched with major tech industry initiatives to broaden computer science education. A day after Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates signed on to a new initiative from Code.org to inspire 10 million new computer program... |
| Nov 20, 2012 | CSEdWeek | Folks in the AVC community are well aware of my passion and energy for bringing programming education and curriculum into our classrooms, both at the K12 and Higher Education levels. I feel like good things are starting to happen but we nee... |
| Dec 8, 2010 | 4 (More) Tools for Teaching Kids to Code | This week is National Computer Education Week, aimed at recognizing the crucial role of computing in today’s world and at supporting efforts to boost computer science education at all levels. The event purposefully coincides with Grace Hopp... |
