The Logo Summer Institute is an intensive immersion in creative computing for K12 teachers, parents, and technology integrators. The Logo Foundation’s project-based approach supports computational thinking, as well as STEAM learning and teaching. The program is highly individualized to accommodate novices as well as more experienced participants, teachers of different subjects, and those who work in informal settings as well as in classrooms.
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Hello World Tech Studio Summer Computer Science Programs
Software engineers, artificial intelligence architects, and data scientists from Rice University’s School of Engineering and the top technology companies across the U.S. have joined forces to lead summer computer science courses at the highest levels of rigor. Each one-week immersive course is modeled after graduate-level engineering programs where students are challenged to solve complex challenges and apply various types of computational capabilities.
Diving Deep with Project GUTS
If the three days of the 2017 WeTeach_CS Summit (June 5-7) just doesn’t sound like enough CS professional development goodness for your tastes, then consider sticking around for and taking part in WeTeach_CS Deep Dives (June 8-9). Deep Dive courses will include, a condensed version of our WeTeach_CS Certification Prep course, Bootstrap, Exploring Computer Science (ECS), and Project GUTS. Today, let’s take a closer look at Project GUTS.
2017 STEM Leadership Summit
On June 27, 2017, the Center for STEM Education at The University of Texas at Austin will host the 2017 STEM Leadership Summit in Austin. The goal of this summit is to bring together superintendents, principals, curriculum specialists, teachers, professors and professional development providers who are interested in leadership in STEM to discuss the unique challenges to leading and supporting the work of K-12 STEM. The STEM Leadership Summit will immerse attendees in collaborative experiences focused on the unique needs of STEM leaders.
Know a CS MVP? Have an idea for an innovative class project?
If attending WeTeach_CS events has taught us anything here in the office, it’s that Texas has some amazing, dedicated, and creative CS teachers. Then there are those who really stand out as inspirations to their students and their fellow teachers. If you happen to know one of these MVPs of CS education, then let us know by nominating them for one of the 2017 WeTeachCS Change Maker Awards. Or perhaps you have an idea for a class project or after school activity that needs a little seed money to get started, then apply today for one of the 2017 WeTeachCS Mini-Grants.
Apply Now for Oracle Academy #OAscholar Scholarship to the 2017 CSTA Annual Conference
Are you a K-12 teacher planning to attend (or thinking about attending) your first CSTA conference this summer? If so, then apply now for the Oracle Academy Scholarship! Oracle Academy will award 35 scholarships to K-12 teachers to attend the 2017 CSTA Annual Conference, being held from July 8-11 in Baltimore, MD.
WeTeach_CS Summit 2017 Session Proposals Due March 31st
If you’ve been thinking about submitting a session proposal for the WeTeach_CS Summit 2017, then now’s the time to act! The submissions window for proposals will close on March 31, 2017. 2016’s inaugural WeTeach_CS Summit was a great success and much of the credit has to go to the amazing group of… read more
Now taking nominations for WeTeach_CS Summit Change Maker Awards and Mini-Grants
Spring Break is Robot Week at the Hill Country Science Mill
CS at SXSWedu – Cracking the Code: K-12 Computer Science Education
Attending SXSWedu? Be sure to check out the panel session Cracking the Code: K-12 Computer Science Education, hosted by Oracle Academy. Our own Carol Fletcher will be discussing how to increase CS education in the K-12 classroom along with other CS education experts. Panelists Alison Derbenwick Miller – Oracle – VP… read more