The 2016 Project GUTS Online Professional Development Workshop will provide curriculum, tools, and teaching practices that will help you engage your middle and high school students in the powerful scientific practice of computational thinking! This four-week workshop is designed for teachers of grades 5-12, primarily science or technology teachers, interested… read more
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SustainIT STEMbridge 2016 Teacher and Student Opportunity
Opportunity for Teachers In return for assisting students during the SusatinIT STEMbridge Summer Camps, participating teacher will receive the following benefits. Participating Teachers… Will receive training in the camp’s subject matter and curriculum appropriate for their own classrooms Will work on hands-on projects with students using platforms including the Raspberry Pi Will receive a… read more
Silicon Labs will host a FREE 1-day Code.org Workshop on Code Studio for Grades K-8: Teaching Students How to Code
Silicon Labs will host a FREE Code.org computer science fundamentals workshop. FREE CPEs for educator re-certification will be provided. Teachers will also receive the Code.org printed curriculum, swag, and the supplies they need to teach the course-at no cost. Twenty (20) confirmed participants are needed for this workshop to be provided. Please recruit your colleagues to register.… read more
Pre-Engineering Robotics and Java Programming Summer Program
Pre-Engineering Robotics and Java Programming Summer Program Applications open now at https://www.stmarytx.edu/outreach/summer-camps/robotics-and-java-camp/! The San Antonio Pre-Engineering Robotics and Java Programming Summer Program is a special two-week summer program designed to give middle school and high school students with an interest in science and engineering an opportunity to explore engineering as… read more
Bootstrap Training at UT Dallas
Teach Your Students to Program, Mathematically Bootstrap teaches students to program their own videogames in an algebraic programming language, exposing them to key concepts aligned to the TEKS Math Standards. Middle- and high-school teachers across the country have implemented the curriculum as part of a regular math class, or as a… read more
UT Austin CS Mini-grant sponsored by Oracle Academy
The Center for STEM Education at The University of Texas at Austin is pleased to announce a mini-grant program for Texas teachers of Computer Science (CS). The mini-grants will support instructional resources and materials used for teaching and learning K-12 Computer Science. Funding could be used for after-school activities, summer… read more
Keep Calm and Java On / Oracle Academy – Summer 2016
Description The Texas Regional Collaboratives (TRC) at UT Austin, in partnership with Oracle Academy, is offering a series of courses for Texas teachers interested in teaching computer science. This series of professional development experiences will prepare participants to teach courses such as Computer Science I, Computer Science II, or AP… read more
Austin CS Fair – April 9
TEALS (www.tealsk12.org) and TACSE (www.tacse.org) are hosting the inaugural Austin Computer Science Fair on April 9 for local students interested in technology. The Computer Science Exploration Fair is an exploratory event for Austin middle and high school students interested in studying computer science. The fair provides a venue for students to… read more
UT Austin CS Change Maker Award Sponsored by Oracle Academy
Nominations are being accepted through April 25, 2016 for the UT Austin CS Change Maker Award sponsored by Oracle. This award recognizes a Texas high school computer science teacher who has made a significant impact on his/her students or community through CS education. Teachers may self-nominate or be nominated by… read more