Start planning today for three new CS professional development opportunities from WeTeach_CS coming your way in 2017!
March 2 – 3 | NICERC Cybersecurity Training
The Cyber Innovation Center will host at 2-day workshop focused on integrating cyber and cybersecurity fundamentals into the classroom. During this workshop, teachers will receive hands-on training and curricula that builds a strong cyber foundation for high school students. Subject matter experts and master teachers will introduce attendees to cybersecurity through robotics, programming, electricity, networking, and elements of liberal arts. In addition, teachers will learn about the opportunities, threats, responsibilities, and legal constraints associated with operating in cyberspace.
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April 24 – 28 | CS Summer Institute Facilitator Academy
The training will span 5 days with a computational thinking introduction and block-based programming that scaffolds to a more complex text-based programming language (Python). It will culminate with a final projects done by participants.
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July 24 – 27 | Logo Summer Institute 2017
The Logo Summer Institute is an intensive immersion in creative computing for K12 teachers, parents, and technology integrators. Our project-based approach supports computational thinking, and 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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