 There is a wave of momentum behind computer science (CS) education that is sweeping across the country. From Code.org's Hour of Code, to hacker-sessions, to digital making, computer science is clearly here to stay. As members of the CS community continue to develop creative strategies for convincing others that CS really is a fundamental skill that all students need to be familiar with, a number of intriguing discussions are surfacing that present unique challenges in the already bumpy landscape of American education. With an undergraduate degree in computer science, I am unquestionably biased to the importance of CS--I thought it was important enough 16 years ago that I chose to major in it. However, perhaps more importantly, as a father of 7 and 4 year old daughters, I am increasingly interested in the potential of CS in K-12 education and in efforts to curb the alarming data regarding the gender, racial, and SES gaps in computer science. When framed through the lens of a parent, the conversation gets really tricky really fast. I want to discuss some observations I have had as both a dad, and as a computer science educator.
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Cleveland Rotary Club Innovating Education Through Community Partners NEA Foundation The Promise of Public Ed Leveraging Teacher Leadership to Increase STEM Education US Senate Briefing The Need for a National Organizing Body of Digital Fabrication NACCE California Symposium Scaling Innovation through Partnerships Volkswagen eLab Ribbon Cutting Why Digital Fabrication can't be an Option NSTA STEM Leadership Developing, Incubating, and Implementing Public/Private Partnerships that Matter Chattanooga Fab Institute Revolutionizing Learning through Digital Fabrication HCDE Future Ready Institute Launch Developing PBL Units with Business Partners STEM Fellows Celebration Community Partnerships for Teacher Leadership TSIN Summit Scaling Innovation in Schools Remake Learning Days Dig Fab in the Community America Achieves Public/Private Partnerships Panel DigiFabCon Chicago Digital Fabrication in the Modern Classroom Redesign for Student Success (San Diego) Scaling Innovation through Digital Fabrication 2017 GE Leadership Summit Leveraging Innovative Technologies for Learning Texas Open Innovation Emerging Innovations in Education 2016 Indiana University Authentic PBL FFT Leading & Learning Boston, MA Connecting Global Ed reMake Education Summit Keynote National Governor's Asc. Coding with Governors US Dept of Education Round Table with Secretary John King TSIN Summit K-12 Pathways for CS Google Headquarters Ed Foo NASA Headquarters K-12 Education Panel 2015 White House Reducing the Racial Gap in Computing Boston Museum of Science Teaching with Toys US Dept of Education MSP CS Proposition Archives
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