Actions taken to involve and engage community members.
Every student in the Foshay Tech Academy – and a large percentage of all students at Foshay in grades in K-12 – have completed the Hour of Code <http://csedweek.org/> challenge. The goal is to get 10 million students to code for an hour this week – the site is now up to nearly 9 million
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This is to share with you a great example of a successful business/school partnership around game design. Zynga is located in San Francisco and recently met with teachers at Balboa High School’s Academy of Information Technology to plan, design and pitch a new game. See the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=PBwqXPkkjtA Volunteers from the online social game
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The Center for Digital Education recently announced nominations are now open for the annual Digital Education Achievement and Best of the Web Awards. Entries are due May 1, 2013. Best of the Web Awards: The Best of the Web (BOW) Awards recognize and honor outstanding education websites. The contest is open to all U.S. education
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Below is a list exceptional and inspirational videos about careers and education in the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) career sector. Classroom teachers may use these videos in the classroom to show how Information and Communication Technologies are used every day in a number of career settings. Information and Communication Technologies Studying to be a Computer Technician Juniper Networks:
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