Information on infusing leadership and life skills in K-12 education.
This week President Obama launched a new Computer Science Initiative called Computer Science for All to give all students across the country the chance to learn computer science (CS) in school. The plan calls for: $4 billion in funding for states and $100 million directly for school districts in his forthcoming Budget to expand K-12
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Adobe Education Exchange is offering free professional development for teachers who want to learn more about subjects such as website design and development, graphics & illustration, the “creative cloud” and many other courses related to how to best communicate in the 21st century. These are subjects you typically find in Information and Communication Technologies sector
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Teachers can now download free breakthrough tools for teaching math, coding and robotics with the launch of C-STEM Studio from the Center for Integrated Computing and STEM Education at the University of California, Davis. C-STEM Studio is a platform for teaching science, technology, engineering and mathematics through computing and robotics for integrated learning. It includes code,
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High school students are invited to apply for the “World’s Largest Education Hackathon” to be held October 23-25, 2015 at the San Mateo Event Center. Some of the best employment opportunities for students are discovered through participation in hackathons. Industry representatives are on hand and scouting for students with exceptional talent to work for them
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