CSTA is now accepting nominations to join its Board of Directors for the July 2020–2022 term.
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CSTA has released its annual report, highlighting the organization's growth from July 2018 to July 2019. |
The Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) announced its new Standards for CS Teachers at a celebration of Computer Science Education Week. |
CSTA has created a set of 10 posters that feature diverse people using computer science for good in diverse industries and ways. |
In celebration of the 2019 Computer Science Education Week (CSEdWeek), the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) and Code.org are pleased to announce the third annual Champions of Computer Science Awards. |
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The 2019 CSTA New England Regional Conference will be held on Oct. 26, 2019, at the Boston University Photonics Center. |
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CSTA is proud to announce the organization was awarded a $3 million grant from the United States Department of Education. |
Students considering a career in artificial intelligence need to ask themselves: Am I a First Penguin? |
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I curate CSTeachingTips.org, which has over 1,300 tips for teaching computer science (CS) gathered from interviews with more than 150 CS teachers because I’m passionate about helping teachers expand their strategies to teach CS more effectively. |
The Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) announced the ten participants of the organization’s inaugural Equity Fellowship, made possible in partnership with Microsoft Corp. and Pluralsight One. |
California is the world’s fifth-largest economy, and the information/technology sector being the largest contributor to its GDP growth in the last 10 years (Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2018; CompTIA, 2019). |
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Today, along with Code.org and the Expanding Computing Education Pathways (ECEP) Alliance, a National Science Foundation Broadening Participation in Computing funded Alliance, CSTA is excited to release the 2019 State of Computer Science Education report. |
CSTA is pleased to announce the appointment of Hai Hong to the CSTA Board of Directors as a partner representative. |
Growing up in a household where Java was the second language, I have always had an interest in learning to code. Before pursuing a career in IT, I knew I liked computers and technology. |
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After 25 years of teaching computer science (CS), I’ve witnessed a few changes. My first computers at Baraboo High School only had floppy drives and no network or internet access. Students learned Pascal, followed by C++ and then Java. |
CSTA Arizona (CSTA AZ) held its first-ever AZ Computer Science Professional Development (CSPD) Week in June 2019. |
It was 1999, and Dr. J. Philip East was talking with Chris Stephenson about computer science (CS) education for K–12 teachers. The annual SIGCSE conference, which is mostly attended by college and university CS educators, had just run. |
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CSTA thanks the 2019 Conference Committee for their tireless work and creativity in planning the best professional development for our members. |
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I have taught technology at various levels, but this past year I was presented with the opportunity to teach computer science (CS) at the high school level in an innovative local district. |
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Last year, Mrs. Carter’s (alias) computer science (CS) classroom sounded and felt different than in previous years. |
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“Computer science is! Computer science is! Using the power of computers to solve our problems and express ourselves!” |
CSTA and ISTE have launched an initiative to revise CS standards. As CS teachers, your input is valuable to this process. Keep reading to learn how you can provide feedback. |
When I started teaching cyber security five years ago, I had nothing. I didn't have a curriculum and I didn't have much background on the topic. |
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The traditional, and widely-accepted, model of group work in the classroom encourages teachers to group students in teams of three to five, and to assign a role to each student. |
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We would like to take the opportunity to announce the newest members of the CSTA Board of Directors. |
CSTA is thrilled to announce Bryan “BT” Twarek will join the organization as Director of Education at the end of this school year. |
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The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) announced four high school students were selected from among a pool of graduating high school seniors throughout the U.S. for the Cutler-Bell Prize. |
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With the school year well underway, I can’t help but reflect on where we are today in computer science (CS) education. Numerous initiatives to expand access to CS were initiated over the last decade. |
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A web search for “AP Computer Science A Java” returns over 17 million hits; it’s awesome to live in such an information-rich era, but this is overwhelming. |
In celebration of the 2018 Computer Science Education Week (CSEdWeek), CSTA and Code.org are pleased to announce this year’s Champions for Computer Science. |
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In less than a month, 36 states will hold gubernatorial elections. These races will have a significant effect on the future of computer science (CS) education policy. |
Today the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) and the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in collaboration with Oracle Academy are proud to announce the thirty-three scholarship recipients for the upcoming CSTA Annual Conference, July 7-10 in Omaha, NE. |
The Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) has named Jake Baskin as its Executive Director, effective February 5, 2018. |
