Code.org – Summer 2016 Coding Camp
Please see the attached flyer with more info on earning a $240 per day stipend to sponsor a Summer 2016 Coding Camp on Code.org’s Computer Science Fundamentals Courses at your school. Sponsor a Summer...
View ArticleSTEMpreneurship Teacher Workshop Application
STEMpreneurship Teacher Workshop will expose high school educators to the STEMed Labs student experiences with hands-on training on Pi Bytes and the 3 Day Start Up. The Teacher Workshop will consist of...
View ArticleTeach CS 8-12 Certificate Incentive Program (CIP)
This program provides an opportunity for Texas educators to apply for a one-time stipend through The University of Texas at Austin, Center for STEM Education. Please read the complete application...
View ArticleDistricts can use federal monies allocated to STEM for Computer Science
A New Chapter for Computer Science Education The federal STEM Act of 2015, which President Obama signed on October 7 of this year, provides an unprecedented opportunity to fully leverage federal...
View ArticleSTEMpreneurship Teacher Workshop Application
To be considered for participation, please apply by this Friday, December 18th! STEMpreneurship Teacher Workshop will expose high school educators to the STEMed Labs student experiences with hands-on...
View ArticleSilicon Labs will host a FREE 1-day Code.org Workshop on Code Studio for...
Silicon Labs, Austin will host a FREE Code.org workshop. FREE CPEs for educator re-certification will be provided. Teachers will also receive the Code.org printed curriculum, swag, and the supplies...
View ArticleBroadening Student Participation in Secondary Computer Science
Broadening Student Participation in Secondary Computer Science Through Principled Assessment of Computational Thinking As part of the NSF-funded Principled Assessment of Computational Thinking (PACT)...
View ArticleTeach CS 8-12 Certificate Incentive Program (CIP) – $1,000 Stipend
This program provides an opportunity for Texas educators to apply for a one-time stipend of $1,000 through The University of Texas at Austin, Center for STEM Education. Please read the complete...
View ArticleTeach CS Workshop – January 13-14, 2016
Teach CS will provide an overview of the educator competencies required of all teachers to become certified in Grades 8-12 Computer Science. This certification is necessary to teach courses such as...
View Article2016 ProjectCSGIRLS Competition for Middle School Girls
The ProjectCSGIRLS Competition for Middle School Girls challenges participants in 6th-8th grade to build something using computer science and technology that can help solve an imminent social problem...
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Google RISE Awards Are Open!
Google’s K-12/Pre-University Education Outreach team is excited to announce the opening of the RISE Awards which is now accepting proposals through February 19, 2016! Google RISE Awards are Open:...
View ArticleAspireIT K-12 Outreach Program
NCWIT AspireIT connects high school and college women with K-12 girls interested in computing. Using a near-peer model, program leaders teach younger girls fundamentals in programming and computational...
View ArticleComputer Science Survey
TCEA is surveying those interested in computer science education in the state of Texas regarding which courses a student may take to learn a programming language that can be substituted for the...
View ArticleCollege Board AP Scholarships
The College Board offers scholarships for teachers to attend AP Summer institutes. Among the scholarships are those for teachers in rural schools, schools serving minority or low-income students, and...
View ArticleBootstrap Training at UT Dallas
Teach Your Students to Program, Mathematically Bootstrap teaches students to program their own videogames in an algebraic programming language, exposing them to key concepts aligned to the TEKS Math...
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Free Online Courses in UTAustinX
Embedded Systems – Shape The World – UTAustinX Build your own robots and arcade-style video games. Learn how electronic gadgets are designed, developed, and built in this hands-on course from UT...
View ArticleNational Framework for K-12 CS Education
If you are interested in participating in the development/review of a framework for CS Education being created collaboratively by several national organizations, check out k12cs.org CSTA, ACM, and...
View ArticleTexas SBOE Requires Schools to Offer Two Computer Science Courses (April 2014)
We have spoken with several people from across Texas that were not aware of this change in the Texas Administrative Code (TAC) that was made in April 2014. The Texas State Board of Education made...
View ArticleKeep Calm & Java On Spring 2016
The Texas Regional Collaboratives (TRC) in the Center for STEM Education at UT Austin, in partnership with Oracle Academy, is offering a free series of courses for Texas teachers interested in teaching...
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Computer Science For All
On January 30, 2016 the White House announced the Computer Science for AllInitiative which will dedicate $4 billion in public and private funds to support Computer Science Education. The Center for...
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