Ready to review New York State's Draft K-12 Computer Science & Digital Fluency Learning Standards with colleagues from the Mid-Hudson Valley. If you haven't checked them out and provided feedback, you have only 1 week left... nysed.gov/curriculum-ins…

Check out this video and then tell us which K–12 computer science standard it aligns to: ow.ly/1cpj50xcrGI If you need help, visit csteachers.org/standards.

Participating in NYS Education Department "Blue Ribbon" discussion last night. Sad that it was predominately just District Administrators. Almost no teachers, almost no parents, and almost no workforce representation. So much 'education speak' that the few outliers hesitated to contribute.

"If a student has a blistering fastball or always sinks 3-pointers, she/he will be discovered and recruited.  Why doesn't this happen with STEM skills?" Vince Bertram

“So math is... algorithms” macwright.org/2020/02/14/mat…

Computer Science for All: “... defendants should have every opportunity to know how the algorithm came to its conclusion...“ nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1…

A growing body of evidence suggests that online learning works least well for our most vulnerable learners. If you are going online, the #1 question is not "what tech?", the #1 question is "how will you support your most struggling students?" 2/

If your students (or you) are staying home due to #coronavirus, consider using the extra time to learn computer science. Most schools don't teach CS, and this is a unique opportunity for most students. Some options:

Matt Parker The Greek letter Pi was first used to represent the number in the year 1706 by William Jones. Pi has now been used as a symbol for this number for 3.14 centuries.

This morning, I put together a simple epidemic simulation using Scratch. Explore how the spread is "flattened" when more people stay at home -- and modify the code to try out your own ideas and theories. scratch.mit.edu/projects/37665…

This pandemic has already revealed that: - schools are so much more than just schools. - many people now realize how tough it is to be a teacher and that teachers are grossly underpaid. - teachers are irreplaceable and essential to learning and education. #homeschooling

Tech conferences now virtual/free due to #COVIDー19 docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d… #csforall NCWITAIC