CSTA Partner Message: 🎮🔒 Make cybersecurity and digital citizenship exciting with Minecraft Education! Join this webinar on Oct 5th to hear from North Dakota Leaders on how they’re fostering digital citizenship at scale. 📌 Register today: aka.ms/CyberWebinar

📊Did you know you can use the micro:bit V2 with built-in speaker as a data logger, AND can record, store and analyse environmental data ⁉️ 👉Find out how in our handy user guide: microbit.org/get-started/us… #microbit #coding #STEM

🤔Did you know you can use the #microbit in subjects other than computing? We've got a whole 🆕 #ProfessionalDevelopment course which shows how to use the micro:bit in Science lessons. With short videos & downloadable work sheets, it's easy to get started. microbit.thinkific.com/courses/scienc…

BIG news: More than 57% of U.S. high schools offer computer science — the biggest increase in 5 years! While there's much to celebrate in the K-12 computer science movement, access gaps persist, particularly at small schools. Learn more at advocacy.code.org/stateofcs. #StateOfCS2023

You’ve got the #CS teaching spark, but you don’t have to go at it alone! ❇️ Get connected to 100+ peers during #CSEdWeek by joining our CS + #STEM Networking Group👭 📅 12/4 (Online w/Sarah Phelps) New #HourOfCode activates from Code.org 🔗 ltcillinois.org/network/cs-ste…

During the holiday season, enjoy the gift of learning with these FREE Dec. webinars, including a chance to celebrate #CSEdWeek (Dec. 4-10) 🎁 🔢 (12/6) Make #CS Fun w/Sarah Phelps 🏛(12/12) School Law Update w/ Attorney Brandon K. Wright 🔗 ltcillinois.org/services/webin… CSEdWeek

To celebrate #CSEdWeek, we want to know – #HowDoYouCode ? 👉 😎 Now through 1/12, share a picture using #HowDoYouCode & tell us how your students are growing as computer scientists. Select winners will receive: 💵 $250 to support #CS learning 🎁 Code.org prize pack

🤩We're delighted to partner with Code.org to provide physical computing extensions to their existing courses. These lessons allow students to try their hand at being a maker and learn about physical computing💪. Find out more👇 code.org/maker/csf-micr… #microbit #coding #STEM

Read the latest IDEA blog. This time from #IDEAil educator and Governing Board member Jeremy Rinkel as he reflects on a recent Illinois CS Summit and the reasons rural communities are under-represented in CS discussions. ideaillinois.org/navigatingcomp…

What are your 2024 learning goals? 🌟 💻 Curious about better harnessing #edtech? 👭 Interested in helping your team grow as tech-savvy educators? 🗣️ Keen on presenting at your first conference? Share your learning resolution so your peers can cheer you on to success!

🤩This is the perfect example of a creative STEAM project you could try with students in the classroom or in a code club 🙌. #STEAM #TEACHers #codeclub

Calling all #CS educators - Code.org Summer 2024 cohort registration is NOW OPEN! Apply today to gain: 🍎 Proven 6-12 teaching strategies 💪 Confidence in your role 📚 A FREE curriculum 💸 SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE for IL & MO cohorts 🔗 ltcillinois.org/services/code/…

January is AI Month for Common Sense Education! Help your students consider the potential benefits and drawbacks of using AI with our all-new, free lessons. commonsense.org/education/coll… #AI #AIMonth #EdTech

The #RubberBandCarChallenge is open! Entries can be submitted Feb 18-March 18, 2024. How far will your students’ cars go? sbgo.org/ec24-tw #ScienceBuddiesEngineeringChallenge #STEM #STEMchallenge #EWeek

Learn how to develop your K-5 class’ foundational CS skills during this summer's #ILCSPDWeek Elementary track 🤖 FEATURING workshops on block coding, robotics & adding problem-solving into reading & social studies. 💰Full ride SCHOLARSHIPS available! 🔗 ltcillinois.org/cspdweek/atten…

Why wait to take you CS program to the stars? ✨ Register for #ILCSPDWeek Code.org CS Principles now & snag a FREE set of Micro:bits for your classroom. With them, you can bring coding confidence to your 9-12 classroom as soon as this fall 🔢 💪 🔗 ltcillinois.org/cspdweek/atten…

Need a little extra boost to get to planet #ILCSPDWeek? 🚀 Apply now for a SCHOLARSHIP if you serve: 👧🏽 Underrepresented populations, including young women & students of color 🏫 Schools with significant financial need 🚜 Rural communities 🔗 ltcillinois.org/cspdweek/schol…

#ILCSPDWeek registration closes TOMORROW, June 25. Register right now to snag a $500 stipend + other scholarships ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Student science project: Use a pocket-size micro:bit computer to make a basic medical alert fall detector. sbgo.org/falldetector24… #coding #sciencefair #scienceproject #scienceteacher #microbit Micro:bit Educational Foundation