What a week. I teach at a private school and one of the things we do is have open houses for prospective students and parents. Last week we had two which meant some extra time at school. Honestly though I really enjoy talking about the school and especially the computer science program. For students who are interested in CS there are not a lot of great options in high schools. I heard last week that New York state is going to let computer science meet a graduation credit. I hope that helps there.
And let’s not forget the lower grades either. Why Teach Computer Science in K-8? I Want Every Kid to Code by @mraspinall
Only a few more days to vote for my lesson on Binary numbers so I can get some computers for my school. http://aka.ms/omvote You can vote once a day so as they say “vote early and often.” I thank you for your support. BTW I have blogged about using the Office Mix tool a couple of times. Well worth checking out.
A couple of competitions for students are wrapping up soon. Check the deadlines and encourage students to enter.
Introducing teens to open source software development with the Google Code-in contest
Know high school girls who love computing? Award for Aspirations in Computing applications are open until Nov. 2nd.
Have your students entered the 2014 We Are the Faces of Computing Contest for students?
A little topical humor to end with. Perhaps the single most terrifying Halloween pumpkin ever carved.
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