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  • Broadening participation through school library-classroom collaborations and sharing with the community

    Maryvale High School (AZ) has approximately 3000 students, 91% of whom are Hispanic/Latinx. 86% of students are eligible for subsidized lunch. Although we offer computer science (CS) AP classes, only about 5% of students take these courses. How can we ensure that more of our students have exposure to and opportunities for computational thinking (CT)?
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    Strategies, Ready to Code examples
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  • TECHNOLOchicas

    TECHNOLOchicas shares the powerful stories of Latinas from diverse backgrounds who are in technology fields so girls can see and relate to real-life role models.
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    Website
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  • Barefoot Coding

    Helpful resources for learning about computational thinking, including many activities to teach elementary school students computational thinking concepts.
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    Professional development, Website
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  • Giggles? Robots? Grandmothers? You may be at a Girls Code course

    This local news story shares a Ready to Code program for girls at Homer Public Library in Homer, Alaska.
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    Ready to Code examples
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  • Level Up Program Promotional Flyer

    A promotional flyer for a series of computational thinking programs at Waseca Public Library (MN) designed to emphasize choice and breadth of experiences.
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    Youth recruitment
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  • Bringing youth from diverse backgrounds together in collaborative learning experiences

    It is rare that students from different schools have regular opportunities to work together and share resources. The need for collaboration is pressing in areas like computer science (CS) and engineering, where every school does not have access to the equipment or teacher expertise. Barriers include language, culture, and transportation. What strategies are effective in bringing students from diverse backgrounds together to expand learning opportunities and cultural competence?
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    Strategies, Ready to Code examples
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  • AspireIT

    AspireIT connects high school and college women with K-12 girls interested in computing to teach younger girls fundamentals in programming and computational thinking - in fun, creative environments.
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    Facilitator & mentor recruitment
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  • Coding as a Playground: Programming and Computational Thinking in the Early Childhood Classroom

    Marina Umaschi Bers' book makes the case for teaching coding to support young children's early literacy, computational thinking and social development.
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    Books & magazines, Professional development
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