Computer Science Teachers Association - Ohio Chapter

Thanks to everyone who made the 2024 Ohio CS Summit at OETC a success!

Announcing Code.org’s newest curriculum, CS Connections, PLUS this year’s Hour of Code activities! The curriculum incorporates this year’s Hour of Code activities and makes the connections between learning computer science and other…

Do you know a high school woman with a passion for computing and technology? Are you an educator who encourages and supports girls in STEM?

For the ninth year in a row, KeyBank is sponsoring the Ohio Aspirations in Computing Award, given to Ohio high school women who demonstrate outstanding computing and IT aptitude, proven leadership ability, excellent academic performance and plans for post-secondary education. It is one way to showcase and increase women’s meaningful participation in computing and technology.

Any Ohio high school woman in grades 9 through 12 is eligible and can apply now through 11:59 p.m. ET on Nov. 5.

In addition, the Ohio Aspirations in Computing Educator Award will be given to outstanding educators who play a pivotal role in encouraging young women to explore their interest in computing and technology. Educators who have endorsed an applicant by Nov. 11 for the 2021 Aspirations in Computing Award are eligible, including teachers, counselors, administrators and mentors. Apply Oct. 1 through Dec. 6.

Student and educator award winners will be honored at a recognition event in spring of 2022. Last year, we honored 54 high school women and four STEM educators from across Ohio.

Please share the attached award information to the high school women in your lives who are interested in technology, as well as the high schools you partner with on a regular basis. The student application process is open until 11:59 p.m. ET on Nov. 5. For more information and the application, visit the Aspirations in Computing website.

If you have any questions or would like more information, please email [email protected].

On behalf of OHacksIO, I present a unique hackathon organized and run completely by high school students! From their outreach coordinator: OHacksIO is a non-profit organization whose main goal is to actively encourage and enable students around the world to enjoy, participate, and excel in innovative thinking through a competition style format. In order to achieve this goal, they are planning on hosting a global online hackathon from September 4th-6th. This hackathon is a coding competition in which students will be given a theme and a set time period to create an app, website or game. There are limitless possibilities as to what students can create, as long as they're within bounds of the theme. OHacksIO will be the first global hackathon that will be run by high-schoolers in Ohio.

https://www.ohacksio.org/

Ohio University’s Russ School of Engineering will host 3 one-day online professional development workshops during Summer
2021 for STEM High School Teachers who are Ohio residents and interested in learning more about cyber security. Workshop is
eligible for Ohio Department of Education Continuing Education Units. Learn content about hardware, encryption, and decryption
of passwords, threats to security, and how to introduce these ideas to high school students. Teachers will have 1-3 ready-to go
lessons to share with their students. Participants will enroll in 1 credit of CS 5900: Introduction to Cybersecurity. A tuition waiver
will be provided for all teachers who register by the deadline (June 1, Summer I; June 30th Summer II). To register please
complete the non-degree application here: https://www.ohio.edu/graduate/apply/non-degree-application using code ND9951 and
registration form here: https://ohio.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9MFEqru3XPePJxI. For more information contact Dr. Avinash
Karanth ([email protected]) or Dr. Allyson Hallman-Thrasher ([email protected]).

Qubit by Qubit is offering several summer programs for students you may want to share with your students. They note that scholarships are available. The full list can be found at https://www.qubitbyqubit.org/programs and the Summer School program can be found at https://www.qubitbyqubit.org/summer-school.

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University of Cincinnati student, Abby Boerwinkle, is starting a project to get girls interested in stem majors by exposing them to different workshops showcasing different stem fields. Before she makes her proposal she has to collect some data to back up her claim of need. If you can, please share her survey with some of your female students so she can get as much data as possible.

UC Women in STEM Camp Survey

Nice to see an author willing to let you see a book before investing... or at least a token price of $1.99
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From Jeremy @ CodeHS:
I wanted to send you a note to let you know my new book, Read Write Code, is launching today! It's a friendly introduction to coding and CS topics geared towards educators.
I wrote this book to demystify the world of coding, starting at the beginning, to explain the basic building blocks of today’s tech: programming, the internet, data, apps, the cloud, cybersecurity, algorithms, artificial intelligence, and more.
The book is available now, and just for this week the e-book is available for a special discount of $1.99. You can find it on Amazon and more information about the book at https://readwritecodebook.com.

Thanks,
Jeremy
CEO, CodeHS

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