Speaking of the Zune and XNA connection that post was here. The top discussion item was on code optimization. It will be coming later this week if I finish writing it. I have a long post about a good sized group project that I want to propose. And people seemed to be interested in projects for use in their classrooms. XNA was big because of the Zune announcement. Still there were a couple of posts that received a lot of traffic. Perhaps it is because the school year is winding down but I could not seem to stay on a roll. One area that I struggled with though was blogging. May was an interesting month for me in several ways. Tech Trends events are one way that Microsoft is working with colleges, universities and in some cases high schools to create and run events to get students interested in the CS and IT fields of work and study. On a related topic there is information about Microsoft Tech Trends events here. She discusses the various levels of support that universities are (or in some cases are not) putting into this effort. Randy also has a lot of resources for students here.Ĭhris Stephenson of the CSTA blogs about the recent meetings that CSTA ran to discuss K-12 computer science outreach with a number of universities and colleges. I hope he does a follow up after the summer. Randy Guthrie interviews a student who will be an intern at Microsoft this summer. Right now it holds a lot of useful links and information but there should be more still by the fall. OurCourts – This is a new project that will eventually include an educational game about the US Court system Retired Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor is involved in this project. CeeBot introduces many modern concepts found in today's most popular environments like C++, C# or Java.Īfter teaching you the syntax of CeeBot, progressive exercises will lead you to use important concepts such as variables, loops, conditional branching, functions, classes, objects, etc. The programming language you'll use is very similar to those used by professional programmers to develop their products. I hope you will find at least one of these links interesting and useful.ĬeeBots – from their web page (which is available in English, French and German):ĬeeBot is a brand new concept that will introduce you to programming while having fun. Please contact Heather Johnson, Executive Director, MassTLC Education Foundation,, if you would like more information.Įvery so often I run into a number of things that I think are interesting and useful but that I don’t feel like I have enough added value to write a whole blog post about each one. Individual nominees are eligible for a $1,000 grant, teams of teachers are eligible for a $2500 grant. Up to 10 Awards will be presented in the fall of 2008. The unique program acknowledges and rewards the unsung heroes who are encouraging the innovative teaching and learning of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (grades K-12) in Massachusetts schools. That is why the Education Foundation of the Mass Technology Leadership Council created the Above and Beyond Awards in 1996. Outstanding contributions in education too often go unnoticed. There is cash money involved so if you know of a teacher who is doing innovative things in STEM education please nominate them. Time is running out to nominate teachers for this year’s awards. Last fall I was happy to write about the 2007 winners to highlight both what teachers are doing and that someone is giving them a little attention for a change. One of their big interests in supporting teachers who are using innovation in teaching in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. The Mass Technology Leadership Council is a great organization of people and companies in the high technology industry in Massachusetts.
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