Tag: education
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Artemis Project summer computing camp for rising 9th grade girls
UMBC’s Artemis Project is a five week summer camp from June 24 to July 26 for rising 9th grade girls who are interested in finding out more about computing.
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UMBC to host Computer Science for High School workshop, 4-7 August 2013
Google announced awards for the 2013 Computer Science for High School (CS4HS) program and UMBC was again among the sites selected. The program is an initiative sponsored by Google to promote Computer Science and Computational Thinking in high school and middle school curricula. UMBC Professor Marie desJardins put together successful CS4HS workshops in 2011 and 2012 that…
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Zuckerberg, Gates and Will.I.Am encourage kids to learn how to code in new video
Code.org is a non-profit foundation dedicated to growing computer programming education. They believe computer science and computer programming are liberal arts that are important for everyone to know and that should be part of the core curriculum in education, alongside other science, technology, engineering, and mathematics courses, such as biology, physics, chemistry and algebra. Their…
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Sherman and Forno receive $2.5 Million NSF grant for Cybersecurity scholarships
CSEE Professor Dr. Alan Sherman (PI) and Dr. Rick Forno (Co-PI), Graduate Program Director, Cybersecurity have received an NSF grant of $2.5 million over five years to fund 22 students studying Information Assurance (IA) and Cybersecurity. The scholarships are part of the Federal Cyber Scholarship for Service (SFS) program. Future scholars will come from UMBC’s…
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Technology as a teaching tool: an infographic
Take a look at the latest infographic from Edudemic.com. (Click here for a version that you can actually read.) It's called "Components of a 21st Century Classroom" and it looks at how technology, like computers, tablets, and other mobile devices, are being increasingly incorporated into the classroom. With number like "1 in 5 students have…
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UMBC receives NSF award to develop new freshman seminar for computing majors
UMBC received a three year award from NSF that provides $154,000 in funding to develop and evaluate an innovative first-year seminar for computing majors aimed at increasing retention, completion, and success.
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CSEE faculty receive NSF grant to study computing education in Maryland high schools
Drs. Marie desJarins, Penny Rheingans and Susan Martin received an 18 month research award worth $200,000 from NSF to study computing education in Maryland high schools.