Thanks for all who came to our field trip and meeting. Please share below some of the resources you picked up at the meeting and what organizations you are interested in learning more about.
I just sent a long response but I think it got lost. So here's another one. There were so many organizations that I spoke to. so I'm a bit confused at this point. I highly recommend Donor's Choose to get more computers in the library. I applied and was able to get an overhead projector. Two groups that work with middle school which interested me are: - The Coding Space: http://www.thecodingspace.com - Tech Kids Unlimited: http://www.techkidsunlimited.org/ I have been giving out the flyers to teachers and students and I will find out more about specific after-school and summer programs if they are interested.
I was impressed with such a wide array of non-profit organizations that support technology and computer science in city schools. I think I didn't miss any presenter as I was circling and tried to collect their information. To my surprise, I knew some presenters: Coding for elementary teachers as I attended their workshop last year (Alana if you met her). I also met few colleagues who work with DOE and attended Girls Hackathon in December 2015 in my school. We have a Computer Science teacher for middle grades. He is teaching scratch software and holds Hackathon in the Library. As it is in the Library, I am involved with organizing and judging the creative outcome based on a rubric my colleague provides. We will be holding one more Hachathon in March for all students. I shared information with my colleague, CS teacher who found all the flyers and business cards very useful and worthy. I am going to post the information on Spring and Summer camps with technology and CS training on our PTA website. Many parents invest money in summer camps, and i think knowing about camps where kids can learn foundation of programming would be a great investment. I noted that most companies commit to train and support teachers who then can run a computer training in school. I am planning to contact companies that target younger audience (elementary level) as our school has a well-running program for middle grades. Rachel, I appreciate this opportunity. It was a great event, in nice welcoming environment (one of Apple branches?) with great food....
Here is a list of tech companies who were present at the event: - All Star Code: www.allstarcode.org - Bootstrap: http://www.bootstrapworld.org/ - C/I: www.weare.ci - Coalition for Queens: http://www.c4q.nyc/ - Code.org: www.code.org - CodeSpeak Labs: www.codespeaklabs.com - Codesters: https://www.codesters.com - The Coding Space: http://www.thecodingspace.com - DonorsChoose.org: http://www.donorschoose.org/ - FIRST Robotics NYC: http://www.nycfirst.org/ - Games for Change: http://www.gamesforchange.org - Girls Who Code: http://girlswhocode.com/ - Globaloria: http://globaloria.com/ - The Logo Foundation: http://www.logofoundation.org - Mouse: http://mouse.org - New Visions Cloud Lab: http://cloudlab.newvisions.org - New York on Tech: http://www.newyorkontech.org - NPower: www.thecommunitycorps.org - Per Scholas: https://perscholas.org - ScriptEd: https://scripted.org/ - TEALS: http://www.tealsk12.org/ - Tech Kids Unlimited: http://www.techkidsunlimited.org/ - Vidcode: http://www.vidcode.io/
It was very informative event, not to mention food and refreshments. Out of a long list of presenters I picked up few that interested me. Access Code 2.0 from Coalition for Queens, the continuation of successful Access Code 1.0 program. This 9-month course in mobile app development prepares participants with no prior coding experience for entry-level developer jobs that pays averaging $85,000. The program focuses on women and minorities participants. I also learned that the NYC DOE with the University of California, Berkeley partnership creates a curriculum and prepares educators to become a Software engineering Program (SEP) teacher to teach a computer science to all students. CodeNow offers free summer coding course for NYC students who might be interested in.
I just sent a long response but I think it got lost. So here's another one.
ReplyDeleteThere were so many organizations that I spoke to. so I'm a bit confused at this point. I highly recommend Donor's Choose to get more computers in the library. I applied and was able to get an overhead projector. Two groups that work with middle school which interested me are:
- The Coding Space: http://www.thecodingspace.com
- Tech Kids Unlimited: http://www.techkidsunlimited.org/
I have been giving out the flyers to teachers and students and I will find out more about specific after-school and summer programs if they are interested.
I was impressed with such a wide array of non-profit organizations that support technology and computer science in city schools. I think I didn't miss any presenter as I was circling and tried to collect their information. To my surprise, I knew some presenters: Coding for elementary teachers as I attended their workshop last year (Alana if you met her). I also met few colleagues who work with DOE and attended Girls Hackathon in December 2015 in my school. We have a Computer Science teacher for middle grades. He is teaching scratch software and holds Hackathon in the Library. As it is in the Library, I am involved with organizing and judging the creative outcome based on a rubric my colleague provides. We will be holding one more Hachathon in March for all students.
ReplyDeleteI shared information with my colleague, CS teacher who found all the flyers and business cards very useful and worthy. I am going to post the information on Spring and Summer camps with technology and CS training on our PTA website. Many parents invest money in summer camps, and i think knowing about camps where kids can learn foundation of programming would be a great investment.
I noted that most companies commit to train and support teachers who then can run a computer training in school. I am planning to contact companies that target younger audience (elementary level) as our school has a well-running program for middle grades.
Rachel, I appreciate this opportunity. It was a great event, in nice welcoming environment (one of Apple branches?) with great food....
Dear Colleagues,
ReplyDeleteHere is a list of tech companies who were present at the event:
- All Star Code: www.allstarcode.org
- Bootstrap: http://www.bootstrapworld.org/
- C/I: www.weare.ci
- Coalition for Queens: http://www.c4q.nyc/
- Code.org: www.code.org
- CodeSpeak Labs: www.codespeaklabs.com
- Codesters: https://www.codesters.com
- The Coding Space: http://www.thecodingspace.com
- DonorsChoose.org: http://www.donorschoose.org/
- FIRST Robotics NYC: http://www.nycfirst.org/
- Games for Change: http://www.gamesforchange.org
- Girls Who Code: http://girlswhocode.com/
- Globaloria: http://globaloria.com/
- The Logo Foundation: http://www.logofoundation.org
- Mouse: http://mouse.org
- New Visions Cloud Lab: http://cloudlab.newvisions.org
- New York on Tech: http://www.newyorkontech.org
- NPower: www.thecommunitycorps.org
- Per Scholas: https://perscholas.org
- ScriptEd: https://scripted.org/
- TEALS: http://www.tealsk12.org/
- Tech Kids Unlimited: http://www.techkidsunlimited.org/
- Vidcode: http://www.vidcode.io/
It was very informative event, not to mention food and refreshments. Out of a long list of presenters I picked up few that interested me. Access Code 2.0 from Coalition for Queens, the continuation of successful Access Code 1.0 program. This 9-month course in mobile app development prepares participants with no prior coding experience for entry-level developer jobs that pays averaging $85,000. The program focuses on women and minorities participants.
ReplyDeleteI also learned that the NYC DOE with the University of California, Berkeley partnership creates a curriculum and prepares educators to become a Software engineering Program (SEP) teacher to teach a computer science to all students.
CodeNow offers free summer coding course for NYC students who might be interested in.