Coding and Your Child's Future

Wondering what jobs will be the fastest growing in the US by 2020?? If you guessed jobs in computer science, you are correct! These jobs are growing two times as fast as the national average for job growth. By 2020, there will be 14 million jobs but only 400,000 computer science students.  So how can you get your kids involved in coding at an early age? Participate in “Hour of the Code.” Seek computer science tutoring.  Build confidence in girls in math and science as in 2013, only 19% of girls took the computer science AP exam.  When it comes to choosing a college major only .03% of girl select computer science.  Also, ask your high school counselors what the prerequisites are for Computer Science AP. Even some middle schools offer classes in coding… Culver City Middle School… Go PanthersJ!

Below are some great resources to help your kids with coding at home!

Hour of Code and Beyond at http://www.code.org

CSUunplugged at http://csunplugged.org/

15+ Ways of Teaching Every Student to code

 http://www.edutopia.org/blog/15-ways-teaching-students-coding-vicki-davis

Teaching Kids to Code, an EdSurge guide

https://www.edsurge.com/guide/teaching-kids-to-code

Harvard’s Scratch Curriculum Guide

http://scratched.gse.harvard.edu/resources/scratch-curriculum-guide

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Making Science Interactive and Fun

Take advantage of summer to expose your children to the principles that govern electricity. Sound boring??!! Well through the use of technology you can make this type of lesson engaging and fun. Mobile technology can be used to explore all types of science and math topics in a way that is accessible, interactive and allows students to visualize and create.

Explore the options below:

• Circuit playground- a web TV program that acts out basic concepts and vocabulary with fun graphics and puppets.
• http://www.sciencecom/category/experiments/ -provides a list of science easy science experiments with instructions that can be done at home

• Muse Maze Circuit Jam- geared for older kids, this interactive game makes electronic circuits easy to understand and contains over 100 puzzles that gradually introduce circuit basics without getting deep into formulas and equations.  Kids can have fun while learning about voltage, current, and resistance.

• EveryCircuit app- has a custom built simulation engine. Users can build a circuit and understand the flow of power without the danger of building a real one. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.everycircuit.free

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