Have Questions?

It's an exciting time for computer science in South Carolina. To help you stay up-to-date on everything in our state, we've compiled comprehensive answers to your FAQs!

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Inspire Your Teaching

No better way to professionally develop than to join computer science educators from all of the globe for a few days of learning. Join us for CSTA 2020, set for July 11-15, 2020, in Arlington, Virginia!

You're Not Alone

Become a part of a community by and for teachers and unlock access to the tools and resources to help take your teaching practice to the next level. At CSTA, we’re in this together.

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CS is Foundational

The CSTA standards outline the computer science content and practices that every student should learn over their K-12 experience.

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Fall CS PD

The Office of Career and Technical Education (OCTE) at the South Carolina Department of Education is sponsoring some Information Technology and Computer Science Professional Learning Opportunities (PLOs). All of the sessions will be Virtual via Zoom. Please use the registration links provided below to register for these events. More information on the PLOs can be found at the registration links as well.

Please note that this is not the 30 hour PD that allows for the teaching of the Introductory Computer Science courses. That PD will be announced at a later date.

Workshop	Date	Registration Link
Curriculum Survey	Oct. 10	https://forms.gle/3gGCqLeFvsJMUwYu6
Machine Learning / AI	Oct. 17	https://forms.gle/3gGCqLeFvsJMUwYu6
Impact of Computing	Nov. 14	https://forms.gle/3gGCqLeFvsJMUwYu6
Nifty Assignment	Dec. 5	https://forms.gle/3gGCqLeFvsJMUwYu6
CS Discoveries, Part 1	Oct. 3	https://studio.code.org/pd/workshops/9524/enroll
CS Discoveries, Part 2	Nov. 7	https://studio.code.org/pd/workshops/9525/enroll
CS Principles, Part 1	Oct. 3	https://studio.code.org/pd/workshops/9526/enroll
CS Principles, Part 2	Nov. 7	https://studio.code.org/pd/workshops/9527/enroll

Control Live Robots from Home

Program and control BirdBrain's robots in real-time from anywhere in the world and watch the code come to life!

Learningblade Offers Free Resources

Learning Blade for Remote Learning

Dear SC Educators,

You should have received an email from State Superintendent of Education Molly Spearman and OCTE Director Angel Malone that was a memo to school leadership announcing that they are providing your school a license to the Learning Blade Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) career awareness system for use with remote learning and beyond.

Learning Blade is a system of interactive online lessons and printable at-home activities for 5th to 9th graders, where students learn about STEM and Computer Science careers while reviewing academics. Students can use over 400 online lessons in 12 human-centered "Missions" or stories to explore these exciting careers.

Questions about Learning Blade can be directed to info@learningblade.com

Thank you.

Free Certification from TestOut

Now that summer is approaching and more and more people are staying home, what plans do you have for your summer? Right now is the perfect time to get trained and certified in IT and MOS, and we can help you, and best of all, right now, it's free.

USA Science & Engineering Festival SciFest All Access

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The USA Science & Engineering Festival announced a new program, SciFest All Access, coming to you virtually this summer! Participants of all ages can engage directly with the Festival’s sponsors and exhibitors to experience 100+ virtual STEM activities! This FREE virtual event will be a graphical depiction of the live Festival to include exhibitor booths, pavilions, and lounges with demonstrations, videos, games, and more.

Record a CTE Lesson for ETV

Be a Part of History!

The SCDE and ETV are looking for CTE teachers who are willing to have their lesson(s) recorded by ETV for broadcast.*