ETTC Gets $444,445 Grant to Market K-12 Laptop or computer Science – News

Galloway, N.J. — Almost 400 K-12 teachers across South Jersey have been introduced to pc science
in the course of the previous college year by means of the establishment of a regional hub by the Educational
Technologies Instruction Center (ETTC) at Stockton University.

The center will continue to train teachers this year thanks to a current $444,445 grant
from the state, stated Patty Weeks, the director of the Southern Regional Institute and ETTC at Stockton.

“Teachers discover Unplugged Laptop or computer Science, Physical Computing, Robotics, Artificial
Intelligence and the new student studying requirements for pc science in New Jersey,”
Weeks stated. “The teachers enjoy it mainly because they understand that it is not just about coding.
It is about teaching their students to initially look at a difficulty and then to discover a
answer. It is not constantly about writing a line of pc code.”

The hub was developed final year with an initial $333,313 state grant to fulfill a mandate
by Gov. Phil Murphy in 2020 to “expand access to higher-top quality, requirements-primarily based pc
science education for all New Jersey K to 12 students.” Starting with the 2022-23
college year, all students had to have access to pc science coursework, which
developed the need to have for a network of educators across the area.

It is about teaching their students to initially look at a difficulty and then to discover a
answer. It is not constantly about writing a line of pc code.”

Patty Weeks, the director of the Southern Regional Institute and ETTC at Stockton

Weeks stated the second year of funding for the CS Coastal Hub at Stockton University began delivering cost-free coaching to teachers in Might. Workshops will be offered in the course of
the summer time and into the 2023-2024 college year. Teachers also get on-web site instructional
coaching in their classrooms and participate in an on the internet neighborhood exactly where they will
share suggestions about teaching and studying pc science across all grades and content material
regions.

Weeks stated the cost-free workshops are open to any teacher from any district, but the hub
has also partnered with 3 particular districts this year to get more on-web site
help in the course of the grant period — Egg Harbor Township, Folsom Township and the Higher
Egg Harbor Regional Higher College District.

“In today’s digital age, pc science has come to be an important talent for absolutely everyone.
Laptop or computer science teaches students how to method challenges logically and systematically,”
Weeks stated, “and it can also be enjoyable to create and style new options to each day
challenges.”

Find out extra about the Coastal Hub for Laptop or computer Science by going to the program’s site and see a schedule of upcoming events. For queries or extra info send Patty Weeks an e mail.

The SRI &amp ETTC at Stockton University is one particular of the premier experienced improvement
applications in the state. Almost ten,000 educators participate in its applications and activities
every single year in subjects that contain technologies integration, core curriculum, instructional
methods, college leadership, specific education and social and emotional studying.

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