Sentences with phrase «computer class in school»

My daughter is currently taking a computer class in school.

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Our alums are going back to their schools and communities and teaching other girls tocode; they have the confidence to be the one girl in an AP Computer Science class.»

But back in the day, in 1998, she was just an 18 - year - old computer geek, sitting in her dream class at her dream school, getting the stink eye from her computer science professor and trying not to cry.

Within the next decade, all public schools in New York City will be required to offer computer - science classes to all students as part of Computer Science For All, a new initiative by Mayor Bill decomputer - science classes to all students as part of Computer Science For All, a new initiative by Mayor Bill deComputer Science For All, a new initiative by Mayor Bill de Blasio.

In regard to primary and secondary education, initiatives include imposing caps on class sizes; ensuring schools have the necessary support staff; funding full - day kindergarten and half - day junior kindergarten for vulnerable children; eliminating fees and fundraising for learning essentials, such as computers; phasing out private schools and bringing charter schools under the jurisdiction of school boards; and providing breakfast and lunch programs.

I was one of two Muslims in my school and every day when the rest of the kids in my class went to the cafeteria for lunch, we would head to the computer lab to play Oregon Trail or Where in the World is Carmen San Diego for an hour.

The kids have been involved in many activities including: farm school, parkour classes, art classes, ice skating, sledding, trips to the Denver Zoo and Denver Botanic Gardens, horseback riding, entering exhibits in the county fair, lots of time with friends, weekly park days, reading books, hiking, playing lots of board games and computer games (Minecraft FTW!)

My first computer class at public school and my eyes locked with those back in the day apple computers, I just knew it was love at first sight.

With more teens spending time in front of the computer, and with cutbacks in school gym classes, our teens don't usually get enough exercise.

Project BOOST currently operates in 41 schools across the 34th Senate District — providing essential funding for class trips, arts and drama programs and computer science and technology labs.

He called the mayor's «Equity and Excellence» plan — which calls for universal second grade literacy, access to computer science courses at all grade levels and AP classes in all high schools --» a good beginning.»

Correction: We lowered our figure for the proportion of secondary schools in the US offering computer science classes since this article was first published on 26 July.

For example, there are people who say since kindergarten that they are going to build computers, and they wind up taking high - level math classes in high school.

The valedictorian of her high school class, Subra got her master's degree in microbiology, chemistry and computer sciences from the University of Southwestern Louisiana in Lafayette.

«When I first learned about the technology I was really excited because bowing is what makes the violin really live,» says Kimura, who teaches a graduate class in computer music interactive performance at The Juilliard School in New York City.

Students who have books and computers at home, who take extramural cultural classes, and whose parents give advice and take part in school activities are most likely to enroll for a four - year college degree.

Once four or five computers are available in every classroom and labs allow entire classes of students to visit and do research at any time during the school day, then the use of the Internet in our classes and schools will take off.

«In grammar school, we would have a computer class once a week, and that'd be for only 40 minutes,» says student Tisha Phillips.

Surveys show that they are no different from public schools in the number of math, English, science, social studies, and computer - science classes that are required for graduation.

Classes at Clearfield High School, in Clearfield, Utah, apply computers and diagnostic equipment across the curriculum to engage in authentic learning.

Holden Nilson engages in a computer - based lesson on evolution in his 4th grade class at Elizabeth G. Lyons Elementary School in Randolph, Mass..

For example: have the student take care of the class rabbit, deliver lunch money to the office, collect homework, help another student with a computer problem, read aloud the school's morning announcements, answer the school phone while the secretary is at lunch, or tutor a student in a lower grade.

At Lausanne Collegiate School in Memphis, Tennessee, students in grades 7 - 12 carry their own laptop computers for use in their classes.

• Supporting the teaching of computer coding across different year levels in schools; • Reforming the Australian Curriculum to give teachers more class time to teach science, maths and English; and, • Requiring that new primary school teachers graduate with a subject specialisation, with priority for STEM.

Laptop computers and other gadgets are now tools that he uses just about every day in his English classes at Freedom Area High School, outside Pittsburgh.

After coordinating with the school, Wang had the computer science class moved to first period so that he could teach in the morning before heading to Microsoft.

These intangible middle class advantages include such things as a computer with internet access at home, a quiet place to study and complete homework, working parent (s) above the poverty line, no pressure to get a low - level job in high school to help pay the rent or support the family, and no fear of the streets upon which they live.

Nellen, a high school English teacher since 1974, began using computers in his NYC public high school cyber English class in 1983.

In Arkansas, the main education policy initiative championed by the governor is a law that requires all public schools to offer computer science classes.

Search the list below for resources you might use with your whole class in your school's computer lab.

LACES» results stand out even more because the school has many of the challenges that often sink urban schools into the lower - performing category and anchor them there: a predominately urban, minority population; large classes (the average is 29 students in middle - school classes, 34 in high school); few computers, no computer lab, and a building that was new when Franklin D. Roosevelt served as president.

This is how they work: Students who flunk a course can make up the credit by taking classes either in computer - equipped rooms at school, or at home if they have the equipment and Internet access.

The subjects for this study were the students of two computer classes in a junior high school.

But if Tong's class is any indication, the digital divide may be narrowing: Even in a school where 50 percent of kids are on the free - lunch program, he says, almost everyone has a computer at home.

The inaugural Master Class entitled, «The Geek Shall Inherit the Earth,» will be held on Thursday, February 27, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in Askwith Hall and highlight Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Senior Lecturer David Malan, an expert in computer...

Years ago, most computer science classes were being taught in comfortable suburban settings or in after - school programs, but since we started Code.org in 2013 we've seen success in places like New York City and Oakland, and more broadly across the country.

Unfortunately, not every school offers keyboarding classes, even if that school uses computers in the classroom.

Structure volunteer programs within the school, such as opportunities for students to help out in life skills classes, read or tutor young children, assist in the computer lab, aid students in the library, provide support to students who are recovering from an injury or dealing with a medical condition, or gather work for students who miss school.

Each class in the school should select an Earth - friendly slogan for Earth Day and create a colorful slogan banner on recycled computer printout paper (the perforated variety) or on craft paper.

«My worst technology - related experience was when my advanced computer applications class decided to add video to a PowerPoint presentation,» said Fred Holmes, Webmaster at Osceola High School, in Nebraska.

In a survey of all school districts conducted between July and September, the Connecticut - based market - research firm found that 31,069 schools started using computers in classes last year, and that almost 56,000 public schools now use theIn a survey of all school districts conducted between July and September, the Connecticut - based market - research firm found that 31,069 schools started using computers in classes last year, and that almost 56,000 public schools now use thein classes last year, and that almost 56,000 public schools now use them.

Staring intently at a computer screen in their Political Studies class, a combination English, economics, and government course at Sacramento New Technology High School, in Sacramento, California, seniors Nancy Vue, Sparkle Shamburger, and Christian Govea scroll through a «project charter.»

We've extended the program this year so that every child in Years 3 to 6 in mainstream classes and every child in Cycle 3 Montessori classes has an ultra-mobile personal computer for use during the school day.

Disrupting Class: How Disruptive Innovation Will Change the Way the World Learns predicts that the growth in computer - based delivery of education will accelerate swiftly until, by 2019, half of all high school classes will be taught over the Internet.

One of the few girls taking technology - related classes at G. Ray Bodley High School in Fulton, N.Y., the 15 - year - old fought back her initial anxiety and now works well with male students in a computer - enhanced technical drawing, design, and production class.

Students in Tim Comolli's electronic - arts class at South Burlington High School have won awards for their 3 - D graphic designs; they've sold computer - generated logos to businesses in their South Burlington, Vt., community; and they've taught teachers how to use Internet search engines and sophisticated multimedia software.

They provided new computers to every high school in the state and hired nearly 500 coaches to provide in - class technology support for teachers.

To help teachers in their efforts to integrate technology and science, Greece provides students and teachers with a number of technology resources: At the elementary level, each school contains a wired computer lab, capable of serving an entire class; a wireless, mobile computer lab; five student computers in each grade 1 - 5 classroom; and three student computers in each pre-K and kindergarten classroom.

In addition, the state legislature has approved a new law that allows high school students to substitute a rigorous computer science course for a mathematics class under North Dakota graduation requirements.

Courtney Pentland of Burke High School in Omaha, NE, demonstrates how she uses tablet computers to address sensitive topics such as sexting in her class.