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ISTE's pdated Computer Science Standards Will Reflect a 'New Era' of the Discipline
For the first time in six years, the International Society for Technology and Education (ISTE) is creating new computer science standards for educators. The document will reflect a "new era" in the way K-12 educators should think about teaching STEM and computer science, experts and coding advocates say.
The standards will serve as "professional learning guidelines to help educators set goals for themselves," according to the first draft of the new version.
ISTE officials aren't working alone. Code.org, the Computer Science Teachers Association, and other groups are collaborating with ISTE's standards advisory board and technical working group to perfect the language and meaning, says Pat Yongpradit, chief academic officer at Code.org.
"These standards represent a new vision for computer science teaching," Yongpradit says. "First off, the idea that it goes beyond coding, and second, computer science teaching is not just for computer science educators, but a lot of educators who are incorporating computer science into their teaching as well."
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