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Please provide the following information to register for "CSTA: Services and Resources to Engage Youth in Computer Science". CSTA is the Computer Science Teachers Association, a membership organization of 10,000 educators, institutions, and companies dedicated to supporting and promoting the teaching of computer science and other computing disciplines in K-12. This webinar will focus on services that CSTA provides for formal and informal educators and the free resources it provides for helping young people, their families, and their educational community better understand the computing disciplines and the world of opportunities they provide.

The goal of IBM Programming Contest Central is to promote Computer Science and Information Technology opportunities to high school students. We encourage high school students, high schools and post-secondary institutions to use the resources provided in order to host their own programming contests. We also want to build a community of high school Computer Science teachers by providing the chance to network and share resources with each other.

"Web hosting is our specialty but we also like to share useful information with our community of web developers and designers. Below are three very comprehensive HTML5 cheat sheets that can be easily printed or posted on your website using the provided HTML code."

"Few subjects will open as many doors for students in the 21st century as computer science (CS). The Oracle Academy provides resources to help awaken and deepen student interest in this important field of study."

"Hacker School is a three-month, full-time school in New York for becoming a better programmer. We're free as in beer, and provide space, a little structure, time to focus, and a friendly community of smart builders dedicated to self-improvement."

 Oracle Academy prepares students for 21st century careers and provides teachers with world-class training and professional development opportunities.

I checked out their website and I find it a bit of a joke. First off, their Introduction to CS includes topics like PL/SQL which is proprietary. Oracle states that their Introduction to CS workshop is free and then when you go to enrol it is only available in China, India, and Brazil. I was expecting them to offer something like the FREE course that Stanford offered this spring by Nick Parlante.

Not a very stimulating video, but it does provide a good overview of the Turtle Graphics in Python.

Sydney-based inventor Mark Pesce has developed a way to use public key cryptography over private Twitter messages in response to the social media site providing the US Department of Justice (DOJ) access to user accounts last year.

Play Rock, Paper Scissors in the cloud for your chance to win a trip to Cancun, an Acer Aspire S3 Laptop, a Windows Phone, or an XBOX 360/Kinect bundle! Entering is simple - create a player bot (sample code provided) and enter it before December 16th. Winners will be chosen at random from all bots submitted.

Welcome! In all likelihood, you have come to this site to find out more about the exciting field of computing. The goal of this web site is to provide additional details that will help you prepare for a career in this area. In particular, we hope this site can help you decide how to develop the skills you need to be successful in a computing career - a journey that ordinarily begins with an undergraduate degree in a computing-related discipline. To find out more about the world of computing, click on the links at the left of this page.

Love to shop online? Then you must be very excited about the approaching holiday season as it will provide a chance to purchase gifts for family and friends. But, don't be careless while shopping online as this is also a season of online crime and cybercriminals. This tutorial will help you to shop safely.

Are you a music lover? Love listening to music for hours and hours?? But, your iPod battery is not supporting you. Well, this tutorial will provide you tips and tricks to get the most out of your iPod battery.

Are you in a habit of using short or same passwords? Then change it now. Online world is becoming risky day by day. Hackers are always ready to hack your account and thus, it is your responsibility to protect yourself against cyber-crimes. We are providing you important tips to create strong as well as secure password.

Boosting your Wireless signal is crucial for managing your professional as well as personal stuff. This tutorial is providing you beneficial tips for enhancing performance of your wireless signal.

It is really irritating when the laptop freezes and this hinders your work. Then what to do? Well, in this tutorial we are providing you some help regarding laptop freezing.

Social network provides an amazing kind of entertainment for sure but at the same time they are terrifying also. From Facebook to Instagram to Diaspora, you need to be cautious in every field. Here in this tutorial, let's find out three most important privacy settings for social networking sites.

Underfunded schools in Canada and other countries are using a new, inexpensive, Canadian-made networking software to provide computer access to more students for less money.

Alice is an engaging, introductory programming environment for the creation of animations and games using 3D models. Alice features a drag-and-drop interface that eliminates the frustration of syntax errors for beginning programmers.  This list is for educators who are teaching with Alice or who are considering teaching with Alice (either 2.2 or 3). The purpose of this list is to provide and quick and easy way to ask questions, post ideas and nifty assignments, and generally support all members of the Alice teaching community.