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TI Codes Contest 2020

June 14, 2020

I’m getting this post up much too late, but Texas Instruments has another iteration of their NASA coding contests going on right now, with a grand prize of a TI-Innovator Rover and a TI graphing calculator. Top teams also get to take a trip to NASA’s Johnson Space Center. These contests are always a great chance for students to express creativity in STEM and learn coding concepts. I say that I’m getting this post up too late because Texas Instruments has already selected which students will advance beyond the first round.

Second Annual TI Codes Contest

By Tech Powered Dad in code

February 20, 2019

Texas Instruments has just launched their second annual “TI Codes” contest to coincide with National Engineers Week. For STEM teachers, regardless of whether you are a math, science, or computer science teacher, this is a great opportunity to get kids involved in writing code in a fun contest. This year’s theme–food! TI is asking students to create a food product which could mean a new code driven cooking utensil, storage solution, nutrition idea, etc.

Springboard vs. Udacity

By Tech Powered Dad in careers

February 18, 2019

Please note that some links on this site are affiliate links, meaning a percentage of your purchase will support my work at Tech Powered Math at no additional cost to you. Thanks for your support! TLDR: Udacity’s ultra competitive pricing and tight curriculum will make it the choice for the masses, but Springboard offers a concierge level of coaching that will appeal for those that don’t want to be thrown in the deep end without a guide.

Springboard Data Science Review

By Tech Powered Dad in careers

September 6, 2018

In this post: One on One Mentoring Springboard Cybersecurity Review Springboard UX Design Review Do Springboard Students Get Jobs? Is Springboard Worth the Money? TLDR Data Science Career Track Review For a little over a year, I’ve worked a couple of hours a week in my evenings with a young company called Springboard, and I’ve become a really big evangelist of the program. The company’s ambition is to help people find new careers in tech fields like data science, digital marketing, and UX design without the full investment of time and money that an additional degree carries.

Top 5 Programming Languages for Kids

By Tech Powered Dad in code

August 8, 2018

In This Post: Best Language for Young Children Best Language for Platforms They Already Know Best Language for Building Web Apps Best Language for Building Mobile Apps Easiest Language to Get Stuff Done So you’ve got a child, and you want to encourage their love of computers by getting them started in a programming language, but you don’t know which one to start with. Or maybe you are the “kid” reading this, a middle school kid, a college kid (or just a kid at heart), knowing that you are interested in learning to write code, but feeling overwhelmed by the choice of languages.

TI Codes Contest 2020

Second Annual TI Codes Contest

Springboard vs. Udacity

Springboard Data Science Review

Top 5 Programming Languages for Kids

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