“Through Ignite My Future in School, our shared goal is to help revolutionize innovative learning experiences by strengthening teacher effectiveness and increasing student interest in computational thinking.” “Discovery Education is proud to partner with TCS to help educators and students reimagine learning,” said Bill Goodwyn, President and CEO, Discovery Education. The expansion of Ignite My Future in School will empower educators, administrators and school districts to champion a transdisciplinary approach to learning, as they introduce computer science to students within the context of core subjects, including: English, mathematics, social studies, science and the arts. However, in less than five years, there will be one million more jobs requiring computer science skills. schools teach computer science related courses. Now more than ever, our students need to learn the basic skills that will help them prepare for lifelong learning.” This type of initiative will help to prepare them for many careers and elements of jobs that do not yet even exist. “Students and teachers across 10 school districts, including DeKalb County, Ga., will benefit from the opportunity TCS and Discovery Education are providing as we find improved ways to help equip our students to be ‘big picture’ thinkers. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., a member of the Senate committee that oversees education. “Advanced thinking and greater investment in our students is always to be commended,” said U.S. “Partnering with Discovery Education enables us to deliver maximum impact through a transdisciplinary approach to learning that starts with providing teachers the knowledge they need to empower their students through computational thinking skills that will set them up for success.” students with computational thinking and digital fluency that are critical to succeed in their future careers across all sectors,” said Surya Kant, President, TCS North America, U.K. “As an industry leader, Tata Consultancy Services has a fundamental responsibility to prepare the next generation of U.S. These resources are aligned to national standards, as well as the recently launched K-12 Computer Science Framework.
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In addition, TCS and Discovery Education have launched an online program, TECHademy, which will engage teachers nationwide in an exclusive, cost-free, virtual professional development experience that includes curriculum resources, e-Learning courses, webinars, and more.
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These select schools will experience the unique opportunity to learn and apply computational thinking through an annual free day of professional development for educators and community night for parents. They have joined the initiative in a five-year educator training and learning commitment to help empower middle school teachers. These partner school systems are: Brooklyn, NY Charlotte, N.C. school systems – with more than 6,700 teachers and 194,000 students – joined the effort as early adopters of this transdisciplinary approach. As a first step towards this goal, TCS and Discovery Education also announced that 10 U.S. Recognizing the importance of computational thinking as a foundational skill, Ignite My Future in School has a goal of engaging 20,000 teachers and one million U.S.
This, a first-of-its-kind, multi-million dollar initiative, leverages computational thinking and new teaching resources as a catalyst to transform the way K-12 students learn across America.
NEW YORK, NY | SILVER SPRING, MD, Septem– Tata Consultancy Services, (TCS), (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS) a leading global IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, and Discovery Education, the leading provider of digital education content and professional development for K-12 classrooms, today announced the launch of Ignite My Future in School. School Systems and 190,000+ Students Join as Early Computational Thinking Adopters, Receiving Professional Development, Educator Guides, Model Lesson Plans, CS Curriculum Connectors, and a Learning Leader for Year-round Support
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