Lt. Governor Aruna Miller to be Guest Speaker During Computer Science Educator Conference with USM Maryland Center for Computing Education

Baltimore, Md. (July 13, 2023) – The Maryland Center for Computing Education (MCCE) of the University System of Maryland (USM) is partnering with Maryland Codes to invite the public to its computer science celebration on Wed., July 19 for its Community Day. The guest speaker will be Lt. Governor Aruna Miller. The program begins at 8:30 a.m.

The celebration will take place during a week of summer professional learning at Hood College, in the Rosenstock Hall at Hodson Auditorium in Frederick, Md. Attendees will learn about what Maryland has accomplished in computer science education since the passing of Maryland House Bill 281 and what is on the frontier.

For a week in July, K-12 educators and higher education faculty gather to learn how to engage students most effectively in computing education. On July 19, district administrators, computer science specialists, and higher education administrators will join them to celebrate CS Education in Maryland.

The Maryland Center for Computing Education (MCCE) is housed at the University System of Maryland and was founded in partnership with the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and the University of Maryland, College Park. MCCE expands access to computing education to all Maryland children by providing professional learning opportunities for pre-K through 12 educators. The long-term vision is to collaborate across the state with educators, community and business for a strong public-private partnership.

Maryland Codes is Code in the Schools’ professional learning division, and it serves as the Maryland Regional Partner for Code.org.  In 2018 Maryland Codes started its partnership with the Maryland Center for Computing Education (MCCE) to provide professional learning to Computer Science educators across the state of Maryland. Together Maryland Codes and MCCE share a mission to bring high quality computer science professional learning experiences to every school district in Maryland.

Contact Dianne O’Grady-Cunniff, Director, Maryland Center for Computing Education dogrady@usmd.edu for more information.

 

Contact: Mike Lurie
Phone: 301.445.2719
Email: mlurie@usmd.edu