This is the twitter account for the Northwood HS Computer Science Dept in Silver Spring, MD
Joined November 2019
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27 Sep 2023
Day 1 of MCEL is in the books. Northwood bested JH Blake 4-3, 7-2. While the day did not go perfectly, the kids had a great time and are definitely looking forward to the next 8 weeks of competition!! #MCEL #Northwood #eSports @NorthwoodPrin @ApNorthwood @Bostic
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20 Sep 2023
The gaming laptops have arrived!!! Our team is excited to get the inaugural MoCo eSports League season underway!!! #MCEL @GameGymEsports @NorthwoodPrin
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25 Sep 2023
Woot!! When Ms M has a little too much time on her hands.
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9 Aug 2023
My wishlist - mostly I feed my kids. We do occasionally do some computer science.
amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2G…
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27 Mar 2023
MxLab came to Northwood today to teach us about artificial intelligence!!
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14 Mar 2023
Congratulations to the NHS CyberStart America team!! They had a great day competing with 65 other teams from MCPS. We didn’t win but we had a blast and learned a lot!!
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14 Mar 2023
And so it begins!! 2023 Cyberstart America competition. Good luck Gladiators! #CyberStartAmerica
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21 Feb 2023
The Northwood Comp Sci Dept has some new toys to play with!!! @NHS_TESSAcademy @NorthwoodSTE
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In 2022, Croak was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame for her patent regarding VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) Technology. She is one of the first two Black women to receive that honor, along with Patricia Bath. #RoleModelsinCS
ALT Marian Croak: Patented VoIP technology, which allows users to make calls over the internet instead of a phone line
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NHS Computer Science Dept retweeted
26 Jan 2023
When programming languages were created:
1957: Fortran
1958: LISP
1959: #COBOL
1964: BASIC
1972: C
1978: SQL
1980: C
1991: Python
1993: R
1995: PHP, Java & JS
2001: C#
2009: Go
2014: Swift
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NHS Computer Science Dept retweeted
22 Jan 2023
We're thrilled to announce a partnership w/@SmithsonianACM: the 2023 Environmental Justice Academy is a free oppty w/stipend for young women & non-binary youth of color, ages 14-18, living along #AnacostiaRiver/its tributaries in #DC, #MontgomeryCounty, #PrinceGeorgesCounty.(1/3)
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NHS Computer Science Dept retweeted
29 Dec 2022
Spend time this winter break learning about the 4 C’s (#communication, #collaboration, #creativity, and #criticalthinking). Watch this #PD to learn new strategies on how you can use computer science to reinforce each skill and get a free CS lesson: codelicious.com/free-resourc…
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NHS Computer Science Dept retweeted
28 Dec 2022
MYTH: You need a computer science degree to get started with Programming.
REALITY: You need YouTube.
Get started with these 10 channels:
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NHS Computer Science Dept retweeted
14 Dec 2022
Exciting things happening at Northwood!
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12 Dec 2022
Wizzblek the Jawa is ready for the holidays and he has a new bantha, Babbage.
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NHS Computer Science Dept retweeted
11 Dec 2022
Join us Sat. afternoon, 12/17, for our next adult (18 ) hike! Founder/Exec. Dir @ElanaMintz202 leads a walk thru a magical public green space in Rockville, MD--a former golf course that's now a public park/birding destination. Please register in advance: urbanadventuresquad.org
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Grace Hopper was born on this day in 1906! She invented the COBOL programming language and was part of the team that developed the UNIVAC I computer. #CSEdWeek #HourOfCode #RoleModelsinCS
ALT Grace Hopper: Computer Science Pioneer
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