Educator Events
Intro to Mouse: Onboarding workshops
Want to find out about Mouse Create? Sign up for a FREE one-hour online professional development: Intro To Mouse Onboarding. Mouse Create Onboarding sessions will specialize in a course on Mouse Create, giving educators a chance to get more in-depth knowledge and get support on how to use Mouse Create. There will be opportunities to collaborate with new and experienced Mouse educators and build your network.
Mouse Create onboarding workshops are available in two formats: synchronous and asynchronous. Learn more here >
There are currently no synchronous sessions scheduled, please click the button below to learn more about synchronous and asynchronous onboarding sessions.
If you have any questions please contact Membership@mouse.org
Mouse is an approved CTLE sponsor in the state of New York. NY state educators will receive CTLE hours for attending each Professional Development workshop listed below:
Professional Development: NYC DIIT Remote Learning
Mouse is proud to provide remote learning assistance for NYCDOE teachers! Click the link below to sign up for current scheduled sessions, review previously recorded sessions, and see other resources for remote learning.
Professional Development: Code.org's Professional Learning Program for CS Discoveries and AP CS Principles
CS Discoveries is an introductory computer science course for grades 6 - 10 that empowers students to create authentic artifacts and engage with computer science as a medium for creativity, communication, problem-solving, and fun. Can be taught as a 1 or 2-semester course.
AP CSP is a higher level introductory course for 9 - 12th graders that introduces the foundational concepts of computer science while challenging students to explore how computing and technology can impact the world. Can be taught as an AP or non-AP class. Requires a full year to teach.
Youth Events
The annual Emoti-Con NYC Youth Digital Media and Technology Challenge
Emoti-Con is NYC’s biggest showcase for young designers, makers, technologists, and tinkerers who believe in digital innovation as a tool for positive change in the world around them. Students network with peers and professionals and share digital media and technology projects that reflect a range of interest areas and address pressing issues.
Thank you to the 453 students who produced and presented fun, community-centric, insightful, and innovative ideas. Thank you to our 50+ judges for the inspiring, supportive, and constructive reviews for student teams.
We look forward to seeing you all in the spring of 2022!
Other Opportunities
Start your Mouse Membership!
Mouse provides membership options to fit every budget in order to empower learning communities everywhere to reach and see their potential to create with technology and make meaningful change, locally and globally.
Your Mouse Membership will give you access to Mouse Create, our online learning platform designed for young people to build the skills they need to apply design and technology creatively to the world around them. Your membership includes STEM + computer science courses aligned to standards, online support, and digital badges for students to share their achievements.
Mouse Microprojects
Microprojects are monthly, bite-sized challenges for members of our national network to get creative with free web tools and technology. Mouse Microprojects are mini competitions released throughout the school year and cover a wide range of topics, including creating your own font, animated name, avatar, and many more. Winners will receive a prize for their site and recognition on the Mouse Wire!
Mouse Design League
Mouse Design League is a design and technology program in which high school students create inventions to make a positive impact on the lives of others. Design League is comprised of high school students with diverse interests and backgrounds, who gain applied design, technology, workplace, and leadership experience.
Learn more about joining the Design League program at Mouse HQ in Manhattan via the link below. To get information about other Design League programs in the Bronx, Brooklyn, Minneapolis or Jersey City, or if you would like info about starting your own Design League, please contact designleague@mouse.org.
