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Nebraska
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| Homepage: http://www.nebraska.gov/
| Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebraska
| Twitter: https://twitter.com/Nebraskagov

* 37th State (1867)
* Population: ~ 1.8 million (2013)
* Capital: `Lincoln, Nebraska <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln,_Nebraska>`__
* Largest City: `Omaha, Nebraska <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omaha,_Nebraska>`__

Unicameral Legislature
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| Homepage: http://www.nebraskalegislature.gov/
| Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebraska_Legislature
| Twitter: https://twitter.com/UnicamUpdate

Governor
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| Homepage: http://www.governor.nebraska.gov/
| Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Governor_of_Nebraska

Chief Information Officer
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| Homepage: http://www.cio.nebraska.gov/

Nebraska Information Technology Commission
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| Homepage: http://www.nitc.nebraska.gov/

* http://www.nitc.nebraska.gov/state_gov_council/legislation.html


Ideas
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CS as STEM credit for HS graduation
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* http://www.reddit.com/r/compsci/comments/1tjmd4/high_schools_not_meeting_stem_demand_only_9/ce8nmmx (2013)

  https://westurner.github.io/redditlog/#comment/ce8nmmx

      By incentivizing study of Computer Science with credit for graduation, we may be more likely to meet demand for "One Million Additional College Graduates with Degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics"

      * http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/pcast-engage-to-excel-final_2-25-12.pdf
      * http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/pcast-executive-report-final_2-13-12.pdf
      * http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/fact_sheet_final.pdf

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* "Our nation unites behind computer science"

  "Every student in America should have this opportunity"

  http://blog.code.org/post/143499707508/our-nation-unites-behind-computer-science (2016)

* Hashtag: ``#CSForAll``

  * https://twitter.com/hashtag/CSforAll

See also: :ref:`Linked Curricula Graphs`


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What about creating computer games?
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* Gamification

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamification

* Game Theory

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_theory

* [ ] Which parts of gaming teach STEM mathematical systems with limits and interaction?

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CS skills for STEM fields
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* https://wrdrd.github.io/docs/consulting/software-development#computer-science
* :ref:`U.S. Digital Services Playbook <us digital services playbook>`
* :ref:`Cool Projects <cool-projects>`


.. index:: Linked Curricula Graphs
.. _linked curricula graphs:

Linked Curricula Graphs
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* BeautifulSoup(UNOmaha course catalog HTML) > graph edges (2007)

  * pyglobalgoals Jupyter notebook (BeautifulSoup, requests, JSON-LD,
    schema.org) (2015)

    :ref:`pyglobalgoals`

* https://westurner.github.io/self-directed-learning/slides.html#knowledge-graph (2012)
* https://westurner.github.io/redditlog/#comment/ci3c1o3 (2014)

* [ ] Link each component of the curriculum to a concept URI
  (e.g. Wikipedia (-> DBpedia RDF <- http://lod-cloud.net/))

  * RDFa in Course Catalog / Index HTML pages would be helpful

    * "RDFa": https://wrdrd.github.io/docs/consulting/knowledge-engineering#rdfa
    * :ref:`schemaorg_course`

  * Wikipedia Concept URIs:

    * https://wrdrd.github.io/docs/consulting/data-science
    * https://wrdrd.github.io/docs/consulting/software-development#user-story
    * https://wrdrd.github.io/docs/consulting/knowledge-engineering
    * https://wrdrd.github.io/docs/consulting/education-technology #

.. _schemaorg_course:

schema.org/Course
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* [ ] schema.org/Course: https://github.com/schemaorg/schemaorg/issues/195

  * [ ] schema.org/Course PR: https://github.com/schemaorg/schemaorg/pull/972
  * [ ] http://course.schema-course-extend.appspot.com/Course

* [ ] OpenBadges **JSON** Web Signatures and **Schema.org**
  **RDFa**, **JSON-LD**:

  https://github.com/openbadges/openbadges-specification/issues/9


.. index:: OpenBadges
.. _openbadges:

OpenBadges
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| Homepage: http://openbadges.org/
| Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Open_Badges
| Standard: https://github.com/openbadges/openbadges-specification
| Docs: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Badges
| Twitter: https://twitter.com/openbadges

* [ ] OpenBadges **JSON** Web Signatures and **Schema.org**
  **RDFa**, **JSON-LD**:

  https://github.com/openbadges/openbadges-specification/issues/9


.. index:: OpenBadges Backpack
.. _openbadges-backpack:

OpenBadges Backpack
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| Homepage: https://backpack.openbadges.org/backpack/
| Source: https://github.com/mozilla/openbadges-backpack