Author: John Walker
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Internet Revolution Creates A Digital Divide
A strange phenomenon is happening today in technology: it’s evolving, it’s proliferating, and it’s changing the way people learn. But more than that, it’s creating a knowledge gap that’s affecting a certain demographic of people in the world. While the Internet is responsible for more global economic growth than renewable energy, mining, and agriculture, there…
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Should Computer Science Be Required in K-12?
I found this article today by Audrey Watters. Read the entire article and the related material and comments Should Computer Science Be Required in K-12? It resonated with me as I was unable once again to get a substantive step forward in teaching CS at my current school. Sadly, the competition for existing Science classes,…
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Google Apps Script is Another Reason to Learn Javascript with CodeYear
Automate tasks across Google Products Scripts that are easy to build and fast to run Google Apps Script is a JavaScript cloud scripting language that provides easy ways to automate tasks across Google products and third party services. With Google Apps Script you can: Automate repetitive business processes (e.g. expense approvals,…
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Snow Day: Working on CodeYear from Codecademy
Interesting that yesterday Codecademy announced Code Year Meetups for those struggling to keep up. The future of education is being shaped by those exploring today. So, while I am stuck at home on a snow day I am off to work on this week’s lessons. Codecademy is taking its classes to the classrooms. This morning press…