Category: Computer Science
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Building a More Modern Course
I came across this article Building An App In 45 Minutes With Meteor By Sacha Greif and I can’t help but wonder about using it in a class this year. Why not? Indeed. Please read the original post, much better conversation, links, serendipitous continuity. I have captured the article below as I want to use…
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How I Teach Computer Programming
I disagree that the points in the article below, from Eduptopia, are indeed a way to radically transform how we teach computer programming. Why? I do many of these things and always have. JANUARY 25, 2013 Photo credit: bionicteaching via flickr Today, there is a grassroots movement for teaching programming languages to kids. Some…
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Why Teach Every Kid to Program?
At this time of year, looking forward to next year, everyone always asks "Why teach a student to program?" Let’s just do office applications or keyboarding like we always have. The answer is that in today’s workplace, even those who don’t program need to know it. Does your school teach programming? How will your students…