Coding
4 Frighteningly Ambitious Education Experiments for 2014.
“It is isn’t rocket science, its just hard work.” Well, guess what? Our kids need us to build them some rockets. The 100-year old school model we all keep accepting as our canvas is not what kids need.
Loved The Hour Of Code? 3 Great Ideas For What To Do Next
Just because the Hour of Code is finished does not mean you have to stop now... Beyond that, here are our 3 best suggestions to empower students and teachers o continue working and foster their new found love of learning to code:
My Hour of Code
The usability was just one of many things that I loved about my Hour of Code. The lesson included student choice and chunked information into digestible amounts. I was challenged and engaged, while being provided constant and immediate feedback. And the best part, I was left wanting to know and do more.
Do We Really Need to Teach Coding?
“An understanding of coding can provide a strong foundation for many degrees and career paths, including computer science, where there are three times more computing jobs than graduates,” said Annabel Cellini, SVP of Strategic Marketing, Pearson Learning Solutions.
20 Posts to Help Students Learn to Code
The real goal of the Hour of Code is to bring computer science courses into every school, making it part of the math and science core curriculum and already seems to be working. We are already hearing about a lot of growth happening for coding in schools.
Everything is Coming Up Robots
Now I find myself learning and teaching with robots. Where once I was reading through Chaim Potok’s The Chosen asking myself which learning objectives I could met through this text, now I am searching through Youtube videos of robot challenges to find a match for my objectives for the students.
Worlds of Making @ NMHS
At the heart of the vision for my Makerspace is to develop the space and to provide resources and opportunities that will aid in promoting web literacy.
Learn What Most Schools Don’t Teach
Code.org and all the partners behind Computer Science Education Week encourage students, parents, and educators worldwide to engage in computer science. Take a 1 hour course online. Or host it in your classroom. Or ask your school to offer computer science to your children.
The EduPreneurs #04: Zack Galant, CodeHS
December 9-15 is Computer Science Week. You can find lots of ways to get kids involved at CodeHS.com/HourofCode.
Teaching Students to Program in One Hour of Code
According to Time, “the tech sector is set to grow faster than all but five industries by 2020” while offering the best average annual salary, $78,730. That’s a lot of jobs to be filled and a lot of money to be had.