Why Computer Science Belongs in Every Science Teacher’s Classroomedsurge.com - Sheena Vaidyanathan During the summer, I taught a computer science course for educators at the Krause Center for Innovation at Foothill College. Funded by Google’s CS4HS …
Lego's new toy train is a STEM tool for preschoolersEngadget - Kris NaudusCoding Express is one way to teach your toddler basic programming concepts. Twenty years ago Lego introduced Mindstorms as a way to engage kids who were becoming more interested in video games and the
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me When I Was Learning How to Codefreecodecamp.org - Cecily Carver And what I’ve learned from teaching others Cecily CarverBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing Nov 22, 2013 Before you learn to code, think about what you want …
Bring Coding To Your Classroom, TOMORROWpbs.org - PBS Why should educators across all grade levels and subjects integrate coding computer sciences into the curriculum? That was the theme of my last blog. …
DeepCode cleans your code with the power of AITechCrunch - John BiggsZurich-based DeepCode claims that their system — essentially a tool for analyzing and improving code — is like Grammarly for programmers. The system, which uses a corpus of 250,000 rules, reads your public
Apple’s Hour of Code Classes Are a Fun Intro to the World of ProgrammingiPadInsight - jhrogersiiI wrote about Apple’s Hour of Code events a few weeks ago when they announced their expanded slate of classes in celebration of Computer Science Education Week. While coding class classes dominated the
In Finland, Kids Learn Computer Science Without ComputersThe Atlantic - Emily DeRuyStudents can learn the basics with a set of knitting needles. The Finns are pretty bemused by Americans’ preoccupation with whether to put iPads in every classroom. If a tablet would enhance learning,
Study: Middle School Is Key to Girls' Coding InterestU.S. News & World Report - Gaby Galvin The gender gap in computing jobs has gotten worse in the last 30 years, even as computer science job opportunities expand rapidly, according to new …
Play button From Dabbling to Doing: 6 Tools That Excite Kids About Codingkqed.org - MindShift By Tanner Higgin, Common Sense Education It’s clear coding and computer science have become key priorities in K-12 education. From Code.org’s massive …
Coding in the Classroom with Swift Playgroundsjonathanwylie.com - jonathanwylie The recent release of iOS 10 unlocked a creative coding opportunity for iPad classrooms called Swift Playgrounds. It’s an iPad app that lets you …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo Library Journalslj.com Didn’t find what you were looking for? First, try this. If you typed the URL directly, please make sure the spelling is correct. If you clicked on a …
What’s the Difference Between Coding and Computational Thinking?edsurge.com - Sheena Vaidyanathan In my last EdSurge article, “Computer Science Goes Beyond Coding,” I wrote about the difference between coding and computer science, to help us …
Here are all the crazy-advanced robots built by Google's Boston Dynamics groupBusiness Insider - Danielle MuoioBoston Dynamics, a robot group born out of MIT and currently owned by Google, makes absolutely incredible robots. From giant dog robots to ones resembling humans, these are definitely the most advanced
iPad Can Learning To Code Be As Simple As Lego?Fast Company - John BrownleeOsmo Coding uses simple building blocks to teach kids motor skills and programming logic at the same time. Coding is notoriously abstract, yet consensus increasingly says we need to be teaching it to kids
Play button The nation’s largest school districts are rushing to fill the coding gappbs.org - Michael D. Regan On a recent Friday afternoon at a Brooklyn public school, the children of Sabrina Knight’s second-grade class listened intently as she referenced a …
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo Official Website of Root | The robot that brings code to liferootrobot.io Root is a robot that drives and draws on whiteboards and uses over 50 sensors and actuators to make human-robot coding highly interactive and …
Why my kids will learn to code as a second languageVentureBeat - Randy Redberg, Experts ExchangeBeing a dad of two young boys, I have thought a great deal lately about what the world will look like for them in the future. When they hit high school, and it’s time to choose a second language, given
EdTech Tutorial: How To Use The App ‘Cargobot’ To Teach Programmingedtech4beginners.com - Neil Jarrett Cargobot is a free App (on the Appstore) which is excellent for learning how to program. It starts of with tutorials, then simple tasks and moves on …
Coding and Robotics for K-5 with Dash & DotApple Inc.• Author: Wonder Workshop Dash & Dot are exciting, hands-on learning tools for students in grades K–5. Targeted at teaching creative problem solving and computational thinking, they help students learn
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo Here’s Why I’m Going To Teach My Math Students To Codeteachingchannel.org - Josh Kwon Why teach coding? Simply put, coding can change and impact people’s lives. The effect technology — as a result of computer code — has on this world …
24 Websites to Offer Coding at SchoolHuffPost - Tom OstapchukThis piece was co-authored with Rachel Paulter, marketer at Chalk.com. Computer science (CS) education faces a crisis. The White House calls computer science "an economic and social imperative for the
Coding education rare in K-12 schools but starting to catch onChicago Tribune - John KeilmanLike most high school students, Wells Community Academy junior Darius Taplet doesn't know much about computer programming, a skill that is increasingly seen as a ticket to the good life. But the Chicago
Classroom ICT | 5 Coding Apps to Use in Your Classroomedublogs.org With all the talk about coding being the new idea that should be included into the curriculum, I decided to look into coding apps for iPads. Our …
Hour of Code - Coding Resources for Students of All Agesedtechpicks.org - Posted December 6, 2015 by Nick LaFave under General Hour of Code – Coding Resources for Students of All Ages December 4-10 is Computer Science Education Week. Introduce your students to computer science …
Makey Makey Math – Coding Probability Simulators #makerEDbrianaspinall.com As I gear up to present student work at ETFO’s ICT Conference in Toronto, I’d like to share some ideas: 1. Coding allows for students to learn across …
A Beginner’s Guide to Bringing Coding Into the Classroomedsurge.com - Kasey Bell In case you haven’t been paying attention, computer science skills are vastly becoming some of the most in-demand skills of the twenty-first century. …
Play button These defiant robots are learning to reject human ordersTNW - Bryan ClarkRobots that we interact with in today’s society are programmed to carry out tasks without deviation. The robots of the future might just be a little more defiant. Researchers at the Tufts University Human-Robot
