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Those who teach coding
The ACM has been on a mission to promote coding in K-12. Their logic makes sense – coding is important to the 21st century economy. Who can argue? Among the limitations noted in the K-12 setting are the lack of … Continue reading
Coding is not for everyone
The strident arguments that all students must be coders or makers will likely be unproductive. For me, it is pretty much equivalent to the argument that all must play football or join the band. I just do not understand (unless … Continue reading
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Creative Commons – In Pictures
I have created explanations of Creative Commons before. Sometimes better ways of explaining the system surface or at least methods that are more efficient. Here is a post from LifeHacker that explains Creative Commons licenses in pictures. The graphic representation … Continue reading
Mozilla – Web literacy resources
You may or may not recognize Mozilla – the open source community responsible for many early Internet resources. The community continues in developing content and resources and offers this wiki related to the consideration of web literacy and responsibilities. The … Continue reading
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Scratch Jr
Coding for kids is in. MIT and the Scratch programming environment have been pioneers in this area which is also sometimes labelled as computational thinking. Scratch Jr is the newest offering – a way for learners 5-7 to have coding … Continue reading
What – iPhoto synch is mandatory
I often travel with a Macbook Air because it is small, light, and I can fit it in my camera bag. The downside of my computer is that it has such a small storage capacity. I discovered something today that … Continue reading
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