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Google sponsored CS education analysis

School administrations wanting to understand the pro-computer science position in K12 position might find this recent Google sponsored analysis of value. Blikstein, P. (2018). Pre-College Computer Science Education : A Survey of the Field, 45. Retrieved from https://goo.gl/gmS1Vm.

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A case for coding?

If you are interested in the promotion of computer science courses and experiences in K12, you will likely find this lengthy pdf from the “Information technology and innovation foundation of value (The case for improving U.S. Computer Science Education). The … Continue reading

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Maybe you should be a plumber

What vocations should students be strongly encouraged to consider? Computer science seems to be the newest thing. We may be thinking too narrowly. Perhaps the potential income of the next Zuckerberg is encouraging parents and educators to focus students toward coding … Continue reading

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CS Teacher Prep

One of the “issues” with advocates is that they tend to ignore how the “improvements” they suggest will fit within existing structures. This is a significant challenge when proposing additions to a space/time limited system such as education. There are … Continue reading

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Coding in Swift and Hypercard

Ars Technica has an interesting article describing coding in Swift Playground and explores the learning environment partly by comparing it to Hypercard. The detail in this article is great both as a way to understand Swift Playgrounds, but also for … Continue reading

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Evidence – still searching

In an earlier post, I proposed a type of debate considering whether Coding or Argumentation would be the best addition to the K-12 curriculum. Using some of the core ideas of argumentation, I proposed that I would take on this … Continue reading

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