What are the real reasons to introduce kids to coding? A teacher reveals how coding can help your child be a better thinker, creator and problem-solver
Source: Top 5 REAL reasons to introduce kids to coding – MakerBlog
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To Make Better Predictions, Don’t Stick With The Easy Stuff : 13.7: Cosmos And Culture : NPR
There’s value in recognizing and attending to the problems we struggle with; it not only provides an opportunity to learn, but also to become better calibrated in our predictions, says Tania Lombrozo.
Source: To Make Better Predictions, Don’t Stick With The Easy Stuff : 13.7: Cosmos And Culture : NPR
Why Do Wild Chimpanzees Throw Stones At Trees? : 13.7: Cosmos And Culture : NPR
Anthropologist Barbara J. King explores new research on wild apes who throw stones at trees and cache them to use again — a behavior not seen and documented before and that some say may be ritual.
Source: Why Do Wild Chimpanzees Throw Stones At Trees? : 13.7: Cosmos And Culture : NPR
Should Computer Education Cover More Than Just Coding? : NPR Ed : NPR
Computers are not just about programming. There’s also a lot of theory — and science — behind technology. Coding bootcamps often downplay theory, and some university programs are too heavy on it.
Source: Should Computer Education Cover More Than Just Coding? : NPR Ed : NPR
Coding Class, Then Naptime: Computer Science For The Kindergarten Set : NPR Ed : NPR
New software introduces programming skills to pre-readers. Is this 21st century literacy? Or too much, too soon?
Source: Coding Class, Then Naptime: Computer Science For The Kindergarten Set : NPR Ed : NPR
A Kids’ Coding Expert Says We’re Making Computer Class Way Too Boring : NPR Ed : NPR
Love this. First, Mitchel Resnick is the oracle. Second, PBS Kids is partnering with MIT/Scratch to get their characters into Scratch Jr.
This week, thousands of events around the world are encouraging computer-coding literacy. “Coding is really about creative self-expression and storytelling,” says Mitchel Resnick of MIT’s Media Lab.
Source: A Kids’ Coding Expert Says We’re Making Computer Class Way Too Boring : NPR Ed : NPR
Scale of teaching
Greg Wilson – thoughts on teaching “in the small” and “in the large”, on leverage and scaling.
http://third-bit.com/2015/10/09/teaching-in-the-large.html
Writing for programmers
The real reason Silicon Valley coders write bad software: they can’t write.
http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/10/the-real-reason-silicon-valley-coders-write-bad-software/263377/
Explainer: what it will take to make computer science education available in all schools
Computing Teachers are Different from Software Developers: WIPSCE 2014 Keynote | Computing Education Blog
Guzdial on what makes a teacher a teacher, different from a practitioner.