by andflywrite | Jun 15, 2017 | BEST LINKS EVER
This seems a bit like Deja Vu…could it really be that it took until 2017 for this to occur? And what about US ed policy…do we have this too? AFAIK, we don’t. Canadian schoolchildren will soon start learning computer coding and other digital skills...
by andflywrite | Dec 14, 2015 | BEST LINKS EVER
On Friday, all of Oñate’s 1,700 students participated in Hour of Code, one of the largest educational events in history. The project, which exposes students to programming — or coding — with easy-to-understand games and video messages from celebrities, has reached...
by andflywrite | Jul 3, 2014 | BEST LINKS EVER
The #YesWeCode initiative targets low-opportunity youth and provides them with the necessary resources and tools to become world-class computer programmers. Link kudos to Gary. Fundraising ideas, support ideas, are something PSA needs to be looking into now; PSA...
by kris | Jul 2, 2014 | BEST LINKS EVER
An interesting article by a young women now working for Forbes discussing how colleges can better support young women in learning coding. PSA is recruiting young women to the T3 Youth Brigade, and a core concept is a social learning construct to support...
by andflywrite | Apr 6, 2014 | BEST LINKS EVER
Rebecca Galves, CS outreach at NMSU, recently met with PSA, and discussed “LiveCode” as a coding platform that supports App development, and that she has ongoing programs that work on teaching young people this “language”. The two she...