Posts Tagged computer science
Schools Making Minorities into the Serfs of the Information Age
Posted by Julia Steiny in Uncategorized on April 4, 2013
Published by EducationNews.org – “Education will only prepare people for life in a democracy when education itself is also democratic.” “Education will only prepare people for life in a democracy when education itself is also democratic.” – John Dewey, in 1916, Democracy and Education. “I think minorities are… are scared, you know, to jump into the (computer-science) […]
We’ll Never Achieve STEM Goals Without Computer Science
Posted by Julia Steiny in Uncategorized on March 29, 2013
Published by EducationNews.org – “Everyone in this country should learn how to program a computer because it teaches you how to think.” — Steve Jobs, founder of Apple Back in the day, the high-tech innovation that rocked my world was a self-correcting typewriter. Mere keystrokes replaced the black-ink ribbon with a white-out tape so I could […]
Algebra Can Be Taught as Basic Software Programming
Posted by Julia Steiny in Uncategorized on August 16, 2012
Published by EducationNews.org– Creative approaches to algebra — like using computer science and technology — can help improve math education outcomes. Recently, in the New York Times opinion section, Professor Andrew Hacker asked, Is Algebra Necessary? Surely he knew the educated, newspaper-reading public would revile him for such heresy. He states obvious truths, however. Algebra, and […]
Part IV — AMSA, Where Academic Subjects Work Together
Posted by Julia Steiny in Uncategorized on March 8, 2012
Published by EducationNews.org — Details about how AMSA uses computer science to blend academic subjects. Rik and Marcin, 7th-graders, seem positively jazzed about showing me the product of their programing efforts. We’re in Karine Laidley’s computer-science class at Advanced Math and Science Academy Charter School (AMSA). Today is the last day students can put finishing touches on […]
