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An outline of practical steps has helped teachers keep students from under represented minority groups in computer science class. Part of the guideline means addressing bias in classwork and helping students feel included.
Across 33 rich countries, only 5% of the population has high computer-related abilities, and only a third of people can complete medium-complexity tasks.
The internet is magic!
Seeking to make computing education as available as mathematics or science education.
Research; okay for the grad assignment
Teachers are finding that when they explicitly teach deep reading strategies geared to digital media, students can access and comprehend complex texts.
Developing the teaching techniques so everyone develops computational literacy skills.
The University of Virginia is a leader for women in engineering among public schools. But many flagships lag far behind.
I’m skeptical about “teach the kids to code!” as a panacea for all of society’s ills. Yet today, I’m at the White House to participate in a summit on Computer Science for All. Why would a skeptic still think it’s important to make computer science part
As Elrond famously says to Gandalf describing the fateful moment when the One Ring is kept alive by an ambitious king, "I was there Gandalf, I was ...
A few basic changes helped them improve the gender balance.
Breck Wills examines how and why we need to teach computer science to more students earlier on.
Since I’ve been using blocks-based languages lately (see my posts on GP and MOHQ), I’ve been thinking more about the challenges of using blocks-based languages, and programming and lear…
Worthy of critique. Lots of jargon, not an inviting design.
Bootcamps are a micro example of how the tech industry is built on the emotional labor of the same groups who are marginalized within it.