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Game Changers: 12 Technologies That Changed Everything New tech crops up daily, but only the rare breakthroughs really change our lives. Here are a dozen advances that transformed our world.

Information graphics (or infographics) are used to display information in ways that are more creative than plain old text. These days, they surround us in the media, published works, road signs and manuals. Lately, the Internet has been flooded with infographics on various topics, ranging from science and technology to society and culture. In this article, we'll look at the process of designing an infographic about programming.

Object-oriented and dynamic, Python encourages rapid, iterative, and almost exploratory development. But good Python development starts with a good Python IDE. In this roundup, I examine nine Python development environments, many open source, but some commercial. They are Boa Constructor, Eric, ActiveState's Komodo, Oracle's NetBeans, Aptana's Pydev, PyScripter, SPE, Spyder, and WingWare's Wing IDE.

The Computer History Museum offers many online exhibits on a variety of topics related to the history of computing. Some online exhibits like Visible Storage and Mastering the Game complement physical exhibits you can also experience when you visit the Museum in person. Other online exhibits are available only through the Internet and extend the reach of the Museum to virtual visitors around the world.

Infographic showing IP traffic around the world.

Since it never hurts to learn something new, especially a skill set like computer programming in different languages, we will go over some of the best channels that will introduce you to the world of programming. Let's look at which channels made the cut.

This unit aims to teach students the fundamentals of games programming using Kodu, which is a visual game development environment. Using Kodu students will understand how to build a world and program characters and objects before moving on to designing their own games. Each lesson has a PowerPoint file that outlines the tasks.

Please provide the following information to register for "CSTA: Services and Resources to Engage Youth in Computer Science". CSTA is the Computer Science Teachers Association, a membership organization of 10,000 educators, institutions, and companies dedicated to supporting and promoting the teaching of computer science and other computing disciplines in K-12. This webinar will focus on services that CSTA provides for formal and informal educators and the free resources it provides for helping young people, their families, and their educational community better understand the computing disciplines and the world of opportunities they provide.

The Internet: It's growing faster than we can manage to keep up. Penetrating our professional and personal lives, this tool brings the world to our fingertips with a click of a mouse or cell phone button. But with this increase in information also comes an influx of misinformation.

Good article about real world database issues. Likely best for 4U, unless you just want students to get an overview of the complexity.

World Population Globe Chrome Experiment in webgl

"Here is a tour of World Wide Web viewing applications, before they became famous. "

"Topics include abstraction, algorithms, encapsulation, data structures, databases, memory management, security, software development, virtualization, and websites. Languages include C, PHP, and JavaScript plus SQL, CSS, and HTML. Problem sets inspired by real-world domains of biology, cryptography, finance, forensics, and gaming. Designed for concentrators and non-concentrators alike, with or without prior programming experience."

Coding Is Coming To Every Industry You Can Think Of, Time To Start Learning It Now | Co.Exist - http://t.co/e8CBv6iDzm

A very cool application - uses Microsoft Silverlight.