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Bradford Saron

Computer Science for Non-Majors Takes Many Forms - NYTimes.com - 2 views

  • “To reading, writing and arithmetic, we should add computational thinking to every child’s analytical ability.”
  • “ ‘Literacy’ implies reading and writing, so ‘computer literacy’ suggests that writing programs is a required skill for activity under this name,” says Henry M. Walker, a computer science professor at Grinnell. “However, general citizens may or may not have to write programs to function effectively in this technological age.” He prefers to promote “computer fluency,” attainable without assignments in programming.
  • Someday, the understanding of computational processes may be indispensable for people in all occupations. But it’s not yet clear when we’ll cross that bridge from nice-to-know to must-know.
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    Here we see coding added to the literacies that we should all be able to exert as adults. Again, I sense a theme here. HT-@wiscprincipal
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