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Emily Watson

Code.org | Anybody can learn - 0 views

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    An effort to engage kids in coding by getting tech and non-tech celebraties to discuss coding in an accessible way. Also, attempts to motivate  them to get into a career where they can work in a really cool office...
Tom Keffer

A Surge in Learning the Language of the Internet - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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    If everyone is learning to write code for the internet, will we see an explosion of new sites, apps, and even games?
Kim Frumin

Should we incorporate this into our schools' curricula? - 3 views

"Great coders are today's rockstars!" says Will.i.am. Great video! I do think coding is an important skill that needs to be offered in schools. The closing quote that only one in ten schools offers...

coding technology learning games

Stephanie Fitzgerald

Why gaming in the classroom may soon be the norm | Firstpost - 5 views

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    An interesting post on games in education that links to many examples for learning to code and mentions some other online educational environments that use gamification.
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    Hi Stephanie - This article also seems to highlight the extrinsic rewards of points and badges -- calling it "gamification." And given our last conversation in class, I wonder if all the points and badges will kill the intrinsic desire to play the games. Interestingly, there was a comment with a link to another article http://www.hideandseek.net/2010/10/06/cant-play-wont-play/ where the writer notes that some games just use "pointification," and that the best games are the ones that have rich cognitive, emotional and social aspects, with choice and skill... but not dependent on points/badges. In light of our "motivation" conversations, it will be interesting to watch how gaming in the classroom plays out if they are largely point/badges driven.
Parisa Rouhani

Italy convicts 3 Google execs for privacy violations - Feb. 24, 2010 - 0 views

  • A judge in Milan found three Google executives guilty Wednesday of violating Italy's privacy code
  • Sucherman said a public prosecutor in Milan then indicted four Google executives
  • for criminal defamation and violation of the country's privacy code.
  • ...2 more annotations...
  • judge found all four executives not guilty of criminal defamation.
  • egal codes do not require Google, the Internet or any other company to control content before it is uploaded to the Web.
Jerald Cole

Etherpad Foundation - Live Document Collaboration - 1 views

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    Etherpad is a hosted web service that allows really real-time document collaboration for groups of users. Etherpad is open source; you can host your own Etherpad by downloading the source code or try Etherpad for free on one of the Public Sites.
Leslie Lieman

Danah Boyd: Cracking Teenagers' Online Codes - 0 views

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    What are the benefits and risks to teen online participation? Dr. Boyd immerses herself in youth communities and researches issues of race, gender, social networking, activism and more.
Kinga Petrovai

Raspberry Pi goes on general sale - 3 views

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    Interesting article and video about a new way of teaching children to program. A credit-card sized computer designed to help teach children to code has gone on sale for the first time. The Raspberry Pi is a bare-bones, low-cost computer created by volunteers mostly drawn from academia and the UK tech industry.
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    I just heard about this from a friend and then stumbled across your link - and then wound up on the Raspberry Pi website to try to find out more about the education component of it (which is supposedly the whole motivation). Right now, the website is focused on showcasing the capabilities of the device and the hardware/software choices that they made. I was disappointed to find, when looking through their FAQ, that there is only one small blurb about educational material in which they vaguely state that support resources are currently under development. No doubt they are allowing a greater number of people access to a cheap Linux machine, but that does not mean those people are going to use it to learn to program. I'll be interested to see if the focus really does shift to education as the resources come together... right now it just seems like a cool new toy for a Linux geek (with the potential to be so much more!)
Parisa Rouhani

Gmail holds 'graduations' and 'funerals' - CNN.com - 0 views

  • this system of color-coded messages is something he invented to save himself time and to organize the 100 or so e-mails he gets in a typical workday
  • Let people create products they'd use themselves, get those products out to the public as soon as possible, and make consumers think it's OK for things to break.
  • Gmail was a beta app for a while in itself and that kind of let us as a company not be too afraid about getting something out that may screw up once in a while."
Parisa Rouhani

Teen Survives After Being Stabbed in Head by 10-Inch Knife - Incredible Health - FOXNew... - 0 views

  • Wei's friend said he was playing an online video game when another gamer accused him of using a cheat code to help him beat online opponents.
  • no main arteries or nerves were damaged
  • Wei is in stable condition following surgery, but doctors say he is still at risk of infections, brain damage, seizures and tetanus.
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