A great endorsement of the concept from a teenager.
computer in the hands of everyone will likely flood the market with mediocre programmers and make it more difficult for companies to discover the good ones.
I have seen the destruction that weaker coders can bring to code bases, and while modern coding techniques largely mitigate the issues, I think that this move will have a positive impact on ‘better’ software houses and a detrimental impact on the rest of the industry.
The school buys a bunch of Raspberry Pis.
Kids can bring their own SD card or buy 1 pre-configured and use the schools Raspberry Pi’s. Or pay a deposit (equaling the cost of a Raspberry Pi) and they can take it home and work on it in their own time. If they want to keep it they just let the school know and a replacement is bought with the deposit.
Ticket to Read lets your students practice important
reading skills at school, home, or the library--anywhere
they can get on the web. Designed for grades K-5, users
can work independently on reading skills, which frees the
teacher to focus on other students. Exciting texts,
continuous feedback, and opportunities to earn points for
prizes makes Ticket to Read your student-friendly ticket
to success.
StarLogo is a programmable modeling environment for exploring the behaviors of decentralized systems, such as bird flocks, traffic jams, and ant colonies. It is designed especially for use by students.