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Wolfram Programming Lab: Computational Thinking Starts Here - 0 views

  • Wolfram Programming Lab has a step-by-step introductory programming course built right in. Written by Stephen Wolfram himself, An Elementary Introduction to the Wolfram Language teaches you the basics of the Wolfram Language in a straightforward, accessible way—even if you've never coded before
  • The Wolfram Language concept: make the language do the work, not you! Automate as much as possible, so you write a tiny piece of code, and the computer figures out everything else.
Phil Taylor

iPad: The Microwave Oven of Computing | Techinch - 0 views

  • The microwave isn’t easier for every cooking task
  • But it simplified simple cooking, and consumers around the world saw it as a necessary piece of equipment
  • Everyone thought the iPad needed traditional computer programs to be successful
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  • Apple introduced the iPad, a computing device many have struggled to classify.
  • customers bought them, took them home
  • Apps that never made sense on computers with keyboards and mice, like GarageBand and finger paint apps and eReaders, suddenly found life on a 9.7″ slate of glass and metal
  • Not doing the same old stuff, but new, innovative things that you would have never thought of on a traditional PC with a screen, keyboard, and mouse on a desk
  • orm factor that makes computing more accessible to more people than ever.
Phil Taylor

Google for Education: Computational Thinking - 0 views

  • Exploring Computational Thinking (ECT) is a curated collection of lesson plans, videos, and other resources on computational thinking (CT). This site was created to provide a better understanding of CT for educators and administrators, and to support those who want to integrate CT into their own classroom content, teaching practice, and learning.
Phil Taylor

SiMPLE -- The Computer Programming Language For Kids! - 1 views

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    ""The Programming Language for Kids!""
Phil Taylor

About CS First | Google CS First - 0 views

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    "CS First provides free, easy-to-use computer science (CS) enrichment materials that target and engage a diverse student population"
Phil Taylor

More powerful pencils: 1:1 Laptop Programs and 21st century learning « 21k12 - 2 views

  • it is not because they had a 1-1 program in itself that made them so, but because they had a classroom culture of student inquiry, of research, collaboration, and on-line publishing, all of which were well supported by the laptops in students’ hands.
  •   “Laptop computers [would not be] technological tools; rather, [they would be] cognitive tools that are holistically integrated into the teaching and learning processes of their school.”
  • One of the best sections of this article speaks right to this, as it advocates schools to bring the students to the table: But it’s not just teachers who experts say must be involved in the 1-to-1 planning process—students should be, too.
Phil Taylor

Lewisville's texting-in-class program gets thumbs-up from teachers, students | Dallas-F... - 0 views

  • “How is the Kashmir conflict more than just a religious battle?”Instead of raising their hands to respond, the students quietly began typing their answers into their smartphones, laptops and tablet computers arrayed on their desks. Almost immediately, their words appeared on an interactive whiteboard at the front of the class.
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