Code Monster teaches kids to crunch Javascript, builds appetite for programming. Greg Linden with his Code Monster programming site.
Greg Linden is a veteran software engineer and startup entrepreneur in Seattle who developed Amazon.com’s recommendation engine, started the personalized news website Findory.com and worked for Microsoft’s Live Labs, among other tech ventures and companies. He’s also a parent who wants to make sure his kids learn a little about computer programming languages. But when he initially looked around for something helpful online, all he could find “was either tutorials designed for adults that overwhelm younger learners with their boring syntax and complexity, or games that didn’t teach an actual, valuable programming language.” Microsoft Sends Engineers to Schools to Encourage the Next Generation.
Stuart Isett for The New York Times “We are taking the kids farther than I could do,” said Michael Braun, a teacher who is working with the Microsoft volunteers.
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Photograph: Alamy A vigorous debate has begun – within government and elsewhere – about what should be done about information and communication technology (ICT) in the school curriculum. Various bodies – the Royal Society, the Association for Learning Technology, Computing at School (a grassroots organisation of concerned teachers) and the British Computer Society, to name just four – have published reports and discussion documents aimed at ministers and the Department for Education.
How Codecademy got so hot, so fast. Codecademy is on fire right now.
The startup, which teaches users how to program with an interactive and social web application, has garnered more than 1 million users (including bold-faced names such as New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg) and made learning how to write computer code trendy with its “Code Year” program aimed at the New Year’s resolution crowd. Turn On, Code In, Drop Out: Tech Programmers Don’t Need College Diplomas - Technology.
David King got his start as a professional programmer working odd jobs.
He took on small software projects, set up networks, that sort of thing. For fun in his spare time he’d contribute to the open-source operating system FreeBSD—a pastime many developers consider the most thankless job ever. People started to notice. Why Aren't Computer Programming Languages Designed Better? For many digital products, poor user interface design and UX can sink an app’s fortunes even if the underlying engineering is powerful and innovative.
(Remember Color?) But what about the interfaces behind the interface, the ones that developers spend hundreds or thousands of hours interacting with while they build software for the rest of us? Kidsruby.com. KidsRuby Teaches Your Children How to Program. You’ve got to start them young, right?
With kids picking up on how to use a computer faster than ever before, why not teach them how to program too? Kids Ruby is a piece of software and set of tutorials that teaches kids the art of development, with Ruby as its programming language of choice. Forget science fairs, your son or daughter could be the next Mark Zuckerberg. Meet the Internet’s newest boy genius. Meetings, travel, Le Web and pitches from countless startups have left me exhausted.
I have hardly slept for nearly a week. I am tired and a little irritated and in need of a pick-me-up. An espresso shot isn’t enough. Developer's Night. Apple's plan to get its products in schools? Educate the educators. Apple products have penetrated multiple markets, shaking up the way people work, create, design and learn by using the company’s range of desktop computers, notebooks and handheld devices.
The company’s new CEO, Tim Cook, recently told media at its iPhone 4S launch event that the iPad was now being deployed or tested by 92 percent of the Fortune 500 within their enterprises, rising from 75 percent last quarter. Just under half of the Global 500 have adopted the tablet – using it in medical establishments, in construction and a whole range of different environments. One area that we know has grown substantially over the years is how schools, colleges and universities are rapidly adopting Apple products, shifting from paper textbooks to ebooks and digital publications. Apple products are often much more expensive than other devices on the market, so how does Apple tempt schools to deploy its Mac computers and supply their students with iPads? Absolutely amazing: 6th grade iPhone app developer speaks at TEDx.
9 November '11, 07:17pm Follow Thomas Suarez is in the 6th grade at a middle school in the South Bay.
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