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“Every student in every school should have the opportunity to learn to code,” says code.org with an awesome video. See it here in one or all of its three different lengths. I applaud code.org‘s important efforts promoting computer science with the video, quotes from famous persons, and links to CS resources. They cooperate with CSTA […] Computer Science Education Week promotes the importance of Computer Science (CS) in education, especially in K-12 education. The results of Computer Science are all around us, from the apps on our computers and mobile devices to the way we communicate electronically. Learn more about CSEdWeek at http://www.csedweek.org. More importantly if you are a student, learn […] Marie Webster, recent Ph. D. graduate of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine with a major in Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, is working at her lab in Philadelphia. She reports that bioinformatics is going to be big in the next few years and it is an important application of computer science. Even now, […] Computer Science was prominent in a discussion on national news program PBS Newshour last evening (2012-04-26). Judy Woodruff interviewed Dr. Maria Klawe, president of Harvey Mudd College. Dr. Klawe’s initial point is “..we get very few young women going into computer science and physics and areas of engineering. And we even know the reason why […] Four related, yet distinct, areas of technology in education are information technology, educational technology, information literacy, and computer science. Information technology (IT) includes network and servers and computer hardware and software maintenance and repair. Educational technology applies technologies and methods to improve teaching and student learning. Information literacy is “the ability to know when there […] | |||||
