Effective Teaching Should Create Students Who Think Like Scientists

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteI was alerted to this article by Mark Guzdial’s blog: Carl Wieman on Effective Teaching « Computing Education Blog. (Mark’s blog almost always has something I find interesting – thanks Mark!) There are a few things that really jumped out … Continue reading →

Stretching your mind: Arguing for multiple programming languages for designers « Computing Education Blog

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteStretching your mind: Arguing for multiple programming languages for designers « Computing Education Blog.   Well worth repeating. Also, something I’ve been saying for years. This is from jruby 2012 and the keynote by Venkat Subramaniam. Knowing multiple programming languages … Continue reading →

On Giving Zeros to Students

Approximate Reading Time: 3 minutesThere’s a story that’s been circulating around the airwaves in the last few weeks about a teacher who’s been suspended for giving zeros to students who don’t submit work. The suspension is for not doing as he’s told. This school … Continue reading →

Where I’ve Been (weekly: May 27-June 2)

Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutes~ A record of places on the web I want to remember ~   The illustrated guide to a Ph.D. tags: illustrated guide phd Surviving a traffic surge: Three techniques to scale your site fast tags: surviving traffic surge techniques … Continue reading →

Global Edmonton | Student gets a zero: Teacher gets suspended

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minutevia Global Edmonton | Student gets a zero: Teacher gets suspended. Formal education takes another giant leap towards irrelevancy: EDMONTON – A teacher with more than three decades of experience is speaking out after he says he was suspended for … Continue reading →

Visual ability predicts a computer science career: Why? And can we use that to improve learning? « Computing Education Blog

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis is interesting, and may explain why teachers have trouble with science and math (and why kids who are inclined towards science and math have trouble with teachers). This is from a longitudinal study, testing students’ visual ability, then tracking … Continue reading →

Where I’ve Been (weekly: May 20-26)

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minute~ A record of places on the web I want to remember ~   iOS, Android, HTML5? How to pick a tablet platform for your app | VentureBeat You’re building a tablet app, and you need to make decisions on … Continue reading →

Decorative Media Trap Example: The Elements: A Visual Exploration

Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Elements: A Visual Exploration. Looks great. Basically a picture book. You’d think that for the price ($13.99) it would be more interactive and that it would include everything one would normally need from a table of elements – like … Continue reading →