https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewchannel.php?catid=177083 2018-01-25T15:04:10Z https://www.snipit.org/images/scissors.gif https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewchannel.php?catid=177083 Snip!t channel - Alan Dix: Channels > education > CS education https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=1627037 https://code.likeagirl.io/code-like-a-weaver-64e699d9a022 2017-12-15T08:41:27Z Stanford has decided to move away from Java in their int... Surprisingly, they have decided to move to JavaScript. Â... that most top CS departments are moving to Python.  The... article linked below doesn’t address any other languag... The SIGCSE- https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=1625588 https://computinged.wordpress.com/2017/04/21/cs-department-updates-introductory-courses-java-is-gone/?utm_content=buffer63d85&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer 2017-12-11T14:05:24Z Chris Coyne created a small language for design grammars... grammars are sets of non-deterministic rules to produce ... are surprisingly beautiful, often from very simple grammars. https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=1557569 http://www.contextfreeart.org/mediawiki/index.php/Context_Free_Art:About 2016-04-18T12:53:27Z https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=1556016 http://digest.bps.org.uk/2015/10/the-surprising-truth-about-which.html#.VjKKPPx7jO4.twitter 2015-10-29T22:11:07Z In the 1960s, Sister Keller studied at the University of... also studied at Purdue, the University of Michigan, and ... 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Keller’s https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=1473530 http://mentalfloss.com/article/53178/first-woman-earn-phd-computer-science-was-nun 2015-05-10T12:21:05Z Stanford’s first interdisciplinary computer science an... has left both students and teachers hungry for more. https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=1462569 http://www.stanforddaily.com/2015/01/20/stanfords-first-interdisciplinary-humanities-and-cs-class-met-with-success/ 2015-03-23T10:29:00Z You need to teach people to know themselves and how to m... integrity of themselves on all levels, you need to teach... about thinking, how to collect, filter, collate, process... massive knowledge resources that they will have given to... and how to https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=1443970 http://singularityhub.com/2014/12/28/future-of-work-part-ii-why-teaching-everyone-to-code-is-delusional/ 2014-12-30T10:29:25Z As much as we try to fight it, most people have a very s... come to mind when they think of coders and software entr... unshaven, twenty-something males. Lyndsey Scott is none of those things. Though passionate ... Despite her success on the runway, Lyn https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=1286873 http://www.businessinsider.com/lyndsey-scott-model-and-coder-2014-1 2014-01-04T18:06:46Z https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=1252716 http://www.naace.co.uk/resources/1068 2013-12-10T15:03:28Z https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=1252715 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/primaryeducation/3659564/Children-to-be-taught-to-use-internet-at-school.html 2013-12-10T15:02:37Z https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=1252714 http://thenextweb.com/uk/2013/07/08/uk-gov-prioritizes-coding-skills-and-3d-printers-new-school-curriculum-proposals/#!pxvOA 2013-12-10T15:01:25Z The European Commission has launched a "grand coalition"... region's IT skills shortages. https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=1022981 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21668166 2013-03-09T16:47:04Z Computer science is going to become part of the English ... of the measures used in school league tables in England. 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In 1988, a brand new deep sleep cell was released, compa ... It's now the year 281 474 976 712 644 AD, and the first ... Game Features ... re programatically advanced of you can get a head star https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=745610 http://0x10c.com/ 2012-04-04T13:48:28Z In a parallel universe where the space race never ended,... In 1988, a brand new deep sleep cell was released, compa ... It's now the year 281 474 976 712 644 AD, and the first ... Game Features ... re programatically advanced of you can get a head star https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=745610 http://0x10c.com/ 2012-04-04T13:48:28Z Two interesting things happened last week and neither ha... with social networking or privacy. First, a web server f... new in that, you say; happens all the time. Yes, but thi... web server: it was the machine that hosts the Raspberry ... 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But as we move... where technology controls more and more of our lives, it... that’s virtually guaranteed to help you get a job. A g... Forbes a few weeks ago referred to the new world of Deve... world in wh https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=682827 http://www.fastcoexist.com/1679107/mike-bloomberg-is-a-smart-businessman-thats-why-hes-learning-to-code 2012-01-12T10:35:08Z Raspberry Pi device will 'reboot computing in schools' A tiny computer called Raspberry Pi and costing £20 is ... https://www.snipit.org/public/alan/viewsnip.php?id=682300 http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/jan/09/raspberry-pi-computer-revolutionise-computing-schools 2012-01-11T16:49:55Z Leading companies interviewed for a new Guardian series ... staff at a senior level to be computer literate, combini... with the ability to lead a team. But they face delays in... staff, or have to give new employees extensive training ... 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