Tag: Education
kickingbear – Learn to X
There’s a problem amongst programmers it’s the classic when you have a hammer everything looks like a nail. Programming/Coding is our hammer, perhaps a really advanced hammer but still just a hammer.
The Kernel – The golden age of the developer
I’m trying to do more of this moving forward even in little bits and pieces I think help me stand out as a developer and it’s good to help the community which provides the basis of so much of my daily income (CakePHP, jQuery, etc).
GeekWire – Gates to students: Don’t try to be a billionaire, it’s overrated
Some really interesting stuff in here.
Fraser Speirs – A Supercomputer in Every Backpack
Same problem I’ve been thinking about for a long time, our education system is built for the jobs of the past not the jobs of the future.
Wired – How Khan Academy Is Changing the Rules of Education
Some really impressive work going on here.
Yahoo! News – Armenia makes chess compulsory in schools
This seems like a cool idea, and I imagine would create students more skilled in critical thinking and logic, all good things.
jacquesmattheij.com – what a programmer does for a living
I did something similar to this when teaching an Intro to Computer Science course.
NYTimes.com – Texas, Budget Cuts and Children
Who cares about ensuring the health and education of children, not Texas.
NYTimes.com – China, Twitter and 20-Year-Olds vs. the Pyramids
Do you really need a better explanation for why the revolts happened?