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"Better networking, securing grant funding, more PD time, increased support from administrators, and finding ideas for lesson plans are some of the biggest needs of educators using maker spaces, according to a new study released last month."
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Here's an "aggregator" or list of computer courses available online (and other topics too).
https://www.edx.org/course/subject/computer-science  Credit:ThinkStock Is a teacher always necessary? It depends on the discipline. You'd be hard-pressed to teach yourself martial arts without a sensei, while three of the greatest guitarists who ever lived – Jimi Hendrix, Eddie Van Halen, and Stevie Ray Vaughn – were all self-taught.
You would think a seriously complex discipline like programming would also require formal training, but a new survey from Stack Overflow, which surveyed 50,000 programmers, found that very few have a lot of formal training. ... read full article ... [backup PDF] ... direct link to survey results ... [backup PDF] "Why students are throwing tons of money at a program that won’t give them a college degree?"3/25/2016 Subtitle: Online Coding "Boot Camps" vs a CS Degree
... Longtime tech recruiter Dave Fecak is worried about the push towards fast-paced, truncated coding programs. “We as a nation, as we talk about the STEM shortage, we’re fostering a gold rush mentality that leads to these bootcamps with the promise of employment, promise of strong employment with strong demand and stability and a lot of money,” he said. “And a lot of the people that may get coerced into signing up for these bootcamps may end up with a lot of debt and not a lot of job offers.” He likens the trend to throwing bodies at the problem rather than addressing the industry’s real need for highly skilled developers. ... ... read the full article ... [Backup PDF]  LA Johnson/NPR ...But computers are not just about coding. There's also a lot of theory — and science — behind technology. And those theoretical concepts form the basis of much of computer science education in colleges and universities....
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So what really do we mean when we say, "Computational Thinking"? Reclaiming the Roots of CT by Irene Lee "There has been much debate about the definition of computational thinking (CT) and the relative merits of different definitions. In this article, I argue for a focused definition of CT that clearly distinguishes it from other forms of thinking." CT Driving Computing Curriculum in England by John Woollard "Computational thinking (CT) has come to the fore for many teachers in England with the advent of the new National curriculum in England: computing programmes of study in September 2013 (goo.gl/SklB9O). It is explicitly and thoroughly embedded in the curriculum for K–12. The first sentence states, 'A high quality computing education equips pupils to use computational thinking and creativity to understand and change the world.' " ... link to the full e-magazine ...  These days it seems like “how to learn coding yourself” opportunities are everywhere. There are MOOCs from major universities, code.org has great online tutorials, Facebook just opened a web site called TechPrep (https://techprep.fb.com/) to help parents and students alike find resources and tools, and there seems to be a new edtech company starting up every week with online CS resources. The question for many becomes “do we still need computer science teachers?”
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