Should All Students Learn to Code?
This is a new video circulating out in the Internet world. You'll recognize many of the faces in it.
Look, I'm married to someone who knows how to program (and teaches computer science). He did a stint at Google and yes, it's an exceptional work environment (free food - for both you and your dog - free snacks, massage chairs, games - it's a swell place to work). But I would also gently point out that not everyone is cut out to be a programmer and many of the people in computer science have what I might gently call "communication issues." Sometimes people are drawn to certain jobs based on their personalities.
Yes, learning to program does bring together a lot of elements in the brain. I think it might be good to have an elective class in every high school for programming. But not everyone is going to have to program to have a job.
Do I think it should be a core item to teach? I do not.
I sense some arrogance in this video about who the new "wizards" of the world are. I can only say, from my own
Look, I'm married to someone who knows how to program (and teaches computer science). He did a stint at Google and yes, it's an exceptional work environment (free food - for both you and your dog - free snacks, massage chairs, games - it's a swell place to work). But I would also gently point out that not everyone is cut out to be a programmer and many of the people in computer science have what I might gently call "communication issues." Sometimes people are drawn to certain jobs based on their personalities.
Yes, learning to program does bring together a lot of elements in the brain. I think it might be good to have an elective class in every high school for programming. But not everyone is going to have to program to have a job.
Do I think it should be a core item to teach? I do not.
I sense some arrogance in this video about who the new "wizards" of the world are. I can only say, from my own
Tuesday Open Forum
Another film-making competition that high school students can enter from the NW High School Film Festival. They also have a scholarship competition as well.
Looks like the district may not be able to save the Native American murals at Wilson-Pacific after all. The artist feels he's getting the runaround from the district and has declined permission to digital reproduce them. From the Times:
He repeatedly congratulated the district for the passage of the levy, which he opposed. But Morrison said he’s lost trust in the district, in part because no school official approached him about saving the murals until he started showing up at public meetings about the levy. He also said he’s talked wit
h four different officials, and has no confidence they won’t simply continue to pass him along.
“For many reasons,” he said, “it’s in my best interests to step away.”
(P.S. This may be one of the last Times' articles I will be able to link to for the blog. I am unlikely to be
Looks like the district may not be able to save the Native American murals at Wilson-Pacific after all. The artist feels he's getting the runaround from the district and has declined permission to digital reproduce them. From the Times:
He repeatedly congratulated the district for the passage of the levy, which he opposed. But Morrison said he’s lost trust in the district, in part because no school official approached him about saving the murals until he started showing up at public meetings about the levy. He also said he’s talked wit
h four different officials, and has no confidence they won’t simply continue to pass him along.
“For many reasons,” he said, “it’s in my best interests to step away.”
(P.S. This may be one of the last Times' articles I will be able to link to for the blog. I am unlikely to be