I may be getting some spring fever. Next week is our school’s April vacation but mild days and a sunny sky have me wishing I had a bit more time to enjoy the day now.
For this week’s links I start up with dueling posts. That is to say two posts on two topics with somewhat dissenting views.
First off – hackathons – good or bad?
- From the CSTA blog Karen Lang writes about Hackathons as Possible Student Motivators
- Mark Guzdial takes a more critical slant at Why bother? How hackathons can become more female-friendly (Be sure to read the discussion in the comments)
Next the question of is computer science cool or not.
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Forbes starts us off with Why Is Computer Science Generally Viewed As "Uncool" By Teenagers? written by Jennifer Apacible, CS major at the University of Washington
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Hadi Partovi, founder, Code.org takes this question on with Who says computer science isn’t cool?
Speaking of Code.Org – They are looking to teachers to help add smart hints to http://Code.org tutorials see http://code.org/hints for more information.
European teachers - Want to teach your students to code and to develop games? Join us for the first European #Kodu Cup:
The CSTA Voice - the newsletter of the Computer Science Teachers Association is now available
Bootstrap is delivering a 2-day workshop with CSNYC (http://www.csnyc.org ). Space is limited. This event is in New York City.
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