Did you know about this 2005 CACM article oddly titled “Is the Thrill Gone?” that appeared barely months before Wing’s seminal ‘Computational Thinking’ piece in 2006? With the subtext “Computer science is nothing less than a new way of thinking; explaining it to the wider world is critical to the…
I read Judy Robertson’s CACM article with interest. It advocates for teaching kids more about how computers work including how programs and variables work, and also stuff like the internet and WiFi. The article raised some good points. I have had similar experiences in the context of introducing middle school…
[This article was published February 25, 2018 on EdSurge] For better or worse, computing is pervasive, changing how and where people work, collaborate, communicate, shop, eat, travel, learn and quite simply, live. From the arts to sciences and politics, no field has been untouched. The last decade has also seen…
