Demystifying computer science to address the lack of inclusion of women and minorities in the field has been the mission of educators and school administrators over the past few years. The College ...
The way we approach problems in the workplace has changed drastically because of technology. Therefore, it is imperative that we set students up for future success by teaching relevant skills and ...
It’ll be a defining feature of the future—and children need to learn it now to ensure success later on. #### The Computational Future Computational thinking is going to be a defining feature of the ...
Computational thinking—a set of mental and cognitive tools applied to problem solving—is a fundamental skill that all of us (and not just computer scientists) draw on. Educators have found that ...
This is a response to a recent blog post by Stephen Wolfram, “How to Teach Computational Thinking.” (We published an excerpt of Wolfram’s post here.) I recently read Stephen Wolfram’s blog post about ...
Want to teach your students how to save whales using Computational Thinking? Researchers and educators have teamed up to share powerful case studies for the classroom Sarah Glassman, PhD & Sarah ...
Eli has been eagerly pursuing a journalistic career since he left the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill School of Journalism. Previously, Eli was a staff reporter for medical trade publication ...
This is an edited excerpt from “How to Teach Computational Thinking,” first published by Stephen Wolfram on Sept. 7, 2016. Pick any field “X,” from archaeology to zoology. There either is now a ...
In these days of pervasive multicore computing, no one would argue the importance of teaching parallel programming skill to our young people. Now Dr. Tom Crick from Cardiff Metropolitan University ...
A teacher in Virginia uses a micro-controller to connect a computer to a keyboard, allowing kindergarten students to play musical notes that are triggered when they high-five their classmates. In ...