Comments on: Should All Students Be Forced to Learn Computer Science? http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2012/10/should-all-students-be-forced-to-learn-computer-science/ Keeping You Current Fri, 24 May 2013 03:02:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: Brian M. http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2012/10/should-all-students-be-forced-to-learn-computer-science/comment-page-1/#comment-2689 Brian M. Wed, 12 Dec 2012 23:27:52 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/?p=5717#comment-2689 I cringed at the use of the word "force". I love compsci and I hate every subject that was ever forced upon me. I cringed at the use of the word “force”. I love compsci and I hate every subject that was ever forced upon me.

]]> By: Zach http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2012/10/should-all-students-be-forced-to-learn-computer-science/comment-page-1/#comment-1329 Zach Wed, 17 Oct 2012 06:05:20 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/?p=5717#comment-1329 Teaching computer science to kids is extremely important, and teaching it in a fun, accessible way is really important for making sure students actually enjoy studying it. I'm making http://codehs.com to be a really fun, accessible way for students to learn online. We make sure that students are learning real, important topics, writing a LOT of code, and enjoying themselves at the same time. We make it really easy for schools to teach as well by using our platform in a class -- we even provide teacher support, so a teacher doesn't need to be a programmer to teach using our content. We really hope that more schools implement a computer science class because it's so important for growth as a nation, and we're trying to make it really easy and fun to do so. Teaching computer science to kids is extremely important, and teaching it in a fun, accessible way is really important for making sure students actually enjoy studying it.

I’m making http://codehs.com to be a really fun, accessible way for students to learn online. We make sure that students are learning real, important topics, writing a LOT of code, and enjoying themselves at the same time.

We make it really easy for schools to teach as well by using our platform in a class — we even provide teacher support, so a teacher doesn’t need to be a programmer to teach using our content.

We really hope that more schools implement a computer science class because it’s so important for growth as a nation, and we’re trying to make it really easy and fun to do so.

]]> By: jjmcgaffey http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2012/10/should-all-students-be-forced-to-learn-computer-science/comment-page-1/#comment-1316 jjmcgaffey Tue, 16 Oct 2012 16:57:31 +0000 http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/?p=5717#comment-1316 Depends on how it's taught. If it's the same rote learning and test-focused repetition as so many other subjects, I can't think of a better way to turn students _off_ computers! Depends on how it’s taught. If it’s the same rote learning and test-focused repetition as so many other subjects, I can’t think of a better way to turn students _off_ computers!

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