Learning about Learning: Research and Edreform News and Views 04/17/2012

• Why Don’t We Make Learning A Computer Language A Requirement In High School?

  Languages are important. We teach them to children. But we ignore computer programming languages - perhaps some of the most important fluencies anyone can acquire. Instead, we black box them and hope they MIGHT look at doing this in college, when in fact, many of the best jobs and opportunities lie in languages: both "foreign" languages and computer languages.
  
  Thought provoking blog post about a conversation:
  "Many interesting and stimulating things were said, but one I remember was from Peter Pham over dinner. It was a simple line, “why do we teach languages in junior high and high school but not a computer language?” that had profound meaning to me."

  tags: edreform education learning computerscience computerscience_teacher edu_trends

• 100 Mobile Tools for Teachers | Cellphones.org

  RT @clifmims: 100 Mobile Tools for Teachers http://t.co/HXWlpX6i #edtech #mlearning

  tags: edtech mlearning twitter

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