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PBS KIDS Computer Coding in the Classroom Project

Our donor was excited to fund the project, and committed to $10,000/year for 5 years. That summer, we developed lesson plans, reached out to schools in our broadcast area, and met with their teacher ...
PBS

CODING WITHOUT THE COMPUTER

Valerie Brock helps students learn the meaning of coding by making a PB&J sandwich. Valerie Brock helps students learn the meaning of coding, programming, debugging, and commands by making a peanut ...
The New York Times

It’s the End of Computer Programming as We Know It. (And I Feel Fine.)

I was 5 or 6 when I got my first sense of the joys of computer programming. This was in the early 1980s, when few people had a computer. One day, my dad brought home a Sinclair ZX Spectrum, one of the ...
Connecticut Post

What is vibe coding? A computer scientist explains what it means to have AI write computer code − and what risks that can entail

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Chetan Jaiswal, Quinnipiac University (THE CONVERSATION) Whether you’re streaming a ...
The New York Times

Goodbye, $165,000 Tech Jobs. Student Coders Seek Work at Chipotle.

As companies like Amazon and Microsoft lay off workers and embrace A.I. coding tools, computer science graduates say they’re struggling to land tech jobs. Manasi Mishra recently graduated from Purdue ...