Leanne's Soccer Abstraction

November 01, 2017 in Curriculum, AP Computer Science, Programming

“It seems obvious how abstracting the game can lead to me building a soccer app, or even writing control code for a soccer-playing robot." — Leanne

Kids, not Widgets

October 25, 2017 in Teacher Education, Curriculum

What emerged from the Cold War -- an automated, industrialized, top-down approach to teaching and learning -- is opposite the inventive, progressive environments we embrace in all other facts of life from business to entertainment. You can't create new ideas if you're constantly herded back to the beaten path.

Most Likely to Succeed

Education. We all got one. What does it mean now to be educated, how do we structure school, and what makes the next generation, Most Likely to Succeed?

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