Vizwik is a fairly new coding application to hit the scene in North America. I’ve been following their story after meeting Simon, the CEO, a little over a year ago. Vizwik stood out to me for a variety of reasons, most importantly that 1) it is Canadian and 2) it does more than other […]
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As many of you are aware, I am a big advocate for integrating coding into classrooms of any age. Coding makes students think critically, look beyond the surface, solve problems, debug, collaborate and share. Coding is like solving a giant puzzle, where some answers are more efficient than others, but every kid gets an […]
In this post I’d like to share another unplugged activity that was inspired by a comment and memory from Doug Peterson’s (@dougpete) university course on this post. As you are aware, it is Hour of Code week. It is also Computer Science Education Week and I’d like to raise more awareness about CS so please enjoy […]
Teaching kids to code is arguably as important to today’s youth as numeracy and literacy. In many ways code is numeracy and literacy. More so, it is also a way of looking at problems, breaking them down, thinking about solutions and being creative. From an industry standpoint, there will be more jobs than coders in […]
For all the kids who grow up in a small town and think they don’t stand a chance. You do. I was once that kid.