Born Digital Natives - A Book Review

Born Digital – Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives by John Palfrey and Urs Gasser Basic Books, 2008

I have often encountered the term “Digital Native”, which loosely defined, means anyone born after the introduction of the internet.  As I am an educator and parent of digital natives, I have spent some time considering how to best address their needs.  Some time ago, I stumbled across a book … Read More

Learning to Code, Coding to Learn

Let’s Teach Kids to Code

MIT’s Mitch Resnick speaks to the TED audience about the advantages of teaching kids to “code”.  “Coding” is short for computer programming.  Traditionally, when one thinks of programming, one imagines a complex system of computer scripts; a system of symbols only a small number of people have the skillset to control and manipulate.  Resnick’s announcement that we need to teach our kids to code certainly raises several questions in teachers, questions such as: Read More…

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