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Programming Classes in Schools

Posted on February 7th, 2008 by kschaefer

A colleague asked about Computer Programming Classes in Middle School. I found this compelling given a recent conversation I had regarding the lack of classes at our Middle School along with a need to adjust how we assess our students in the Upper School. The ideas here are generated from a listserv I belong to [...]

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A Vision of Durham Academy K-12 Students?

Posted on February 7th, 2008 by kschaefer

Michael Wesch from Kansas State has done a lot of videos related to technology and students. Most of them focus on higher education and are very well done. His site Digital Ethnography is full of content to help learn what is happening today. He recently gave a presentation on “The Crisis of Significance“.
He posed some [...]

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