Thursday, November 15, 2012

Code Literacy





Douglas Rushkoff  is an Educator who discusses code literacy.  He feels that students should be learning a programming language. He emphasize the fact that many students in other countries are being taught how to code.   He made some positive points about coding.  For example, students who can code develop their own websites and transform applications.  He stated that coding make individual’s value digital information. It helps people to become aware of how technology will be used in the future.

Rushkoff took some courses at the Codecademy.com .   He is in the process of making code classes available free for students.  What do you think?  Should students in the United States learn a programming language ?  Would programming knowledge help them compete in a digital society?




Source: http://www.edutopia.org/blog/code-literacy-21st-century-requirement-douglas-rushkoff?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Edutopia

By D. Rushkoff
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  1. UnknownNovember 16, 2012 at 11:18 AM

    The article is full of great arguments on why coding is relevant to students of the 21st century. We often have these types of discussion at our ISD. I often find myself asking why I didn't learn more about programming. It's such a specialty skill from my point of view; but as the culture shifts to one that's more and more technology focused, it's going to be a skill that's not just good to have but one required to have.

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