Education 2.0 & 3.0

Including coding in the school curriculum is being discussed more and more seriously in the mainstream media. We are interested in the question whether programming or coding is to be seen as a fourth cultural technique. Has it become as important as reading, writing and arithmetic? What could its implementation look like in the classroom? Or will coding remain a subject for (male) nerds only, now and forever?

Initiative D21 cooperates with #EDchatDE and Microsoft. We want to discuss the status quo...

Learn more:

- http://gustmees.wordpress.com/2014/08/24/coding-a-new-trend-in-education-and-a-big-responsibility/

- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Coding

Maschinen, die Fertigungsprozesse koordinieren, Roboter, die den Materialnachschub organisieren – künftig wird kaum noch ein Industriearbeiter ohne Programmierkenntnisse auskommen. Höchste Zeit, dass sich Schulen darauf einstellen, mahnen Forscher.

Google has launched a new cloud platform in Germany called Open Roberta, as the internet giant looks to simplify “programming for small robots.” With Open Roberta, Google is looking to... 

Learn more:

- http://gustmees.wordpress.com/2014/08/24/coding-a-new-trend-in-education-and-a-big-responsibility/

- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching?q=coding

Need to check this out @Lisa Nash @gazzabrown1

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