A Lifetime of Student Loan Debt
This image floated on Facebook a while ago, eliciting a mixture of sympathy, and stories of good upbringing and boot straps. Let’s discuss the student loan situation. Let’s say you got into NYU, and you’re not...
Category: education
Common Core Math Inflexibility
If you’re a parent of a school age kid you most likely have heard quite a bit about the Common Core. Already instituted in New York and Kentucky, it’s the federally driven educational standard...
Why I won’t follow Reason anymore, and I invite you to do the same
I’ve followed Reason magazine on Twitter & Facebook, and while I found their fixation with drug legalization a little tiring, I otherwise found it an entertaining enough read. They are a Libertarian publication. I...
Math Standards in The Common Core
According to this article on The Heritage Foundation’s site the architect of the math portion of The Common Core, the federal standard for education that will be rolled out across the country, has said...
Introducing Kids to Java Programming Using Minecraft (Arun Gupta, Miles to go …)
Introducing Kids to Java Programming Using Minecraft (Arun Gupta, Miles to go …) Thanks to Hens Breet for posting this on the WWWAC list on Facebook. Gaming definitely seems like the way to get...
Learn to code | Codecademy
Learn to code | Codecademy jotmatt: An interesting follow-up link to the reblogged post below – Codeacedemy offers free, online lessons in computer programming (primarily Javascript). I’ll be posting additional online coding education tools...
Coding Is Coming To Every Industry You Can Think Of, Time To Start Learning It Now | Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation
A great article on the importance of coding in all professions. Coding Is Coming To Every Industry You Can Think Of, Time To Start Learning It Now | Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation
LightUp Helps Kids Learn Electronics With Augmented Reality | TechCrunch
LightUp Helps Kids Learn Electronics With Augmented Reality | TechCrunch A $100 Arduino based kit that connects components with magnets and teaches electronics. At some point I’ll get one to teach my home school kids about...
