Tag: Education

Is There a Crisis in Computer-Science Education?

I was fortunate in being able to learn Commodore Basic programming along with my children who were in grade school in the 70s. When the Web arrived in the 90s, I took one look at HTML and javascript and thought immediately, “This looks like fun!” — the rest is history. I hope that our schools will add computer coding back…

June 25, 2014
Happy Holidays, Everyone!

Hour of Code at Khan Academy Everyone should have a job that feels more like a hobby! I have really

December 10, 2013
An Intergenerational Group of Lifelong Learners

Literacy Volunteers (LVCA) Training, May 18, 2013 A truly intergenerational (20’s through 70’s !!!) group of very friendly, warm, enthusiastic trainers and trainees gathered on Saturday morning in JABA‘s bright Martha Williams Community Center in the beautifully restored Jefferson School for a full day of training.

May 20, 2013
Week 10 – Know Thyself | An end but also a beginning

Thank you, Professor Green and all those at UVa who worked so hard to produce this superb MOOC! This is my final post for this course, but just the beginning of the newest “me” …

May 13, 2013
The day of reckoning has arrived and – I choose … both! #edcmooc #introphil

My two Coursera MOOCs from the University of Edinburgh, Introduction to Philosophy and E-Learning and Digital Cultures, are now open, and they are BOTH fascinating.

January 28, 2013
Going Back in Time with the Wayback Machine for #edcmooc

I love new things and I am characteristically looking toward the future (as my last post would indicate), so my journey this week through old websites of mine through the Wayback Machine was very unusual. This all began when I started thinking about “my place in cyberspace” while preparing for blogging about my experiences in E-learning…

January 24, 2013