This explains why I do what I do – and what I am trying to teach. I too come from a place and a people defined by one-dimensional stories. I find myself struck by the fact that African American literature was apparently not part of her youth in Nigeria, but Mariah Carey was.
You’re gonna need to read this, but it won’t be on Amazon
The National Academies Report on a Workshop on the Scope and Nature of Computational Thinking sounds dry, but its implications will be fascinating to watch. The monograph is a write-up of a 2009 gathering of computing experts that considered the emerging understanding of computational thinking and its implications for education. A follow-up workshop this month will consider the challenges of teaching computational thinking in more detail. I’m pleased to say that my colleague Ursula Wolz is one of the discussants. Ursula is the PI on our Broadening Participation in Computing project, the Interactive Journalism Institute for Middle Schoolers. Her leadership on the IJIMS project has been creative and visionary, and it’s exciting to see it have an impact on the direction that computing education and practice will take in the future.
Now: The Death and Life of American Journalism
Presentation for the 2010 Culturally Responsive Teaching Learning and Counseling Symposium
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Delivered at the CRTLC symposium at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs, Jan. 23, 2010
Google’s People Finder for Haiti.
My efforts to embed this haven’t worked, but here is a link to the app