This past weekend, our school was visited by Steve Hargadon and David Warlick, two gentleman with very interesting ideas about the future of education. I spent a wonderful Saturday engaged in thought-provoking dialog about current teaching practices, both at our school and elsewhere. One of Steve's main points was he felt students today needed to have a positive digital footprint. This could take the form of a blog or online portfolio of their work. As teachers, Steve felt it was our job to not only encourage this practice, but to model it as well.
Hence this site. I teach one class, an introduction to computer programming. My hope is that this site can serve as a collection of resources for individuals learning to program as well as a place to record my thoughts about programming and education in general and share what I have learned. Perhaps it will inspire a student to create their own site someday.
Hence this site. I teach one class, an introduction to computer programming. My hope is that this site can serve as a collection of resources for individuals learning to program as well as a place to record my thoughts about programming and education in general and share what I have learned. Perhaps it will inspire a student to create their own site someday.