computer science education

Italo Calvino Foresees the Challenge of Using Computers to Analyze Literature

I have been making the case that computer science belongs in English classrooms–in this keynote, this book, and this online…

Why to Approach Coding as a Composition Practice

Listen to my discussion with Dr. Ian O’Byrne on why we have to approach software and coding as a form…

Seymour Papert, a Pioneer of Artificial Intelligence and Kids Coding, Has Died [via Motherboard]

Much of our ed tech scene today is indebted to Papert’s work. “Visionary” is not a word one throws around…

Gradgrind’s is an education blog run by Tom Liam Lynch. A professor in New York City, Tom co-founded Babble Lab, a center for digital humanities pedagogy and research at Pace University, helped establish an international consortium of coding schools for refugees called Room 7, and is launching a nationwide initiative called CS4ELA to explore ways to embed computer science into K-12 English classes. His new collection of essays on education, technology, and teaching English is called Strata and Bones.