Another STC Summit has come and gone, and I got to go again this year, not only as a “veteran” Summit attendee, but also as a first-time presenter.
Check out the article I wrote for the STC Notebook, and see what I thought the big differences were this year:
Villegas Views: 2014 STC Summit was HOT!!
If you attended the 2014 STC Summit, what did you think about it? Comment below!
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“This fall, the entire British school system will embrace computer science.
The UK is the first G8 country to include computer science education in its national curriculum, and the move could serve as a test case for so many other nations across the globe, including the United States. As computing comes to dominate our world, programming skills are more valuable than ever, but even the U.S.–the center of the technology universe–is still struggling to bring coding into the classroom. Part of the problem is that, before students learn how to code, their teachers must learn too. Pulling all that off is a massive endeavor.”
As I think I’ve mentioned before, the UK has been taking major steps to bring more STEM topics into the classroom as part of its regular school curriculum. The basis for this is that as the world depends on more technology, training on such technology–even at an early age–would be beneficial in the long run to help bridge the skills gap. This article talks about how the start-up, Codecamdemy, is part of that solution in the UK.
Why aren’t we more on top of this in the US? I don’t get it.
–techcommgeekmom
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“A group of junior high and high school students in Cambridge, Mass., are part of an experimental education program that aims to prove they’re capable of solving real-world problems early with the help of 3D printers, Arduino and group collaboration.”
This is a fun article that talks about the use of 3D printing and other STEM activities in the classroom. I wish I had access to this sort of thing when I was a kid! Check it out.
–techcommgeekmom
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This month I was called in to assist on a technical-writing project that uses old technology. Really old technology. Which got me to thinking: the variety of output formats for our content, the num…
This is a great article by a friend of this blog, Larry Kunz. He talks about the evolution of using different technologies over the past few decades to today, and questions the direction we are going with all these tools. It’s an insightful conversation starter. After reading this, what do you think? I think Larry asks the same questions that I often think about myself when thinking about tools and tech comm.
–techcommgeekmom
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In 2006, I lucked into a sweet gig. It involved writing weekly articles about technology for a site affiliated with an electronics retailer. The pay was pretty good and I had quite a bit of freedom…
There’s some good advice in here. I admit that I get burnt out easily at times as well, and I have to take a step back. Believe it or not, there is more to life than writing. You have to live life every once in a while, and there are people who are depending on me outside of my blog as well. Take a look…
–techcommgeekmom
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