I’m a big fan of computers which is why I’m glad to be a Computer Scientist. I like to say that, because of my Computer Science degree, I can explain almost everything that happens from the time I press a letter key on my keyboard to the time that letter shows up on a website… Continue reading Why This Programmer Is Learning About Electricity
If you, or your students, are like me and want to know every possible tool that can be used to program your Sphero SPRK with the Lightning Lab app, then you want to check out the printable Lightning Lab Cheat Sheet PDF in the link below. If you have any thoughts, ideas or questions please let… Continue reading Sphero SPRK Lightning Lab Cheat Sheet
Last week was Computer Science Education Week, an annual program dedicated to inspiring K-12 students to take interest in computer science. Since I volunteer at Mortensen Elementary in the computer lab on a weekly basis and since I have an interest in computer science I decided to help out. I had volunteered to help with… Continue reading Computer Science Education Week at Mortensen Elementary
Monday starts the 2014 Denver Startup Week, a week to celebrate and encourage tech startups in and around Denver. This makes now a perfect time for me to rant about how software development is taught. We need to shift our focus from “How to write code” to “How to make an app”. I have an… Continue reading Let’s teach people how to make apps, not just write code
