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On the path to computational literacy for all, we need computing in schools, under whatever category.Mark Guzdial From BLOG@CACM | June 3, 2014 at 03:42 PM
We are not ready to make CS a requirement for all children in the U.S., even if that's where we want to be one day.Mark Guzdial From BLOG@CACM | April 15, 2014 at 12:43 PM
Barbara Ericson does an annual analysis of AP CS exam results. Her 2013 analysis attracted significant media attention.
Mark Guzdial From BLOG@CACM | February 16, 2014 at 01:04 PM
So when should we be able to provide computing education to everyone in the US? Using physics and mathematics as examples, we may be 100 years behind.Mark Guzdial From BLOG@CACM | January 17, 2014 at 12:57 PM
A summit of legislators, business leaders, officials from the Department of Education, and teachers convenes in South Carolina to advance computing education in...Mark Guzdial From BLOG@CACM | November 20, 2013 at 08:50 AM
The empirical results of first-year MOOCs are in. We're not there yet in terms of retention, learning, or access.
Mark Guzdial From BLOG@CACM | October 18, 2013 at 08:36 AM
Live coding is programming performance with generates music for an audience, often in a collaborative setting. It's a jam session on laptops with rich research...Mark Guzdial From BLOG@CACM | September 26, 2013 at 08:39 AM
If you were a superintendent of a big city school district, would you require every school in your district to teach computer science without reliable production...Mark Guzdial From BLOG@CACM | August 22, 2013 at 10:04 AM
HyperCard is an end-user programming tool from the 1990's. A new version that runs on most modern platforms raises the question of the role of end-user programming...Mark Guzdial From BLOG@CACM | April 30, 2013 at 08:44 AM
Seems like a simple question, but there are lots of factors that prevent US high school students from getting access to computer science.
Mark Guzdial From BLOG@CACM | October 22, 2012 at 08:18 PM
We've known for over a decade that there are too few women in computing in the U.S., but recent reports point out that it's not getting better: Not in any academic...Mark Guzdial From BLOG@CACM | May 20, 2012 at 04:26 PM
Major media sites are exploring the idea of teaching computer science to everyone, as a requirement for understanding one's world.Mark Guzdial From BLOG@CACM | April 26, 2012 at 10:01 AM
We rely on online information sources—maybe too much. What is our responsibility to make sure that they're accurate, and what responsibility do the sources have...Mark Guzdial From BLOG@CACM | July 28, 2011 at 01:35 PM
Computer science is still a new discipline compared to the rest of STEM. It will take a while for people to know what a "computer scientist" is in the same way...Mark Guzdial From BLOG@CACM | April 23, 2011 at 09:51 AM
The NSF CE21 Community Meeting highlighted the opportunity that computing has to catch up with the rest of STEM on education issues.
Mark Guzdial From BLOG@CACM | February 24, 2011 at 09:32 AM
Ledin's call for teaching malware to all undergraduate students conflicts with my understanding of the purpose of an undergraduate CS degree.
Mark Guzdial From BLOG@CACM | February 24, 2011 at 09:29 AM
Computer science education is valuable, even to those who do not major in computer science. Those non-CS major informants who talk about that value are doing us...Mark Guzdial From BLOG@CACM | November 15, 2010 at 01:47 PM
Improving high-school computer science in the United States is critical for the success and growth of computing education. To do that, we need teachers. To get...Mark Guzdial From BLOG@CACM | October 13, 2010 at 09:22 PM