Social discussion of CS in K-12

[Charles Schultz <sacrophyte AT gmail.com>]

I took some time to attend the noon presentation of The Academy today. For all intents and purposes, this is just an extension of local Montessori programs, projected for a high school (IMO). Has lots of recycled jargon from Montessori and Reggio Emilia.

In fact, for those that have either read the book or watched the screening of Dintersmith/Wagner's "Most Likely To Succeed", some of the talking points were exactly the same ("industrialized" idea of lecture and drill straight out of 1800's Prussia).

What was intersting to me is that several times, and on several slides, the HeadsUp Educational Consultants used the idea of "shifting" teachers and students into a 21st Century mindset. Congratulations to CTRL-Shift, you beat them to the punch! :)

I have more thoughts on the matter, but wanted to leave room for others that attended (or will attend later tonight).

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Charles Schultz