Category: Education
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Announcing: Teaching to Code, a community of programming instructors
In the wake of my last blog post, I’ve been thinking a great deal about the practice of teaching, and specifically the practice of teaching programming. I’ve realized that while instruction in programming is increasingly popular and important, the people engaged in such instruction aren’t comparing notes, learning from one another, or generally working to…
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Teaching and acting (or, why I don’t plan to sell recorded classes in the near future)
Several weeks ago, my wife and I saw a wonderful play at our local theater in Modi’in (“Mother Courage and Her Children“). At the end, the actors came out to receive their richly deserved applause. Three times, the actors came out, took their bows, and were warmly applauded by the audience. We loved their performance…