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AgentSheets – AgentCubes in a Box

We are pleased to announce the National Center for Women in Information Technology (NCWIT) is now offering “AgentCubes in a Box” – a complete example curriculum that introduces Computational Thinking with our Scalable Game Design process! Students use the freely … Continue reading

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The Simple Logic » Blog Archive » You Say You Want An Education?

With the recent announcement of 17 new schools participating in the massive open online course (MOOC) site Coursera.org, I thought it would be an interesting exercise to see if it was possible to design a reasonable computer science curriculum using just Coursera … Continue reading

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Online Programming Courses, Learn Programming Online | LearnStreet

LearnStreet is an early-stage startup focused on changing the way people of all backgrounds and skill levels learn how to code. We are a small, passionate team of product craftsmen, hackers and designers doing what we love—building a service that … Continue reading

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Adventures in Alice Programming – Duke University

Adventures in Alice Programming is a project for integrating the programming language Alice into middle schools and high schools in the state of NC, based in the Durham, NC region. Originally, the target schools were the schools in Durham county, … Continue reading

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The 25 Best Places To Take Free Online Computer Science Classes | Edudemic

These days, computers dominate our lives, providing the platform by which we work, play, and communicate with others around the world. As such, knowing how to work with and engineer these often quite complicated systems is a pretty solid skill … Continue reading

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Learn to Program: The Fundamentals | Coursera

Jennifer Campbell and Paul Gries Behind every mouse click and touch-screen tap, there is a computer program that makes things happen. This course introduces the fundamental building blocks of programming and teaches you how to write fun and useful programs … Continue reading

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Intro to Computer Science Class Online (CS101) – Udacity

In this course you will learn key concepts in computer science and learn how to write your own computer programs in the context of building a web crawler. via Intro to Computer Science Class Online (CS101) – Udacity.

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About CS50x – edX – HarvardX

CS50x is Harvard College’s introduction to the intellectual enterprises of computer science and the art of programming for majors and non-majors alike, with or without prior programming experience. An entry-level course taught by David J. Malan, CS50x teaches students how … Continue reading

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About 6.00x – edX- MITx

Introduction to Computer Science and Programming 6.00x is an introduction to using computation to solve real problems. The course is aimed at students with little or no prior programming experience who have a desire (or at least a need) to … Continue reading

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Computer Science | Khan Academy

If you’ve never been here before, check out this introductory video first. Then get coding! If you want to learn more about the platform please read the following post. Redefining the Introduction to Computer Science via Computer Science | Khan … Continue reading

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