{"id":2989,"date":"2014-12-15T02:10:16","date_gmt":"2014-12-15T02:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nist.ac.th\/eleict\/?p=2989"},"modified":"2016-11-06T12:02:38","modified_gmt":"2016-11-06T12:02:38","slug":"groan-is-coding-just-a-buzzword","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nist.ac.th\/technology\/knowledge-base\/groan-is-coding-just-a-buzzword\/","title":{"rendered":"*Groan* Is ‘coding’ just another buzzword?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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But so is ‘design thinking’ and ‘makerspaces’ and ‘gamification’. Way back when, so were ‘preassessment’, ‘theory of knowledge’ and ‘inquiry-based learning’ and those seem to have stuck around.<\/p>\n

Education is supposed to be buzzing. Buzzing with creativity, innovation and ideas of how we can better reach our learners. But we also know that in actuality, the proof is in the pudding<\/a><\/span><\/strong>.\u00a0New buzzwords need to prove themselves as beneficial to the teaching and learning cycle.<\/p>\n

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Technology has made drastic leaps in the last 39 years. (If you’re thinking, “Hang on that’s Iron Man<\/a>! And his augmented reality is only science fiction.. think again<\/strong><\/a><\/span>). In this new learning landscape computer programming can help kids develop problem-solving and critical-thinking skills. It also encourages them to be not only consumers of technology but also creators. They are designing the future<\/em> by having the skills to code.<\/p>\n

Coding is so buzzy all the big names in business and tech have made a wee film for us. Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, will.i.am, Chris Bosh, Jack Dorsey, Tony Hsieh, Drew Houston, Gabe Newell, Ruchi Sanghvi, Elena Silenok, Vanessa Hurst, and Hadi Partovi unpack their thoughts on teaching coding to kids:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n