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UBTECH Rolls Out New Programmable Robot

socalTECH

education market--includes an artificial intelligence interface, a programmable Raspberry Pi card, as well as sensors and other functionality which makes it the "ultimate open-source platform" for educators, students, and robot enthusiasts. According to UBTECH, its new robot--aimed at the U.S. READ MORE>>.

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Join the global ‘Hour of Code’ in December

Tech Zulu Event

The non-profit, Code.org is partnering with Computer Science Education week to lead a massive effort to raise awareness around computer science education this December. Among the education partners selected to provide courseware by Code.org is my own non-profit “Teaching Kids Programming” (part of the MONA Foundation ).

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How to Teach Computational Thinking

Xconomy

Whether it’s sensor-based medicine, computational contracts, education analytics, or computational agriculture—success is going to rely on being able to do computational thinking well. So now the question is how to educate kids about it. Doctors, lawyers, teachers, farmers, whatever. I’ve noticed an interesting trend.