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How to Teach Computational Thinking

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Yes, there’s certainly a need for some number of software engineers in the world who can write low-level programs in languages like C++ or Java or JavaScript—and can handle the details of loops and declarations. One can express things at a much higher level—so one can concentrate on computational thinking, not mere programming.

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Twiistup 007: Final Showoff's Additional Speakers and TZ Discount

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He is the co-author of several books including The Black Art of Java Game Programming(Waite Group Press, 1996). Although Catalyst folded with the dot-com crash, Ries continued his entrepreneurial career as a Senior Software Engineer at There.com, leading efforts in agile software development and user-generated content. .