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23 May, 2014
The UK is the first G8 country to include computer science education in its national curriculum, and the move could serve as a test case for so many other nations across the globe, including the United States. As computing comes to dominate our world, programming skills are more valuable than ever, but even the U.S.–the center of the technology universe–is still struggling to bring coding into the classroom. Part of the problem is that, before students learn how to code, their teachers must learn too. Pulling all that off is a massive endeavor. Part of the problem is that, before students learn how to code, their teachers must learn too. That’s why many UK schools are turning to Codecademy, a three-year-old startup based in New York City. Codecademy offers free coding classes over the internet in a variety of programming languages
The US move on Tuesday adds to tensions between Washington and Beijing over cyber-security, creating obstacles for US companies in the nearly $US324 billion ($350bn) Chinese infor-mation technology market. Experts say friction has hurt sales for firms such as Cisco Systems and IBM in the wake of leaks by the National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden.
AN Alice Springs school is one of the first in the country to track students using GPS technology to improve school attendance rates. The tracking devices are also being used to help case-managed Aboriginal families locate their children to avoid losing welfare payments if their children skip class.
22 May, 2014
A federal government department has been blasted over its "appalling response" to a security researcher's report which found it has been exposing millions of Australians' personal information by leaving serious security flaws unchecked in a critical government website. The vulnerabilities were found in the myGov website, which stores the private records of Australians, including their doctor visits, prescription drugs, childcare and welfare payments. The Tax Office is expected to make the site mandatory for electronic tax returns this year.
Labels:
Critical + Creative Thinking,
Cybersafety,
Privacy
Blizzard Entertainment is taking a stand against the programmers behind the popular Starcraft II “ValiantChaos MapHack” cheat. The game company has sued the hackers for copyright infringement and accuses them of ruining the Starcraft II gaming experience for legitimate players.
Labels:
Critical + Creative Thinking,
Cybersafety,
Ethical,
Game
20 May, 2014
Apple and Google have declared a cease-fire in their intellectual-property wars. The two Silicon Valley technology giants said they are dropping lawsuits against one another and will work together in some areas of patent reform. The dismissed suits involve patent disputes regarding Google's Motorola Mobility handset unit. The deal doesn't include Apple's ongoing patent battles with Samsung, which uses Google's Android software for mobile devices.
Labels:
Ethical,
History,
research,
Sustainability
19 May, 2014
FIFTY years ago, at 4am on May 1, 1964, in the basement of College Hall at Dartmouth College, the world of computing changed forever. Professor John Kemeny, then the chairman of the mathematics department at Dartmouth and later its president, and Mike Busch, a Dartmouth sophomore, typed “RUN” on a pair of computer terminals to execute two programs on a single industrial-sized General Electric “mainframe” computer. The programs were written in BASIC (Beginner’s All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code), a fledgling computer language designed for the everyman, by Prof. Kemeny, Professor Tom Kurtz and a team of eager students.
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