Posts
This article is very informative and really
makes me start to think, as an elective teacher why am I not teaching
coding? Since “only 10% of all high
schools in only 30% of the United States” it’s not surprising that it is not
offered at the middle school level.
Coding teaches many of the same skills such as increasing perception,
being able to multi-task. It also is “the
global language” in computer instances and is more commonly spoken than:
English, Chinese or Spanish. There is a
high demand for students who achieve a computer science degree and learning to
code different programs in the future of our global economy is expanding. Schools need to start offering more courses
on coding and allow students to replace foreign language courses with coding as
it is learning a new type language.
Article Citation:
Adam, Anna; Mowers, Helen (2013,
October 29). Should Coding be
the "New Foreign Language" Requirement?. http://www.edutopia.org. Retrieved November 2, 2013 from http://www.edutopia.org/blog/coding-new-foreign-language-requirement-helen-mowers
This is interesting, I taught an Enrichment class last year for 3rd-7th grade students and had a parent with both a 3rd and 6th grade student in the class. The parent was very persistent about teaching coding to his children. For me I thought it was ridiculous to try and teach that to elementary students, but as a high schooler I did take a coding class, I think it would be a great alternative to a foreign language!
ReplyDeleteI share both of your thoughts. I hadn't really thought about it until now, but it seems to me that coding would be just as (if not more?) beneficial to our students as learning Spanish or Chinese would. Especially with blogging and other web tools set to become an even larger part of their lives, it would make a lot of sense to equip them with that knowledge.
ReplyDelete