{"id":4277,"date":"2018-10-16T19:17:34","date_gmt":"2018-10-17T00:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=4277"},"modified":"2020-12-09T14:10:30","modified_gmt":"2020-12-09T19:10:30","slug":"podcast-discussion-does-everyone-need-to-code","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stager.tv\/?p=4277","title":{"rendered":"Podcast discussion: Does Everyone Need to Code?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2CRw4AY\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4419\" src=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/i2l_cover-2-3D-back-and-front-300x200.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/i2l_cover-2-3D-back-and-front-300x200.png 300w, http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/i2l_cover-2-3D-back-and-front-768x512.png 768w, http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/i2l_cover-2-3D-back-and-front-1024x683.png 1024w, http:\/\/stager.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/i2l_cover-2-3D-back-and-front.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>For decades, I have marveled at the vehemence with which seemingly reasonable adults defend not teaching kids to program computers. Aside from the typical (and often dubious) justifications popularized by politicians, Hour of Code, and the Computer Science for All community, I know how learning to program in the 7th grade was an intellectual awakening that has served me well for more than four decades.<\/p>\n<p>So, when #1 Canadian, <a href=\"http:\/\/ideasandthoughts.org\/about\/\">Dean Shareski<\/a>, posed the following tweet, I decided to take &#8220;his&#8221; question seriously and offered to speak with him about the top online. Then another person I don&#8217;t know, Shana White, called in.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I hear some suggest everyone should learn\u00a0to code. Ok. But should everyone learn basic woodworking? electrical work? cooking? plumbing? automotive? Those are all good things but is time part of the issue? How do all these good things get taught? Just thinking out loud.\u2014 Dean Shareski (@shareski)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shareski\/status\/1039268220967051264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 10, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>For what it&#8217;s worth, some of y0u might find the conversation interesting or just use it to lull yourself to sleep.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You may listen to or download the podcast <a href=\"http:\/\/ideasandthoughts.org\/podcast\/episode-58-does-everyone-need-to-code\/\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>#basta<\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4277-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/ideasandthoughts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IdeasAndThoughts58.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/ideasandthoughts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IdeasAndThoughts58.mp3\">http:\/\/ideasandthoughts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IdeasAndThoughts58.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/ideasandthoughts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/h3P4Q1H6.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em class=\"markup--em markup--p-em\">Veteran educator Dr. Gary Stager is co-author of <\/em><a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"http:\/\/inventtolearn.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-href=\"http:\/\/inventtolearn.com\"><em class=\"markup--em markup--p-em\">Invent To Learn\u200a\u2014\u200aMaking, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom<\/em><\/a><em class=\"markup--em markup--p-em\"> and the founder of the <\/em><a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"http:\/\/constructingmodernknowledge.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-href=\"http:\/\/constructingmodernknowledge.com\"><em class=\"markup--em markup--p-em\">Constructing Modern Knowledge<\/em><\/a><em class=\"markup--em markup--p-em\"> summer institute. He led professional development in the world\u2019s first 1:1 laptop schools and designed one of the oldest online graduate school programs. Learn more about Gary <\/em><a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"http:\/\/cmkfutures.com\/gary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-href=\"http:\/\/cmkfutures.com\/gary\"><em class=\"markup--em markup--p-em\">here<\/em><\/a><em class=\"markup--em markup--p-em\">.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For decades, I have marveled at the vehemence with which seemingly reasonable adults defend not teaching kids to program computers. 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