Deciding What To Include in High School Computer Science — blog.acthompson.net

The more I talk to people about what should be included in high school computer science the more I thing of the Indian story of the blind men and the elephant. I attended an industry advisory meeting for a local career technical school last night. I attend several of these at several schools every year. I hope I provide some value to them from my time in industry and my education experience. I know for sure I get a lot out of these meetings. Industry attendees always have suggestions of what should be included in the curriculum. Usually their suggestions relate to their particular business needs. Hence the elephant story. Computer science is huge as a discipline but the parts we interact with regularly are the parts we think of as important.

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