11/03/2014 - EdSynergy

You Can Help Reduce the Digital Divide!

Posted on 11/03/2014 by GaryPage

Sunne Wright McPeak, President and CEO of the California Emerging Technology Fund (CETF), is asking people who want to reduce the “Digital Divide” to sign a petition to help make the Internet affordable for those who can least afford it. The CETF is a statewide non-profit organization whose mission is to close the Digital Divide
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Get Ready for the 2014 Hour of Code!

Posted on 11/03/2014 by GaryPage

Computers are everywhere, but fewer schools teach computer science than 10 years ago. If you heard about the Hour of Code last year, you might know it made history. In one week, 15 million students tried computer science! Code.org has developed the Hour of Code as a one-hour introduction to computer science, designed to demystify code and show that
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