A great story about “life and language” in the Amazon, as a linguist missionary goes to live among the Piraha In Don’t Sleep, There Are Snakes, Daniel Everett, a linguist and missionary, tells his story about going to live and study among the Piraha in the Amazon. It’s a great story and lots of fun … Continue reading Book Review: Don’t Sleep, There Are Snakes (4/5)
The CodeHS team went around the country running workshops at over 60 schools to see what computer science looks like first hand Karel the Dog and the CodeHS Pink #ReadWriteCode van started off in San Francisco, and drove around the country running coding workshops, meeting with teachers, students and administrators, leading assembly presentations and doing … Continue reading Summary of CodeHS Road Trip and Press Information
Our route around the United States 62 school visits, 13,000 miles and we’re back! Karel’s 2nd USA Road Trip began in April with the goal of visiting schools, teachers, and students all over the country to learn more about computer science education and to see first hand how CodeHS is being used. After lots of … Continue reading Dear Computer Science Teachers, Thank you!
Karel is back to SF! Today was the final day of the trip, and we arrived back in San Francisco! This was the final day of our big USA tour. Karel, the pink #ReadWriteCode van and the CodeHS team finally arrived back in San Francisco after going all around the country. We started today in … Continue reading Day 69 // 6/13/2015// Medford, Oregon → San Francisco, CA
Pink Van at Crater Lake Today we visited Culver High School and met with students at Trinity Lutheran! Today was our last day of school visits on Karel’s Big USA Road Trip! We started off at Culver High School to visit some teachers and students that had been teaching and learning with CodeHS this past … Continue reading Day 68 // 6/12/2015 // Bend, Oregon → Medford, Oregon
Today we ran a day of workshops at Oregon City Service Learning Academy! Today we ran a day of workshops at Oregon City Service Learning Academy. We got to visit 5 of the math classes and lead introductory workshops in computer programming. A few students had done a bit of programming before, but for most … Continue reading Day 67 // 6/11/2015 // Portland, Oregon → Bend, Oregon
Karel gets to Portland, Oregon! Today we had another good driving day for Karel the Dog. We drove through Oregon towards Portland! Continue reading Day 66 // 6/10/2015 // Pendleton, Oregon → Portland, Oregon
Karel does a lot of driving and gets some views in Idaho! Karel is headed towards Portland. We started in Boise, Idaho, where Karel got a bunch of emailing done and then checked out a few key spots in Boise, like Table Rock. Then we drove and ended up staying in Pendleton, Oregon. Continue reading Day 65 // 6/9/2015 // Boise, Idaho → Pendleton, Oregon
Today we had some meetings in Salt Lake City and then continued west to Boise, Idaho. We’re on our way back to San Francisco in a few days! Continue reading Day 64 // 6/8/2015 // Salt Lake City, Utah → Boise, Idaho
Karel explores Salt Lake City! Karel headed downtown today to view some of the main attractions in Salt Lake City. Here Karel visits the Temple over in Salt Lake City. Wondering where Karel is headed next? Check it out on Twitter and Facebook! Continue reading Day 63 // 6/7/2015 // Salt Lake City
