Definitely interesting. I am at a NYC university, and had heard nothing about this. I wonder what sort of curriculum they will have. Is anyone doing the new Computer Science Principles curriculum involved with them? I presume they will be offering AP CS - at least, I hope...
It would definitely be good to get involved. Bonnie MacKellar -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mel Chua Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 1:19 PM To: 'TOS List' Subject: [TOS] NYC high school for software engineering Was reading the news today... http://gcn.com/Articles/2012/01/19/New-York-high-school-software-engineering.aspx?Page=1 Short version is that in "September New York City will open its first public high school dedicated to training kids in software development: The Academy for Software Engineering." I wonder how they plan on recruiting, how they plan on teaching, and so on... the article reports that "the school was the brainchild of Mike Zamansky, a teacher at Stuyvesant High School," so if anyone knows more about this I'd be super-curious about it. Would they be interested in TOS? I know we have some folks from New York colleges here who might be interested in enrolling graduates from this sort of program, and wonder if starting high school students early in the same (H?)FOSS projects as some nearby colleges could be a nice opportunity for vertical learning, peer teaching, and involving students in a community of practice that is real *and* also has scaffolding to accommodate them. --Mel _______________________________________________ tos mailing list [email protected] http://lists.teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos _______________________________________________ tos mailing list [email protected] http://lists.teachingopensource.org/mailman/listinfo/tos
