Check this out! Talk about cool.

This device from the Tangible Media Group at MIT is worth a look...

Svetty

What IT Professionals Want vs. How CS Is Taught

An excellent blogpost contrasting what IT Professionals are hoping for out of school CS programs vs. one teacher's perspective on what ought to be taught:

http://codeboom.wordpress.com/2014/06/04/wholikesphp/

Svetty

On Mathematical Knowledge

Thanks to Dia C. for passing this along.  Worth a look at what constitutes good mathematical knowledge (and, by extension, good logical processing when writing code)

http://www.npr.org/2014/06/02/318252678/how-not-to-be-wrong-in-math-class-add-a-dose-of-skepticism?sc=ipad&f=1008

Svetty