With all this technology, do we still need teachers?

Passing this along from Code.org. Valuable info....

http://codeorg.tumblr.com/post/109309459413/teacher-online

Top Careers List... computing remains very high on the list

From CNN Money: [ http://money.cnn.com/gallery/pf/2015/01/27/best-jobs-2015/index.html ], the latest in the top career rankings.  As has been the case over the past several years, CS remains at or near the top.

Humans Need Not Apply

Thanks to Dave Hayes of Lane Tech High School for passing this video along to me.  Just as the train and then later the automobile had tremendous impacts on the respective economies of their times, so too does the promise of robotics has in revolutionizing our current and near-future economy.

A fascinating video worthy of fifteen minutes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Pq-S557XQU

- Svetty

Congrats to Joey Bloom

One of our own - Joseph Bloom - just completed the Master the Mainframe competition and finished second overall in the competition.  A truly outstanding feat.

http://patch.com/illinois/deerfield/dhs-student-takes-second-uscanada-master-mainframe-competition-0

Mr. Svetlik

How to get more female computer science grads

Hi all,

An outstanding article just sent my way on how to recruit more female computer science graduates.

http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20141213/ISSUE01/312139986/how-to-get-more-female-computer-science-grads?X-IgnoreUserAgent=1

Mr. Svetlik

The only skill you should be concerned with

Hi all,

In an era filled with seemingly never-ending changes to development technologies, the question often comes up as to what is the "best" programming language.  This blog entry takes that question head-on.  Definitely a good read.

http://bit.ly/1xUbAj7

Svetty

The Secret Life of Passwords

Hi all,

This, courtesy of Danny Goldberg, sheds some light on the "Secret Life" of passwords and how much they have become a part of doing virtually anything that involves a keyboard and/or a screen:

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/19/magazine/the-secret-life-of-passwords.html?action=click&contentCollection=Opinion&module=MostEmailed&version=Full&region=Marginalia&src=me&pgtype=article

Thanks, Danny.

Svetty