Coding
伊豆から戻りました。
休みなしで、まためまぐるしい週がはじまります。
Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, and Lately, Coding
MILL VALLEY, Calif. — Seven-year-old Jordan Lisle, a second grader, joined his family at a packed after-hours school event last month aimed at inspiring a new interest: computer programming.
“I’m a little afraid he’s falling behind,” his mother, Wendy Lisle, said, explaining why they had signed up for the class at Strawberry Point Elementary School.
The event was part of a national educational movement in computer coding instruction that is growing at Internet speeds. Since December, 20,000 teachers from kindergarten through 12th grade have introduced coding lessons, according to Code.org, a group backed by the tech industry that offers free curriculums.
In addition, some 30 school districts, including New York City and Chicago, have agreed to add coding classes in the fall, mainly in high schools but in lower grades, too.
And policy makers in nine states have begun awarding the same credits for computer science classes that they do for basic math and science courses, rather than treating them as electives.
3 R'sに加えて、codingの技能が積極的に学校教育に導入されているというお話です。codingとは、IT用語辞典をみると、「プログラミング言語を使ってソフトウェアの設計図にあたるソースコードを作成すること」とあります。時代ですね。ついでにat Internet speedsという表現もチェックしておきましょう。（UG）
