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🚨 New Hour of Code activities are HERE! Teachers, start planning ahead and browse the incredible new activities submitted by third-party providers, all ready for your classroom events. Learn more: codeorg.medium.com/celebrate…
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Did you know I send regular weather reports from here on Mars? mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/weath…
Students can explore real data I’ve sent back, in one of these #HourOfCode challenges for #CSEdWeek:
⏰ Have you clocked your #HourOfCode for #CSEdWeek yet?
👨💻👩💻 We've got you covered with a series of exciting coding challenges from @gotynker! Build a lunar habitat. Design a mission patch. Analyze weather data from Mars. And more!
Get started: tynker.com/hour-of-code/nasa…
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⏰ Have you clocked your #HourOfCode for #CSEdWeek yet?
👨💻👩💻 We've got you covered with a series of exciting coding challenges from @gotynker! Build a lunar habitat. Design a mission patch. Analyze weather data from Mars. And more!
Get started: tynker.com/hour-of-code/nasa…
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👩💻👨💻 Are you ready to celebrate all things coding & computer science?
🎉 We're making plans for next week's #CSEdWeek celebration! We're ready to log an #HourOfCode with @gotynker and explore ways to put a space spin on computer science learning!
go.nasa.gov/2AsMpg9
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Webinar Today: Dig into @goTynker’s newest #coding course: Intro to Programming with Art. Join its creator @CalPoly’s Prof. Zoë Wood, and explore the curriculum! Attendees get access to a #grant for the course!
Register now!--- > gotyn.kr/drzoewood
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Surprisingly good news
Print Unit Sales Rise Nearly 5% at the End of April pwne.ws/3chr4EX
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Ready, set, code! Designed for kids, this bundle of ebooks is the perfect first step for anyone ready to jump into the world of coding! bit.ly/2QchB8I
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We're excited to introduce Tynker Toolbox, a new series of blogs designed to help your kid get the most out of their Tynker experience!
First up is a spotlight on Tynker's Debugging Tool, which can help you find and fix bugs while coding! gotyn.kr/tynker-toolbox-debu…
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"Amazon takes a hands-off approach to what goes on in its bookstore, never checking the authenticity, much less the quality, of what it sells. It does not oversee the sellers who have flocked to its site in any organized way..." nytimes.com/2019/06/23/techn…
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If you're wondering what's new in the second edition of Python Crash Course, here's a summary: ehmatthes.github.io/pcc_2e/n…
If you read the first edition and you're curious what these changes look like in code, you might want to visit the pcc_2e repository:
github.com/ehmatthes/pcc_2e
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2 days left on this great @humblebooks bundle with "Fluent Python" and other 12 excellent e-books in multiple formats, no DRM! Price starts at $1. Pay $15 to get them all, including @FluentPython:
humblebundle.com/books/pytho…
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"When everyone shares, everyone benefits": New Minute with Mitch video as part of "Peer Learning" month on Scratch in Practice sip.scratch.mit.edu
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Introducing the Humble Book Bundle: Python by O'Reilly! Pay what you want for up to $524 worth of ebooks. Actual pythons not included. humblebundle.com/books/pytho…
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Most surprising data viz I've seen this week. % of US high school students in each math class by grade. Only 58% of 9th graders pass Algebra 1. Only 19% of students take pre-calculus, and only 11% of those go on to calculus. Only 15% take calculus. nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsin…
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Moral Crumple Zones: What if the only reason a human has access to controls is to carry legal liability for failure? wmk.me/29kJtRu
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Call for One Page Articles for the 1st issue of Paged Out! zin!
(it's a new free experimental deeply technical zin we're starting; it's about programming/security/hacking/demoscene/retro/electronics/etc)
Details: pagedout.institute/
Story: gynvael.coldwind.pl/?lang=en…
Please RT :)
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Why can the same sentence turn out so differently depending on the translator?
@Penn professor, translator, & writer @EmilyRCWilson answers these questions and more on the latest #CowenConvos with @tylercowen: merct.us/2HKttfN
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MIT cuts ties with Chinese tech firms Huawei, ZTE buff.ly/2Ui2bUA
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The cover design of Mission Python has been shortlisted for the 31st Annual IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award. Awesome! Congratulations to illustrator @ellingson and publisher @NoStarch, who really do make lovely books! #BFA2019 #python #publishing



























