Author: <span>Ben Wilkoff</span>

What I'm Reading: My favorite blog post of the moment with more than a little bit of snark. (H/T Ani McHugh – @teacherbiz31)

If you are someone who is interested thinking about data differently or perhaps critiquing the current system of emphasizing Rigor, Grit, and Testing, I highly recommend this blog post. Dear Teachers: Feed the Data Monster. Rigorously and with Grit. | teacherbiz Dear teachers, Now that the 2014-2015 school year is …

What I'm Learning: A bunch of new programming resources for kids to start their CS Journey.

Hat Tip to Jessica Raleigh for this one. While I did know most of these apps, it is nice to have them all collected in one spot. I also didn’t know Waterbear, so I got to check it out! 10 Tools To Teach Kids The Basics Of Programming Waterbear is …

What I'm Using: exercism.io

I love the idea of learning to code in context. Although there is definitely a steep learning curve for getting it up and running, I think this project has huge potential. Exercism Better code through conversations. Thousands of conversations are happening on exercism. Here’s one of them. You start with …