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Ed Tech: Your Cheat Sheet to 10 Fads, Trends, and WTFs

Because there will be a test. In education, there always is.

Your Cheat Sheet to 10 Fads, Trends, and WTFs in Ed Tech, Frank Catalano, GeekWire

Kano Raises $15 Million, Led by Breyer Capital

Co makes a software platform/DIY computer kit atop a Raspberry Pi to help kids code.

Kano Raises $15 Million, Led by Breyer Capital, Natasha Lomas, TechCrunch

Zuckerberg & John Doerr Donate $1M To Expand Hour Of Code

Code.org wants to expand the Hour of Code to reach 100 million students. 

Zuckerberg, Doerr Donate $1M To Expand Hour Of Code, Kyle Russell, TechCrunch

Raspberry Pi Microcomputer Still Selling Like Hot Cakes

Sales of low cost, open source microcomputer have now passed 3.8 million.

Raspberry Pi Microcomputer Still Selling Like Hot Cakes, Natasha Lomas, TechCrunch

Google, Microsoft, Want 100 Million Students Coding in 1 Year

Code.org is promoting 'Hour of Code' to introduce students to coding in hourlong tutorial. 

Google, Microsoft, Others Want 100M Students Coding in 1 Yr, J. Kastrenakes, The Verge

Video Game Teaches Kids How to Code

UCSD Kickstarted new version of CodeSpells, a 1st-person player that teaches how to code.

Video Game Teaches Kids How to Code, Eureaklert

Why Tech Needs Moms

As a mother of 2 young daughters, I'm delighted with recent initiatives that inspire girls to become programmers. Just one question: What about me?

Why Tech Needs Moms, Tina Lee, San Francisco Chronicle

Google Investing $50 Million to Get Girls to Code

New program comes 3 weeks after Google released a diversity report of its employees.

Google Investing $50 Million to Get Girls to Code, Josh Lowensohn, The Verge

Is Coding the New Literacy?

Why computer literacy is the key to winning the 21st century.

We Can Code It, Tasneem Raja, Mother Jones 

ThinkFun Launches Learn-to-Code Board Game

Learn-to-code industry is growing fast. Parents race to give their children a head start.

ThinkFun Launches Learn-to-Code Board Game, Eric Johnson, re/code

Do We Really Need To Learn to Code?

Computer scientists have dreamt of automatic computer programming for decades.

Do We Really Need To Learn to Code? Gary Marcus, Ernest Davis , The New Yorker

Girls Make Games: Summer Camps for Girls

Women make up 47% of gaming population, but less than 12% of the industry.  How do we correct this imbalance?

Girls Make Games: Summer Camps for Girls, LearnDistrict, PR Web

Hopscotch Raises $1.2M from Resolute Ventures

Co's iPad app helps kids learn coding, uses visual, object oriented programming language.

Hopscotch Raises $1.2M from Resolute Ventures, Natasha Lomas, TechCrunch

Code.org Partners with 30 School Districts

Seattle-based org is on a serious mission to teach kids about computer science.

Code.org Partners with 30 School Districts, Taylor Soper, GeekWire

Play-i raises $8M from Madrona, Charles River Play

Co makes adorable blue robots, programmable with iPads & other Bluetooth devices.

Play-i raises $8M from Madrona, Charles River Play, Tricia Duryee, GeekWire

Demand for Computer Science Classes Grows

Projected: In 10 yrs 1 million more U.S. tech sector jobs than CS majors to fill them. 

Demand for Computer Science Classes Grows, Eric Westervelt, Mind/Shift

How Can We Maximize the Potential of Learning Apps?

An excerpt from The App Generation, by Howard Gardner and Katie Davis.

How Can We Maximize the Potential of Learning Apps? Mind/Shift

Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2013: Coding and "Making"

About the Everyone-Needs-To-Learn-to-Code and the Manufactured STEM crisis trends.

Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2013: Coding and "Making", Audrey Watters, Hack Education

Raspberry Pi Passes 2 Million Unit Mark

Raspberry Pi Fndn formed to provide kids with affordable way to learn to program. 

Raspberry Pi Passes 2 Million Unit Mark, Matthew Jarvis, PCR

1 Million Kids Signed Up for the Hour of Code

Zuckerberg & Bill Gates will personally teach online during the Dec 9-15 event via Code.org.

1 Million Kids Signed Up for the Hour of Code, Carmel Deamicis, PandoDaily