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What to Do if a Season Is Boring

Michael Kaiser | Posted 06.10.2013 | Arts
Read More: Royal Ballet, Arts Management, Arts, Programming, DeVos Institute, Royal Opera House, Devos Fellows, Kennedy Center, Season Planning, Art Management, Arts News
Michael Kaiser

It is the mark of the well managed institution that it addresses its problems head on, and refocuses the attention of its family members on the exciting programming to come. It is when we ignore our problems that our family members tend to drift away.

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Empowering America's Rising Workforce--Latina Girls--in Computing and Innovation

Dr. Idit Harel Caperton | Posted 05.30.2013 | Impact
Read More: Hispanics, World Wide Workshop, Microsoft, Latinos, Latinas, Knight Foundation, Southwest Key, Steam, Programming, Digital Literacy, Globaloria, Mooc, Idit Harel Caperton, Design, Coding, Cisco, Dr. Juan Sanchez, Stem, Ncwit, Digital Citizenship, Learning, Blended Learning, Jennifer Argueloo, Carol Dweck, Ncwitsummit, Eaprep, Innovation-Ready, Innovation, Tom Friedman, San Jose, East Austin, Austin, Digital Divide, Equality, Silicon Valley, code.org, Hadi Patrovi, Adobe, AMD Foundation, Video, Impact News
Dr. Idit Harel Caperton

It recently came to my attention, that throughout the nation, young men and women who are Latino are, unfortunately, caught on the wrong side of the digital divide.

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How A 17-Year-Old Girl Won a Hackathon -- And What It Means for Women in Tech

Eliot Van Buskirk | Posted 05.14.2013 | Technology
Read More: Girls, Rachel Sklar, Women in Tech, Women, Coding, Programming, Hackday, Girls Who Code, Hackathon, Women Tech, Technology News
Eliot Van Buskirk

The question of how to interest more women in technology fields is one of the most important questions facing us today, for many reasons.

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Placing More Value On Creating Technology Instead of Using It

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 04.30.2013 | Technology
Read More: Women, Male, Applications, App, App Lab, Programming, Technology, Computer Science, Gender, Technology News
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

Youth Radio's Christina So thinks schools should teach computer programming. Photo Credit: Brett Myers/Youth Radio By Christina So “I&rsquo...

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Computing as a Science

Paul S. Rosenbloom | Posted 05.21.2013 | College
Read More: Computer Programming, Programming, College Classes, Stem, Computer Science, STEM Education, College News
Paul S. Rosenbloom

Computer science can't seem to get any respect as a stand-alone science. To students, it's simply programming. To scientists in other fields, it's a tool that helps them in their research. To the public, it's a source of productivity in the workplace and entertainment apps.

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What I Hope My Search Committee Thinks About

Michael Kaiser | Posted 04.21.2013 | Arts
Read More: Search Committees, Arts Management, Arts, Leadership, Programming, Fundraising, The Kennedy Center, Kennedy Center Honors, Kennedy Center, Arts News
Michael Kaiser

I hope the Search Committee finds a remarkable person to run the Kennedy Center, someone who can take the institution to new places and can educate and entertain our audience in ways I could not even imagine.

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I Voted for Libraries

Rachael Berkey | Posted 01.06.2013 | Books
Read More: Library Science, Politics, Education, Literacy, Community Programs, Libraries, Books, Communities, Get Out the Vote, Programming, Librarians, Reading, Voting, Elections 2012, Books News
Rachael Berkey

It's Election Day in the U.S. and it's pretty much the only thing on my mind. I even stepped out of the house without a book in my purse. I know. I don't understand this either.

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How I Reprogrammed My Brain

Daniel Fein | Posted 12.04.2012 | Technology
Read More: Computer Programming, Computers, Computer Programming Brain, Programming, Programming Brain, Brain Functions, Technology News
Daniel Fein

Learn to program and you'll learn to think, extract your own opinions, and form your own hypotheses for the relationship between your brain, your body and your behavior.

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Jews Should Lead The Battle Against Technological Illiteracy

Posted 04.30.2012 | Religion
Read More: Computer Programming, Programming, Education Technology, Video, Talmud, Judaism, Codeacademy, Religion News

By Liel Leibovitz Tablet Magazine Next month, more than 1.5 million American college students will graduate with bachelor degrees. Nearly all of t...

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America's Best Jobs

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 04.13.2012 | Business
Read More: Instagram, Job Market, Search, Emplyoment, Unemployment, Aol, Best Jobs, Mobile, Dental Hygienist, Microsoft, Programming, Careercast, Facebook, Technology, E-Commerce, Business News

In today's market, landing the best jobs takes having the right skill set. It's having an aptitude for math, science and healthcare that's most lik...

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Why (and How) I'm Finally Learning to Code

Raymond Schillinger | Posted 05.28.2012 | Technology
Read More: Science, Programming, Education, Technology, Javascript, Code Academy, Code for America, Coding, Technology News
Raymond Schillinger

Few moments are more dispiriting than staring blankly at an eyeball-searing, monochrome terminal window, attempting to divine where I could have possibly erred amid lines and lines of disparate characters.

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Are 50-Somethings Poised To Take Over The Airwaves?

Second Act | Posted 12.26.2011 | Fifty
Read More: Florence Henderson, Television, Baby Boomers, Radio, Tim Carpenter, Programming, 2boomerbabes, Experience Talks, Your Life Calling, Boomer Broadcasting, My Generation, Cable Network RLTV, Fifty News

Heard of "nakations"? You might have if you listen to the 2BoomerBabes Radio Hour hosted by Kathy Bernard and Barbara Kline (left). Their guest one...

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The Programming Olympics

David Thielen | Posted 11.21.2011 | Technology
Read More: Code War, Programming, University of Colorado, Writing Code, Coding, Technology News
David Thielen

It's 10:00 am on the first Saturday of school at University of Colorado. No projects have been assigned yet. No significant homework. So why do we have 24 C.S. students in the Computer Science Engineering Lab?

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Partnerships That Work in Celebrating Students

Pat Yongpradit | Posted 10.17.2011 | Home
Read More: Programming, Boys and Girls Club of America, Games, Education, Computer Science, Video Games, Technology, Microsoft, Home News
Pat Yongpradit

Academic achievements need to be celebrated as much as athletic achievements. It might be weird at first to hold a pep rally for a science fair, but that is exactly what Will.i.am has done.

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Why Johnny Can't Program

Douglas Rushkoff | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Outsourcing to India, Computer Programming, Outsourcing, Computer Literacy, Program or Be Programmed Rushkoff, Computers, Outsourcing to China, Programming, Facebook, Manufacturing Jobs, Program or Be Programmed, Books News
Douglas Rushkoff

Ask any kid what Facebook is for and he'll tell you it's there to help him make friends. What else could he think? It's how he *does* make friends. He...

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Anonymous Democratic Strategist Claims White House Discouraged Fox News Appearances

LA Times | Peter Nicholas | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
Read More: Gop, White House, Anita Dunn, Opinion, News, Obama Fox News, Pundits, Axelrod, Programming, Obama, Propaganda, Commentators, David Axelrod, Television, Sean Hannity, Tv, Fox News, Dnc, Republicans, Media News

At least one Democratic political strategist has gotten a blunt warning from the White House to never appear on Fox News Channel, an outlet that presi...

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