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by jkeesh 14y ago
Thanks for your comment. > So in order to bring things that're only in your imagination into reality, you learn to code better, and learn about what you're trying to code (say, history, or science, or Tarot decks if you're into that). I
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by jkeesh 14y ago
> Basically, what impact does this have on the world? That is a big question, but I think the answer is that this helps teach critical thinking, and prepare digital citizens. I think another think allowed by teaching programming is help
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by jkeesh 14y ago
Hey teach! Thanks for your support. As a teacher, but also a programmer, I think you can agree that not everything can be automated. Even when people are just getting started, there are lots of ways to get stuck.
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by jkeesh 14y ago
> "… most people can’t learn to program: between 30% and 60% of every university computer science department’s intake fail the ﬁrst programming course." You say "most people can't learn to program" because 30-60% fail a university compu
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by jkeesh 14y ago
> On the other hand it will also yield alot of low quality programmers, because the higher quality learn to code out of their own interest anyway. So in the end i am not convinced that its a good thing to have even more Rails programmer
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by jkeesh 14y ago
> Secondly, a world where EVERYONE has a job where computing is of central importance is one I personally would never strive towards. We should ask ourselves if we really want to stick all of society behind a computer. This is not reall
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by jkeesh 14y ago
Yup---after having helped to teach lots of students how to program, I've seen so many ways where people get stopped before they get started. Making it easy to get started, and very accessible are the key. I've written more about that earlie
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by jkeesh 14y ago
Thanks for the comment. I think the few places where high school CS is done well is 100% due to having a great teacher. However, for CS in high schools... that is extremely rare.
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by jkeesh 14y ago
Like Zach mentioned, Khan's CS is a great tool and they have a great team. Our approach is a bit different. Right from the beginning we start with "Karel the dog," which allows you to focus much more on problem solving than on syntax. The d
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by jkeesh 14y ago
Hey HN -- We are launching a crowdfunding campaign to teach 1,000 high school students to code over the next six months. We focus on providing help from real people along the way--because when you are learning to program, everyone gets st
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CS in HS - Read Write Code(csinhs.com)
67 points by jkeesh 14y ago|43 comments
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by jkeesh 14y ago
Thanks for open sourcing this. We are probably going to launch a crowdfunding campaign soon, and I am excited to check this out as an option.
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by jkeesh 14y ago
If you are looking for a new approach in learning how to code, check out CodeHS. While LearnStreet is an amazing tool, and another great way to be introduced to programming, the site immediately feels very similar to Codecademy. A responsiv
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by jkeesh 14y ago
Wow Feross. Another sweet demo. I still feel like there is so much to learn about security, but what I am always amazed at is that the "social engineering" attacks seem to be the problems that we can never solve. Yes, there is a technical c
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The Factors of Knowledge(blog.codehs.com)
2 points by jkeesh 14y ago|0 comments
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Ask HN: Can someone annotate the presidential debate and fact check it?
6 points by jkeesh 14y ago|1 comments
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IPhone 5 Energy Usage and Impact ($0.41/year to charge an iPhone 5)(blog.opower.com)
2 points by jkeesh 14y ago|0 comments
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Getting Stopped Before You Get Started(codehs.tumblr.com)
2 points by jkeesh 14y ago|0 comments
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by jkeesh 14y ago
Thanks for sharing. I think I am going to switch to a scheme like this.
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Ask HN: Alternatives to a password manager?
13 points by jkeesh 14y ago|7 comments
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by jkeesh 14y ago
We are building a similar site called CodeHS ( codehs.com ), which is focused on teaching basic programming to beginners, with an emphasis on giving help from real people. Not nearly as intense, and focused more on being fun and accessible.
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by jkeesh 14y ago
We are working on a site to teach CS to complete beginners (geared towards high school students), with a focus on providing good personal feedback. We using some javascript teaching libraries that make it really easy to get started writing
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by jkeesh 15y ago
if you are looking to easily keep your own list of best science fiction books, check out raunk http://raunk.com/list/82,268
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Raunk.com - Rate anything. See best-of lists.(raunk.com)
4 points by jkeesh 15y ago|0 comments
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by jkeesh 15y ago
Hi everyone. Last week I posted a bookmarklet I made that showed you the rankings of your Facebook friends ( http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2897740 ). This is the startup I've been working on this summer with four friends. It is a site
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Best Y Combinator Summer 2011 Companies (raunk.com)
7 points by jkeesh 15y ago|1 comments
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by jkeesh 15y ago
Thanks for all the comments and feedback on the bookmarklet. Glad it was entertaining. As mentioned by other commenters, the popularity of something like this does raise many interesting security issues.
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Who Does Facebook Think You Are Searching For?(thekeesh.com)
269 points by jkeesh 15y ago|108 comments