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TEACHER VOICE: How students in one Massachusetts town learned to love coding

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When I was 8 years old, my father began teaching me a programming language called BASIC, using an Epson QX10 computer. I am passing the torch that was unknowingly passed to me back in 1983, when my father taught an 8-year-old girl how to code.”. Boy using a tablet. Photo: Jamel Toppin/Mint Images/ZUMA Wire. PLYMOUTH, Mass.

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WHAT’S NEW: NEW TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS

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Historical analysis prompts in Revision Assistant align with disciplinary literacy state standards including the Common Core, as well as the College, Career, and Civic Life Framework for Social Studies. Learners will also study zSpace interactions, including how a user can manipulate objects in stereoscopic 3D.

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