David Curtin @capt_canadia@qoto.org

Design Thinking Blog Series: Introduction — Startland Education

https://www.startlandedu.org/blog/design-thinking-blog-series-introduction

#startland #designthinking #school #education #teaching #learning #k12

We’re going to court TOMORROW to defend the digital rights of all libraries! Library Futures will be hosting a live blog during oral argument and a live discussion afterwards. Here's how to participate: http://blog.archive.org/2023/03/17/heres-how-to-participate-in-mondays-oral-arguments/

@MrBerard @ramblingreaders @bookstodon

To show my UX classes what a “dark pattern” is, I ask them to simply find the link to delete their Amazon account.

It is a rare student who can find it.

Creating a collection of 101 creative ideas to use AI in education https://creativehecommunity.wordpress.com/2023/02/02/creating-a-collection-of-101-creative-ideas-to-use-ai-in-education/ #AI #education

Second talk that I’ve listened to about Hedy (https://www.hedycode.com) within 12 months. It is a really interesting way to teach programming that simplifies core concepts closer to human language. Really want to dig in to this more and to try it out with youngsters. #FOSDEM

Google demonstrates MusicLM: A hi-fidelity music generating AI
📄https://techxplore.com/news/2023-01-google-musiclm-hi-fidelity-music-generating.html

In case you're in #K12CSEducation and like many others, wondering if and how things will/should change in light of #ChatGPT, here's the answer from the horse's mouth ;-)
P.S. I believe I have a better (more detailed) answer for Q2 :-)
Happy #CSEdWeek2022, all!

Precedents like the German government running a Mastodon server are important beyond the obvious reasons. They reinforce the urgency of serious public funding for open code.

If we treated open code as part of the essential infrastructure of the 21st century and funded it at billions of USD/EUR as opposed to tiny grants here and there, the "fediverse" model of interconnected, self-governing communities would become the norm, not the exception.

See also (but not only): https://publiccode.eu/