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"Shaping our children's education in computing" by Simon Peyton Jones
Strange Loop Conference
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Simon Peyton Jones discusses the revolution in school computing curricula and how educators and developers can help shape computing education.
Few things matter more to us than the education we give our children, to equip them for life in a rapidly changing world. In our subject discipline, everything is in flux. England, for example, has radically overhauled the school computing curriculum, and is now facing the challenge of helping our teachers to teach an entirely new school subject. Most other countries are in the midst of a similar revolution. But our childrens' education is much too important to leave to governments and policymakers. There is much to play for, and we need to roll up our sleeves and get involved. How can we do that? In my talk I'll share a bit about our journey in the UK, and talk about what we can do, including some concrete examples: Project Quantum, and Excel. Speaker: Simon Peyton JonesWhy it's here
2 people recommend thisWhat people say. Recommended as an inspiring talk on the importance of computer science education for children.
u/gelisamin r/haskell • Mentions
On “Haskell and pre-CS for K-12?”
Are you familiar with /u/cdsmith's Code World curriculum to teach programming to young children using a programming environment which uses Haskell to draw pictures and play games written by the children?
Are you familiar with [Simon Peyton Jones's work on revamping the UK's curriculum to better teach computing to children]?
u/wsppanin r/ProgrammingLanguages • Mentions
On “What are some cool/wierd features of a programming language you know?”
I am very familiar with Simon Peyton Jones. I especially loved his Escape From The Ivory Tower: The Haskell Journey and Shaping Our Children's Education In Computing
Interestingly, my introduction to FP languages came indirectly from Raku. I was so super excited by the announcement of Perl6 oh so long ago. I voraciously followed its progress. Early on, I came across Pugs as a functioning interpreter/compiler for Perl6. I was intrigued and needed to learn more. This lead me down a major rabbit hole in the study of FP and then programming languages in general I have yet to emerge from. I lost interest in Perl6 about 5 yrs into its development and was only since 2019 did I dare give it…
u/ddellacostain r/haskell • Mentions
On “Haskell / FP conferences open to amateurs?”
Does anyone know if Compose Conference is going to pick back up at some point? That was fun the one time I went.
Also, Strange Loop is definitely FP-heavy (although I think next year is the last one?), and SPJ spoke there one year I went--he was a keynote speaker I think? Great talk, although not actually about Haskell. (Oh whoops, just realize someone else did mention this one already...)