Operation Reboot in US News and World Report
May 11, 2010 at 4:45 pm 5 comments
How exciting! Barb’s “Operation: Reboot” is in this week’s US News and World Report!
The high school instructor knows how to give a lecture, but isn’t very current about the latest technology in computer science. The IT professional is up-to-speed on computer science, but doesn’t know how to create a lesson plan, or handle an unruly teenager in the classroom. Together, however, they are learning from one another.
via Operation Reboot: IT Professionals Become Computer Science Teachers – US News and World Report.
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