Free CS for 9th graders, comic, and network hacking – Top 3 of the Week
https://eduk8.me/2019/01/an-entirely-free-9th-grade-computer-science-curriculum-from-carnegie-mellon-university/ https://eduk8.me/2019/01/comic-feeling-sorry/ https://eduk8.me/2019/01/it-only-takes-one-device-to-hack-a-network/
Harvard’s Music Lab is here to test your music skills
Source: The Music Lab The Department of Psychology at Harvard University has opened The Music Lab, an attempt at learning how humans use music. Right now there are four different tests you can take online. I took the tone-deafness test, and was better than 60% of the people who have taken the test. I’m a little disappointed…
Gender differences when learning in VR
The teacher is just as important in a virtual learning environment as in a normal classroom, but a new study shows that boys and girls differ greatly in terms of how they learn best: Boys learn best when their virtual teacher comes in the form of a drone, while girls get more knowledge from VR-teaching…
A list of cross-curricular Scratch activities from Harvard
What’s in this list? In this collection of Scratch projects, we’ve tried to represent the vastly diverse ways that Scratch can be used across subject areas and grade levels. Though we have divided the projects by subject area, almost all of these projects are interdisciplinary. How can I use this list? In addition to interacting with…
It only takes one device to hack a network
A corporate laptop being used in a coffee shop at a weekend was enough to allow a sophisticated cybercrime group to compromise an organisation’s entire infrastructure. The incident was detailed by cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike as part of its Cyber Intrusion Services Casebook 2018 report and serves as a reminder that laptops and other devices that are secure while…
An entirely free 9th grade computer science curriculum from Carnegie Mellon University
“Think, Khan Academy on steroids.” “This isn’t ‘drag and drop’ programming. We’re teaching [kids] to use Python, a text-based programming language that is the most widely taught language at the university level.” Professor David Kosbie Currently, CMU’s CS Academy is running its second pilot program of its initial course offering, a 9th grade CS1, Intro…
Password myths, phishing test, and a comic – Top 3 of the Week
https://eduk8.me/2019/01/some-password-security-myths/ https://eduk8.me/2019/01/test-your-phishing-email-detection-skills-with-google/ https://eduk8.me/2019/01/comic-are-the-odds-in-my-favor/
When it comes to cheating on homework, Alexa is the new Google
Is your kid getting straight A’s on homework lately? You might want to switch off Alexa. Last week, New Jersey mom Yerelyn Cueva, 24, posted a short clip on Twitter of her son doing his math homework at their kitchen table. In the 11-second video, 6-year-old Jariel asks, “Alexa, what’s 5 minus 3?” The…