{"id":3283,"date":"2014-12-09T13:35:38","date_gmt":"2014-12-09T18:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/meisterplanet.com\/journal\/?p=3283"},"modified":"2014-12-10T13:58:11","modified_gmt":"2014-12-10T18:58:11","slug":"wtam-1100-computer-science-education-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/2014\/12\/09\/wtam-1100-computer-science-education-week\/","title":{"rendered":"WTAM 1100 &#8211; Computer Science Education Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3283-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/WTAM-1100-December-9-2014-Computer-Science-Education-Week.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/WTAM-1100-December-9-2014-Computer-Science-Education-Week.mp3\">http:\/\/meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/WTAM-1100-December-9-2014-Computer-Science-Education-Week.mp3<\/a><\/audio><span style=\"font-size:12px;\">Play Audio &#8211; WTAM 1100 Newsradio &#8211; Tech Tuesday &#8211; December 9th, 2014<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/wtam1100.jpg\" alt=\"WTAM 1100 Newsradio Cleveland Ohio\" width=\"70\" height=\"40\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2188\" \/>As mobile smart devices become common, everyone will have a computer in their pocket. Learning how to program will only become a more important skill kids may need for future careers. To help with that education, December 8th-14th has been declared <a href=\"http:\/\/csedweek.org\/\">Computer Science Education Week<\/a>, with links and resources for students, parents and educators.<\/p>\n<p>A key part of this is the &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/hourofcode.com\/us\">Hour of Code<\/a>&#8220;, which introduces coding in hour-long tutorials, designed for all age ranges and computer familiarity. Young kids can learn basic programming skills with <a href=\"http:\/\/hourofcode.com\/frzn\">Anna and Elsa from Disney&#8217;s Frozen<\/a>. Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and others teach you <a href=\"http:\/\/hourofcode.com\/code\">how to write your first program<\/a>. As students progress, they can be introduced to more advanced topics, including <a href=\"http:\/\/hourofcode.com\/cdmy\">JavaScript<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Educators and parents looking to help spread the word can find additional resources at <a href=\"http:\/\/csedweek.org\/\">csedweek.org<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/hourofcode.com\/us\/resources\">hourofcode.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Play Audio &#8211; WTAM 1100 Newsradio &#8211; Tech Tuesday &#8211; December 9th, 2014 As mobile smart devices become common, everyone will have a computer in their pocket. Learning how to program will only become a more important skill kids may need for future careers. To help with that education, December 8th-14th has been declared Computer &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/2014\/12\/09\/wtam-1100-computer-science-education-week\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;WTAM 1100 &#8211; Computer Science Education Week&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,9,4,2],"tags":[100,407,405,308,42,406,449],"class_list":["post-3283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-news","category-technology","category-websites","tag-best-buy","tag-coding","tag-computer-science","tag-education","tag-geek-squad","tag-programming","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3283"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3285,"href":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3283\/revisions\/3285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}