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Object to #YearOfCode? You're a misogynist and a snob, says the BBC

Emma Mulqueeny

At the risk of adding yet more topics to be fixed, I would advocate Conrad Wolfram's Computer Based Math curriculum http://www.computerbasedmath.org/ simple, already extremely well researched and produced with real life teachers and successfully running in Estonia http://blog.wolfram.com/2013/02/11/announcement-our-first-cbm-country/.

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'No, I CAN'T write code myself,' admits woman in charge of teaching our kids to code

Emma Mulqueeny

Sarah Palin of Code

Can I please just clarify, I have no issue with Lottie Dexter not being able to code, that is not an issue. I can’t code. Well, not the way people code nowadays – BBC Basic was what I was brought up on, by a Father who was obsessed with computers and educational software in the 80s!! I did not choose to take this as a career path, but I do understand it! The issue is that she has not done enough research, has not been properly briefed, does not have the stories, passion or experience (yet) to be the right person for this. The Sarah Palin of Code. But it is not the coding thing, that is not the issue. Nor am I suggesting that I am right for it! I have a full time job, this is not that. It is the actual harm this confusion is causing, and it really has to end.

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Emma Mulqueeny

I did not resign, I quit

I really relate to the post here, really well put! My crossness clouded my ability to word things properly, so thank you.

I did not resign, I quit. No nisi just straight to absolut

As it stands I won't put my name, brand or support behind this Index Ventures/government/confused farce. If they actually say what they represent, what their plans are and so on, awesome. Then it becomes better.

But I have been in this world for the last six years, dedicated to it, and I have changed my mind about four times. Currently I think that kids under the age of 12 should be taught logic and computational thinking. Then in senior school the options to study app building/game-making/website design plus all the surrounding skills, spitting out self-selected front and back end programmers who might otherwise have no even though about it. Plus some kids who can argue a logical debate but not code.

However, the website still has my Young Rewired State brand on it, although they have removed my name. Stop using my brand to prop up your ill-informed *venture*

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