Why the Future of Learning Starts with Building
Coding has always served two purposes: the intrinsic drive to build something, and the practical path to a lucrative career. Even the most passionate code aficionados don’t dream of variables or syntax — they want to make a website, a tool, a game. For years, the career upside was impossible to ignore. You could land a stable SWE job, bootstrap your own app, or join a buzzy…
What’s Going On in This Graph? | Sept. 11, 2019
This map originally appeared elsewhere in The New York Times. While this is not a map for Hurricane Dorian, similar maps for all tropical storms, including Dorian, are prepared by the National Hurricane Center (N.H.C.) in Miami, Florida. By Friday morning, Sept. 13, we will provide the “Reveal” — the map’s free online link, additional…
Spider Hoodie Fashion for Men and Women
Introduction to Spider Hoodie FashionWhen it comes to comfortable yet trendy fashion, spider hoodies have taken the fashion world by storm. With their unique web designs, bold spider graphics, and edgy appeal, spider hoodies are becoming must-haves in the wardrobes of both men and women. Whether you’re a fan of streetwear or simply want to…
Are You a Fan of Anime?
Once a niche, countercultural art form, anime is now mainstream. What are your experiences with anime, and what do you think of its explosive popularity?
Why the Future of Learning Starts with Building
Coding has always served two purposes: the intrinsic drive to build something, and the practical path to a lucrative career. Even the most passionate code aficionados don’t dream of variables or syntax — they want to make a website, a tool, a game. For years, the career upside was impossible to ignore. You could land a stable SWE job, bootstrap your own app, or join a buzzy…
Word of the Day: plaintive
The word plaintive has appeared in 51 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on July 29 in “Sinead O’Connor, Prince and the Thrill of ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’” by Christopher Kuo:Sinead O’Connor and Prince, passionate singer-songwriters who both died in their mid-50s, were tied together by the plaintive song “Nothing Compares 2 U,”…
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Should Parents Tell Children the Truth About Santa?
Did you ever believe in Santa Claus?(Spoiler: He’s a fictional character!)How did you find out he wasn’t real? What was your reaction when you made this discovery? Did you feel disappointed? Angry? Lied to? Or perhaps proud, as if you’d solved a complicated puzzle?Is Santa a fun and fanciful holiday tradition? Or do parents risk…
What Work of Art Should Your Friends Fall in Love With?
Do you know the New York Times series “5 Minutes That Will Make You Love …”? Its writers and editors choose the five minutes or so they would play to make their friends fall in love with classical music, piano, opera, cello, Mozart, 21st-century composers, violin, Baroque music, sopranos, Beethoven, flute, string quartets, tenors, Brahms,…
Spacing and Retrieval Practice in Health Professions
The summary of the articles they found paints a picture of who is implementing and studying these learning strategies. Not surprisingly, introductory psychology courses were the most common setting to find studies (there were 16 studies like this) on the use of retrieval practice and spacing. After that, the most common setting to find these…
How to become a software developer
There's no "one-size-fits-all" answer to the question of how to become a software developer. Everyone is different, and everyone starts at a different level, which is great news because it means there are various paths you can take to reach the same destination.Some people start with a foundation of technical skills or a little knowledge…
Why the Future of Learning Starts with Building
Coding has always served two purposes: the intrinsic drive to build something, and the practical path to a lucrative career. Even the most passionate code aficionados don’t dream of variables or syntax — they want to make a website, a tool, a game. For years, the career upside was impossible to ignore. You could land a stable SWE job, bootstrap your own app, or join a buzzy…
Digest #162: Teaching Water Safety
By Megan SumerackiWelcome to May! In many parts of the world, the pools have been open for a while, and in New England where I live, many neighbors will start opening their pools over Memorial Day Weekend at the end of the month. Water safety is not just about summer months (lakes even when frozen…
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5 benefits of learning SQL for non-technical teams
We recently shared an announcement about Codecademy for Teams, a Codecademy for Business offering that unlocks technical training opportunities for organizations. We’ve seen our Codecademy for Teams customers learning all sorts of things, from web development to data science. In this article, we thought we’d dive into a language we’ve seen a lot of non-technical…
Should There Be More Public Restrooms?
Students in U.S. high schools can get free digital access to The New York Times until Sept. 1.Unlike many other countries, the United States does not have a robust network of public restrooms. Do you think that it should? Why or why not?What problems arise when toilets are not widely accessible? Which groups of people…
Why the Future of Learning Starts with Building
Coding has always served two purposes: the intrinsic drive to build something, and the practical path to a lucrative career. Even the most passionate code aficionados don’t dream of variables or syntax — they want to make a website, a tool, a game. For years, the career upside was impossible to ignore. You could land a stable SWE job, bootstrap your own app, or join a buzzy…
Why the Future of Learning Starts with Building
Coding has always served two purposes: the intrinsic drive to build something, and the practical path to a lucrative career. Even the most passionate code aficionados don’t dream of variables or syntax — they want to make a website, a tool, a game. For years, the career upside was impossible to ignore. You could land a stable SWE job, bootstrap your own app, or join a buzzy…
Film Club: ‘Traveling While Black’
Note to teachers: This film contains depictions of violence and a racial slur. Please preview the entire film before sharing it with students to make sure it is appropriate for your class. _________ How have race and racism impacted African Americans’ ability to move freely throughout the United States in the past and today? “Traveling…
What’s Going On in This Graph? | April 10, 2019
Students 1. These graphs show the sonic “fingerprints” of the Top 10 summer hits for eight years, selected from the fingerprints for 1988 - 2018. Use the example for Gloria Estefan’s “1-2-3” below to understand how to read the fingerprints. Image The graphs originally appeared elsewhere on NYTimes.com. On the afternoon of Thursday, April 4,…