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USA Today: Ky. ponders teaching computer code as foreign language

 

January 5, 2016   Category: Board   No Comments comments

Kentucky considers computer coding to replace foreign language

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Senate President Pro Tem David Givens has filed a bill in the 2015 General Assembly that would let school districts teach computer programming as a credit in foreign language.

The measure also would allow programming courses to satisfy foreign language requirements for admission into Kentucky's public universities.

 
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About Dr. Rita Oates

As the ISTE representative for FSTE, Rita shares info between the two organizations to try to help both. She is a former high school English teacher and adviser to student publications.In Miami-Dade schools, she led ed tech for nearly eight years, winning multiple grants for software co-development, PD, and special projects. With Barry University, she won a FIPSE grant. She has written 12 books and more than 100 articles about technology, education, and school reform. She has been president of Oates Associates consulting firm for 20 years.

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