[Yr7-10it] "education revolution" and other buzz words

[Tony Forster]

>   On the other hand, how widespread do you think programming  education 
> should be, and to what breadth and depth?

Very widespread and with sufficient depth for kids to get their teeth into 
some engaging problem solving.

(Games) programming can be justified on three grounds, transferable 
cognitive skills, metacogitive skills and affective benefits.

The transferrable skills include:
  a.. Cartesian coordinates
  b.. negative number
  c.. position, speed, acceleration
  d.. algebraic variables
  e.. relative & absolute value
  f.. estimation
  g.. chance
  h.. structured thinking
  i.. logical thinking inc. Boolean operations
  j.. team planning and development
  k.. simple physics of gravity, collisions, kinematics
  l.. New unidentified skills for a digital age?
http://www.schoolgamemaker.rupert.id.au/why.htm