by ray | Feb 3, 2019 | Education, General News
I’m a 16-year veteran of the tech world, a “recovering coder,” and the mother of a 6-year-old girl. And if I was looking at tech from the outside, I would be freaked the F out right about now. The headlines about women in tech have been bleak these past few years....
by ray | Feb 2, 2019 | Education, General News
Years ago, Grace Francisco was taking apart computers and teaching herself computer science. Today, she is the VP of Developer Relations at Roblox and mother to two girls. Though she was the first woman on many of the software teams she’s worked on, Grace is not the...
by ray | Oct 4, 2018 | Azure, Education, General News, Microsoft
What is Azure for Students Starter? Azure for Students Starter gets you started with the Azure products you need to develop in the cloud at no cost to you*. This benefit provides you access to a free tier of the following services: Azure App Services—A fully-managed...
by ray | Sep 26, 2018 | Education, General News
Coding is to be introduced into the national curriculum, but two thirds of parents know nothing about it. Nat Welch/ CC One of the biggest overhauls of the national curriculum in 14 years is to come into affect from Monday, 1 September as information and...
by ray | Mar 17, 2018 | Education, General News
PALO ALTO, Calif. — The medical profession has an ethic: First, do no harm. Silicon Valley has an ethos: Build it first and ask for forgiveness later. Now, in the wake of fake news and other troubles at tech companies, universities that helped produce some of Silicon...
by ray | Jan 25, 2018 | General News, Education
Plus, tech giants like Amazon, Facebook and Google will commit new support to coding education President Donald Trump will issue a new directive Monday to supercharge the U.S. government’s support for science, tech, engineering and mathematics, including coding...
