/tags/coding coding en-US WLRN Tue, 14 Dec 2021 20:59:00 GMT /2021-12-14/companies-scramble-to-defend-against-newly-discovered-log4j-digital-flaw The vulnerability was publicly disclosed last week in an unexpected way — through the popular game Minecraft. Embedded in a common software tool, it could potentially impact billions of devices. Tue, 14 Dec 2021 20:59:00 GMT /2021-12-14/companies-scramble-to-defend-against-newly-discovered-log4j-digital-flaw Jenna McLaughlin /2019-03-19/kids-show-off-their-coding-skills-at-the-florida-capitol Tuesday was Coding Day at the capitol as part of an initiative to promote computer science education . Students, some in elementary school, are lined up... Tue, 19 Mar 2019 17:43:39 GMT /2019-03-19/kids-show-off-their-coding-skills-at-the-florida-capitol Gina Jordan /news/2019-01-23/miami-dade-middle-schoolers-learn-to-code-drones-to-dance-with-music Some 100 South Florida middle schoolers powered up drones in the Adrienne Arsht Center’s Knight Concert Hall on Wednesday, turned on the ‘Cha Cha Slide’… Wed, 23 Jan 2019 23:55:57 GMT /news/2019-01-23/miami-dade-middle-schoolers-learn-to-code-drones-to-dance-with-music /news/2018-08-09/civic-hacking-event-in-miami-aims-to-empower-citizen-solutions-to-regional-challenges The group Code for Miami aims to develop data- and technology-based solutions to local quality-of-life challenges. On Saturday, as part of a "National Day… Thu, 09 Aug 2018 20:54:32 GMT /news/2018-08-09/civic-hacking-event-in-miami-aims-to-empower-citizen-solutions-to-regional-challenges /education/2017-07-05/virtual-quidditch-has-real-world-applications Full Sail student Carolyn Smith is a huge Harry Potter fan so it’s no surprise she turned to the book’s fictitious sport Quidditch as inspiration for her… Wed, 05 Jul 2017 14:23:40 GMT /education/2017-07-05/virtual-quidditch-has-real-world-applications Brendan Byrne /education/2017-03-30/high-school-math-science-and-foreign-languages-at-risk-from-computer-coding Pembroke Pines sixth grader Ethan Greenberg traveled to Tallahassee last month to testify before the education committee of the Florida Senate about a… Fri, 31 Mar 2017 02:31:35 GMT /education/2017-03-30/high-school-math-science-and-foreign-languages-at-risk-from-computer-coding /education/2016-08-08/miami-summer-camp-basketball-dance-swag-and-coding “You can’t find your website? We’re going to need to help you with that,” Derick Pearson tells a camper squinting at a laptop at New Mt. Moriah Baptist… Mon, 08 Aug 2016 19:44:23 GMT /education/2016-08-08/miami-summer-camp-basketball-dance-swag-and-coding /education/2014-12-08/miami-dade-students-to-learn-basics-of-coding-through-international-program This week, Miami-Dade schools will participate in Code.org's Hour of Code initiative. School board member Raquel Regalado says Florida high-tech jobs are… Mon, 08 Dec 2014 13:25:13 GMT /education/2014-12-08/miami-dade-students-to-learn-basics-of-coding-through-international-program /education/2014-08-07/where-should-computer-programming-fit-into-floridas-school-requirements Lots of people think teaching students computer programming is a good idea. But where coding fits in schools is a difficult question.Is it a science? A… Thu, 07 Aug 2014 20:56:59 GMT /education/2014-08-07/where-should-computer-programming-fit-into-floridas-school-requirements /education/2014-08-05/why-taking-more-breaks-can-help-students-get-more-done Set a goal. Work hard. Then, take a short break to recharge.That's the thinking behind the Pomodoro Technique, a time management method used by… Tue, 05 Aug 2014 22:54:58 GMT /education/2014-08-05/why-taking-more-breaks-can-help-students-get-more-done