{"id":10340,"date":"2015-11-25T04:00:56","date_gmt":"2015-11-25T12:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/educatorinnovator.org\/?p=10340"},"modified":"2015-11-21T17:19:58","modified_gmt":"2015-11-22T01:19:58","slug":"learn-to-code-but-learn-to-de-code-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educatorinnovator.org\/learn-to-code-but-learn-to-de-code-too\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn to Code, But Learn to De-Code Too"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the push for everyone to learn how to code increases, and with the <a href=\"https:\/\/hourofcode.com\/us\" target=\"_blank\">Hour of Code<\/a> approaching in December, our partner The LAMP reminds us of the importance of not only learning how things on the web are made, but <em>why<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#acacac; line-height:1.5em; font-size:18px; font-style:italic\">&#8220;&#8230; it\u2019s really great to learn how to make a website, but it\u2019s just as important to understand why websites are made, what impact web content has on our personal lives and the world in general, as well as who makes these websites, apps and mobile tools upon which so many of us have come to rely. When students complete a coding program, it\u2019s unrealistic to expect that every one of them is going to choose computer science as their life\u2019s work. Yes, they\u2019ve gained a new and useful skillset, but not everyone wants to be Steve Jobs or Grace Hopper. Those who decide to pursue careers in business, humanities, law or medicine may not use coding in their daily lives, but they will all need critical thinking skills as citizens and consumers in a media-saturated environment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>By D.C. Vito<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Photo\/ <a href=\"http:\/\/codecondo.com\" target=\"_blank\">codecondo.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Interested in finding out more? <a href=\"http:\/\/thelamp.org\/learn-to-code-but-learn-to-de-code-too\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Read the full article<\/a> at The LAMP.<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the push for everyone to learn how to code increases, and with the Hour of Code approaching in December, our partner The LAMP reminds us of the importance of not only learning how things on the web are made, but <em>why<em>.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":10341,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[618],"tags":[649,609,459,84,87,648],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/educatorinnovator.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10340"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/educatorinnovator.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/educatorinnovator.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/educatorinnovator.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/educatorinnovator.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10340"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/educatorinnovator.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10410,"href":"https:\/\/educatorinnovator.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10340\/revisions\/10410"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/educatorinnovator.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/educatorinnovator.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/educatorinnovator.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/educatorinnovator.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}