By rob-underwood CTO, Relay GSE (Twitter: @brooklynrob)
At relaygse we spend our days teaching teachers (current and aspiring) – using a hybrid in-person/online model – the pragmatic strategies, skills, and techniques necessary to activate young minds, manage classrooms, and …
Thoughts on our great experiences with the General Assembly (GA) Apprenticeship Program
By rob-underwood, Chief Technology Officer, Relay GSE (Twitter: @brooklynrob)
The Relay GSE engineering team is growing! Today we launch two searches:
- We’re hiring one senior software developer
- We’re hiring two software developers
Things we’re looking for? PHP, LAMP Stack,…
People are spending more time on mobile vs desktop:
And more of their mobile time using apps, not the web:
This is a worrisome trend for the web. Mobile is the future. What wins mobile, wins the Internet. Right now, apps are winning and the web is losing.
Moreover, there are…
One cause that is important to many of us on the Relay Engineering Team are initiatives to expand CS and, in particular, to #teachkidscode, at public K-12 schools. Not only do we feel that computational thinking is an incredibly valuable skill for all sorts of professions (not just software engineering), but the intersection of education and technology is a natural fit given relaygse’s mission and our specific role in the organization. (Here’s a photo of some of the Relay Engineering team leading a codeorg #HourOfCode event at The #ParkSlope School psms282 this past December).
Our friend fred-wilson has a great post today about the #TEALS program – http://avc.com/2014/04/teaching-computer-science-to-high-school-students-on-the-way-to-work/. As Fred mentions, we’ll be hosting the first of two info sessions at Relay on April 15. By way of background, our CTO, rob-underwood, is a TEALS volunteer this year at Uncommon High School in Crown Heights. Says Fred about this initiative:
I know there are a lot of software engineers in NYC who read this blog. I am very grateful for all that you do for the companies you work for (including many, maybe all, NYC based USV portfolio companies). So it’s hard to ask you to do even more. But I can promise you this. Teaching kids to code is rewarding. It is important. It makes me feel good. And I think it will make you feel good too.
Rob commented on the blog post about his experience saying:
It’s been incredibly rewarding and fulfilling to be a TEALS volunteer this school year at UCHS in Crown Heights. Watching the kids grow and grasp important CS and coding concepts is just great. I love going out there.
As Fred says so eloquently this is a critical effort we all need to get behind, both here in NYC and around the country (and globe for that matter). The readers of this blog are busy people with a ton on their plate. But each of us need to each make time to do this. It’s just that important. We make time for the things we value. We need to make time for this.
Relay GSE, and the Relay Engineering Team in particular, are thrilled to be hosting the first TEALS info session on 4/15. We look forward to welcoming you to Relay and continuing to support TEALS, CSNYC, and similar programs that #teachkidscode. We salute the work that folks like Fred, Evan Korth, Cindy Gao, Nathaniel Granor, and Kevin Wang are doing to make this happen.
Finally, in Brooklyn we have had success working through and with local Community Boards (6 in particular) and Community Education Councils [e.g. cec13brooklyn] to advocate for more CS (e.g., more programs like TEALS) in schools. If you’re interested in learning more, don’t hesitate to ping me — I think working with CBs and CECs is something that can be easily replicated throughout the city.
No matter what else you do today, sign up for one of the info sessions and make plans to volunteer for TEALs or a similar program.
We urge you to volunteer for TEALS or another of the many great programs bringing technology, computer science, and coding to public schools. For more info, check out the CSNYC web site and/or TEALS web site. If you’re interested in volunteering but not sure just how to best help, you can submit your info on this CSNYC Google form.
We hope to see you at Relay on April 15th!
AVC.com: Teaching Computer Science To High School Students On The Way To Work
AVC.com: Teaching Computer Science To High School Students On The Way To Work
One cause that is important to many of us on the Relay Engineering Team are initiatives to expand CS and, in particular, to #teachkidscode, at public K-12 schools. Not only do we feel that computational thinking is an incredibly valuable skill for all sorts of professions (not just software engineering), but the intersection of education and technology is a natural fit given relaygse’s mission and our specific role in the organization. (Here’s a photo of some of the Relay Engineering team leading a codeorg #HourOfCode event at The #ParkSlope School psms282 this past December).
Our friend fred-wilson has a great post today about the #TEALS program – http://avc.com/2014/04/teaching-computer-science-to-high-school-students-on-the-way-to-work/. As Fred mentions, we’ll be hosting the first of two info session at Relay on April 15. By way of background, our CTO, rob-underwood, is a TEALS volunteer this year at Uncommon High School in Crown Heights. Says Fred about this initiative:
I know there are a lot of software engineers in NYC who read this blog. I am very grateful for all that you do for the companies you work for (including many, maybe all, NYC based USV portfolio companies). So it’s hard to ask you to do even more. But I can promise you this. Teaching kids to code is rewarding. It is important. It makes me feel good. And I think it will make you feel good too.
Rob commented on the blog post about his experience saying:
It’s been incredibly rewarding and fulfilling to be a TEALS volunteer this school year at UCHS in Crown Heights. Watching the kids grow and grasp important CS and coding concepts is just great. I love going out there.
As Fred says so eloquently this is a critical effort we all need to get behind, both here in NYC and around the country (and globe for that matter). The readers of this blog are busy people with a ton on their plate. But each of us need to each make time to do this. It’s just that important. We make time for the things we value. We need to make time for this.
Relay GSE, and the Relay Engineering Team in particular, are thrilled to be hosting the first TEALS info session on 4/15. We look forward to welcoming you to Relay and continuing to support TEALS, CSNYC, and similar programs that #teachkidscode. We salute the work that folks like Fred, Evan Korth, Cindy Gao, Nathaniel Granor, and Kevin Wang are doing to make this happen.
Finally, in Brooklyn we have had success working through and with local Community Boards (6 in particular) and Community Education Councils [e.g. cec13brooklyn] to advocate for more CS (e.g., more programs like TEALS) in schools. If you’re interested in learning more, don’t hesitate to ping me — I think working with CBs and CECs is something that can be easily replicated throughout the city.
No matter what else you do today, sign up for one of the info sessions and make plans to volunteer for TEALs or a similar program.
We urge you to volunteer for TEALS or another of the many great programs bringing technology, computer science, and coding to public schools. For more info, check out the CSNYC web site and/or TEALS web site. If you’re interested in volunteering but not sure just how to best help, you can submit your info on this CSNYC Google form.
We hope to see you at Relay on April 15th!
I just created a petition on change.org asking people to volunteer to teach code to kids after they come back from Austin/SxSW.
I would be delighted if you would sign and share it out. The URL for the petition is http://ctt.ec/EcxyI+. Share with the hashtag #teachkidscode.
It is important that everyone do what they can to improve education, especially in our public schools. SxSW is a great chance to mobilize a lot of people to take action, specifically by volunteering to teach coding in schools.
Thank you.
CodeNow is Launching New Training Model in SF & NYC! Apply by 2/5
From CodeNow:
Launching a New Training Model in SF & NYC! Apply by 2/5!CodeNow introduces high school students to programming through free weekend trainings hosted at local tech companies. We are launching a new model to better serve our students. Our workshops take place in San Francisco and New York City over three days on weekends. Students will have the chance to learn about programming through hands-on project based learning. After submitting an application, applicants will be assigned homework to complete before the first day of class.
We are currently accepting applications on a first-come, first-served basis. So the sooner students apply, the more likely they are to be admitted. Each student selected for the program will be eligible to receive a scholarship to cover the cost of the program valued at $250.
Applications are due on February 5th
11:59PM PT.Dates of Trainings:
San Francisco: Feb 15th, 16th and March 1st
New York City: Feb 22nd, 23rd and March 9thApplication Deadline
Know a high school student interested in tech encourage them to apply! The deadline is February 5th
11:59PM PT, however applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Interested students can submit applications here:
http://codenow.org/apply
By Hadi Partovi, founder, Code.org
Throughout Code.org’s achievements in our first year, I’ve been humbled by support from millions of students, parents, teachers, companies and other organizations.
But we’ve also been thrust into the spotlight. Understandably, some have misunderstood…
hi everyone, happy happy chilly new year! hope you all had some down time. it’s time to hit the ground running again and we present you with the next meetup, focused on the gender imbalance in COne more really super cs-nyc meet-up upcoming — focus is on getting more women and girls into software engineering (cc unionsquareventures)
hi everyone, happy happy chilly new year! hope you all had some down time. it’s time to hit the ground running again and we present you with the next meetup, focused on the gender imbalance in C
One more really super cs-nyc meet-up upcoming – focus is on getting more women and girls into software engineering (cc unionsquareventures)
