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Ask Slashdot: Good Homeschool Curriculum For CS?? 364

Posted by timothy from the ok-now-track-the-family-budget dept.
dingo_kinznerhook writes "I grew up in a homeschooling family, and was homeschooled through high school. ( I went on to get a B.S. and M.S. in computer science; my mom has programming experience and holds bachelor's degrees in physics and math — she's pretty qualified to teach.) Mom is still homeschooling my younger brother and sister and is looking for a good computer science curriculum that covers word processing, spreadsheets, databases, intro to programming, intro to operating systems, etc. Does the Slashdot readership know of a high school computer science curriculum suitable for homeschooling that covers these topics?"
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Book Review: Apache JMeter 53

Posted by samzenpus from the read-all-about-it dept.
MassDosage writes "Apache JMeter written by Emily H. Halili is very much an introductory guide to using Apache's open source JMeter testing tool. Unfortunately a book that should have been good fodder to whet the appetites of testers is spoiled by shoddy editing, poor writing and very little content that isn't already included in JMeter's own user manual." Read below for the rest of MassDosage's review.
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Twitter Tax Controversy Explained In Cartoon Form 303

Posted by Roblimo from the I-left-my-bank-account-in-San-Francisco dept.
theodp writes "If you prefer to digest your news in a cartoon format, you'll be happy to know that the Twitter tax controversy has gotten the Next Media Animation TV treatment. In the NMAtv clip, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone cuts a tax break with San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee and ascends a ladder to 'Tax-Free Haven' where he's high-fived by execs from GE and Google. If you insist on reading the news, IBD has an account of the payroll tax break, which critics are calling corporate welfare." A hilarious, but true, story. Please remember, when you see 'haven' instead of 'heaven,' that English isn't everyone's first language.

Comment Re:Office software (Score 1) 462

by gphilip (#33412656) Attached to: What 'IT' Stuff Should We Teach Ninth-Graders?
Thank you. In our system, LaTeX (as of now) comes quite a little bit later in the studies, for (some of) those who decide to pursue a degree in the sciences. I think it is better to keep it that way for at least a few more years, till the number of people who know LaTeX is sufficiently large : it is always easier to teach kids things that many adults have some inkling of.

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