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Personally Meaningful Data to Motivate Learning in Data Science and AI computinged.wordpress.com/2026/02/09/p...
Personally Meaningful Data to Motivate Learning in Data Science and AI
I have written several blog posts about the different ways to implement Media Computation in introductory programming courses. We built JES at Georgia Tech in 2002 and the final release was in 2020…
computinged.wordpress.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Personally Meaningful Data to Motivate Learning in Data Science and AI computinged.wordpress.com/2026/02/09/p...
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Wat een feestje!
De nieuwe materialen voor ons thema Heelal zijn binnen! Van planeten tot sterrenstelsels… alles ligt klaar om te ontdekken, bouwen en verwonderen.
De nieuwe materialen voor ons thema Heelal zijn binnen! Van planeten tot sterrenstelsels… alles ligt klaar om te ontdekken, bouwen en verwonderen.
February 2, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Wat een feestje!
De nieuwe materialen voor ons thema Heelal zijn binnen! Van planeten tot sterrenstelsels… alles ligt klaar om te ontdekken, bouwen en verwonderen.
De nieuwe materialen voor ons thema Heelal zijn binnen! Van planeten tot sterrenstelsels… alles ligt klaar om te ontdekken, bouwen en verwonderen.
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Ever since @jmoenig.bsky.social said they were "trying to find a pedagogical entry point into all of this" about building Neural Network models (in this talk www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9W0...) I have been thinking about it for the age group that I am interested in (4-10+). Part of my thinking 1/?
What's new in Snap! 11 - Data - Extensions - Neural Networks
YouTube video by Jens Mönig
www.youtube.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Ever since @jmoenig.bsky.social said they were "trying to find a pedagogical entry point into all of this" about building Neural Network models (in this talk www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9W0...) I have been thinking about it for the age group that I am interested in (4-10+). Part of my thinking 1/?
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Getting ready for the @microblocks.bsky.social workshops during @fosdem.org.
January 27, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Getting ready for the @microblocks.bsky.social workshops during @fosdem.org.
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🎉 Mooi nieuws!
#QGISNL is ook in 2026 weer Large Sustaining Member van QGIS.ORG! Dank aan alle (bedrijfs)leden. Samen zorgen we dat open source GIS blijft groeien en bloeien! 🌍
Meer over het Sustaining Membership Programme: qgis.org/funding/memb...
#QGIS #OpenSource #GIS #OSGeoNL
#QGISNL is ook in 2026 weer Large Sustaining Member van QGIS.ORG! Dank aan alle (bedrijfs)leden. Samen zorgen we dat open source GIS blijft groeien en bloeien! 🌍
Meer over het Sustaining Membership Programme: qgis.org/funding/memb...
#QGIS #OpenSource #GIS #OSGeoNL
January 21, 2026 at 8:35 AM
🎉 Mooi nieuws!
#QGISNL is ook in 2026 weer Large Sustaining Member van QGIS.ORG! Dank aan alle (bedrijfs)leden. Samen zorgen we dat open source GIS blijft groeien en bloeien! 🌍
Meer over het Sustaining Membership Programme: qgis.org/funding/memb...
#QGIS #OpenSource #GIS #OSGeoNL
#QGISNL is ook in 2026 weer Large Sustaining Member van QGIS.ORG! Dank aan alle (bedrijfs)leden. Samen zorgen we dat open source GIS blijft groeien en bloeien! 🌍
Meer over het Sustaining Membership Programme: qgis.org/funding/memb...
#QGIS #OpenSource #GIS #OSGeoNL
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New Stable Release! Try it out at microblocks.fun/run/microblo... or install from microblocks.fun/downloads/la...
January 20, 2026 at 4:17 AM
New Stable Release! Try it out at microblocks.fun/run/microblo... or install from microblocks.fun/downloads/la...
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Look, Ma: The latest issue of @acm.org INROADS Magazine features an interview with me. It’s open-access, so you can read up on my incoherent blabberings and old-dude anecdotes about block based programming & friends.
dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1...
dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1...
January 16, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Look, Ma: The latest issue of @acm.org INROADS Magazine features an interview with me. It’s open-access, so you can read up on my incoherent blabberings and old-dude anecdotes about block based programming & friends.
dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1...
dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1...
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#GaOpWatersafari | Amber Beernink & Inge Jansen ontwikkelden een mooie digitale watersafari: www.waterkaravaan.nl/digitalewate..., geïnspireerd op de schoolplaten van Koekkoek 💧Je kunt doorklikken naar info en filmpjes. Amber: ‘Ik wil laten zien hoe rijk de #Onderwaternatuur zou kunnen zijn’
January 16, 2026 at 7:21 AM
#GaOpWatersafari | Amber Beernink & Inge Jansen ontwikkelden een mooie digitale watersafari: www.waterkaravaan.nl/digitalewate..., geïnspireerd op de schoolplaten van Koekkoek 💧Je kunt doorklikken naar info en filmpjes. Amber: ‘Ik wil laten zien hoe rijk de #Onderwaternatuur zou kunnen zijn’
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Astrofotografie vanuit de achtertuin✨🔭📷
📍Nijmegen - kerstvakantie 2025
Rosette nevel (Caldwell 49)
Kerstboom nevel (NGC 2264)
Bode Galaxy (Messier 81)
De Maan 80% verlicht (30 december)
#Astrophotography #LookUp
📍Nijmegen - kerstvakantie 2025
Rosette nevel (Caldwell 49)
Kerstboom nevel (NGC 2264)
Bode Galaxy (Messier 81)
De Maan 80% verlicht (30 december)
#Astrophotography #LookUp
January 11, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Astrofotografie vanuit de achtertuin✨🔭📷
📍Nijmegen - kerstvakantie 2025
Rosette nevel (Caldwell 49)
Kerstboom nevel (NGC 2264)
Bode Galaxy (Messier 81)
De Maan 80% verlicht (30 december)
#Astrophotography #LookUp
📍Nijmegen - kerstvakantie 2025
Rosette nevel (Caldwell 49)
Kerstboom nevel (NGC 2264)
Bode Galaxy (Messier 81)
De Maan 80% verlicht (30 december)
#Astrophotography #LookUp
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Net voor de kerstvakantie gaf #QGISNL een inspirerende workshop op het #GoeseLyceum! 👩💻
Samen met @dirkvoets.bsky.social werkten leerlingen van het #Technasium met #QGIS en maakten een opdracht over #klimaatverandering. Technator Hans Braakman verwacht QGIS vaker in te zetten. 🚀
#GISOnderiwijs
Samen met @dirkvoets.bsky.social werkten leerlingen van het #Technasium met #QGIS en maakten een opdracht over #klimaatverandering. Technator Hans Braakman verwacht QGIS vaker in te zetten. 🚀
#GISOnderiwijs
December 23, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Net voor de kerstvakantie gaf #QGISNL een inspirerende workshop op het #GoeseLyceum! 👩💻
Samen met @dirkvoets.bsky.social werkten leerlingen van het #Technasium met #QGIS en maakten een opdracht over #klimaatverandering. Technator Hans Braakman verwacht QGIS vaker in te zetten. 🚀
#GISOnderiwijs
Samen met @dirkvoets.bsky.social werkten leerlingen van het #Technasium met #QGIS en maakten een opdracht over #klimaatverandering. Technator Hans Braakman verwacht QGIS vaker in te zetten. 🚀
#GISOnderiwijs
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Because it can get very hot in the workshop rooms during @fosdem.org Junior, I made a little MIT App Inventor app that is receiving data from a databot sending the CO2 level, temperature and humidity every 10 seconds. I used @microblocks.bsky.social to program the databot.
January 7, 2026 at 7:04 AM
Because it can get very hot in the workshop rooms during @fosdem.org Junior, I made a little MIT App Inventor app that is receiving data from a databot sending the CO2 level, temperature and humidity every 10 seconds. I used @microblocks.bsky.social to program the databot.
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200 years down, hopefully 200 more to go ✔️ It's a wrap on the 200th anniversary Christmas Lectures, supported by CGI! What did you think?
Watch all three lectures now on BBC iPlayer 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Watch all three lectures now on BBC iPlayer 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Royal Institution Christmas Lectures
Great scientists, even greater questions. Mind-expanding talks and hands-on science, inspiring children and adults alike since 1825.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 30, 2025 at 8:02 PM
200 years down, hopefully 200 more to go ✔️ It's a wrap on the 200th anniversary Christmas Lectures, supported by CGI! What did you think?
Watch all three lectures now on BBC iPlayer 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Watch all three lectures now on BBC iPlayer 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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Snap! is now accessible in 48 languages. Thank you, Serge Faure, for contributing the Vietnamese translation as latest addition over the holidays! Now live in v12 beta: snap.berkeley.edu/versions/dev...
December 29, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Snap! is now accessible in 48 languages. Thank you, Serge Faure, for contributing the Vietnamese translation as latest addition over the holidays! Now live in v12 beta: snap.berkeley.edu/versions/dev...
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Witte kerst blijft zeldzaam ❄️ Sinds 1901 telde het KNMI er 8, de laatste in 2010. Officieel is het pas wit als er op beide kerstdagen om 09.00 uur in De Bilt een gesloten sneeuwdek ligt. Ook deze kerst geen sneeuw, wel koud en zonnig. Fijne feestdagen! 🎄
December 24, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Witte kerst blijft zeldzaam ❄️ Sinds 1901 telde het KNMI er 8, de laatste in 2010. Officieel is het pas wit als er op beide kerstdagen om 09.00 uur in De Bilt een gesloten sneeuwdek ligt. Ook deze kerst geen sneeuw, wel koud en zonnig. Fijne feestdagen! 🎄
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Over the years I've been asked many times for advice on pedagogy, what to read to learn more, etc. I've finally put together a bunch of materials into one blog post: Key Advice • Readings • Neuromyths • For Computer Scientists • Classroom Tips. Enjoy!
parentheticallyspeaking.org/articles/ped...
parentheticallyspeaking.org/articles/ped...
Pedagogy Recommendations
Parenthetically Speaking: Articles by Shriram Krishnamurthi
parentheticallyspeaking.org
December 19, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Over the years I've been asked many times for advice on pedagogy, what to read to learn more, etc. I've finally put together a bunch of materials into one blog post: Key Advice • Readings • Neuromyths • For Computer Scientists • Classroom Tips. Enjoy!
parentheticallyspeaking.org/articles/ped...
parentheticallyspeaking.org/articles/ped...
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New Pilot Release. Run or download the latest pilot release from here microblocks.fun/download
December 15, 2025 at 1:47 PM
New Pilot Release. Run or download the latest pilot release from here microblocks.fun/download
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Light a candle with Snap! snap.berkeley.edu/snap/snap.ht...
December 14, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Light a candle with Snap! snap.berkeley.edu/snap/snap.ht...
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Kritiek op 'onzichtbare' Nederlandse vissers in Duitse wateren
Kritiek op 'onzichtbare' Nederlandse vissers in Duitse wateren
Nederlandse vissers raakten in opspraak toen een Duitse garnalenvisser ze wel met zijn ogen, maar niet op zijn radar zag.
nos.nl
December 12, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Kritiek op 'onzichtbare' Nederlandse vissers in Duitse wateren
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I’ve been quite excited this past 10 days as I have been able to get this working for me to classify sounds astoundingly accurately. I only want to be able to do any three sounds to work with young children, however I’ve tried 26 classes and it still works flawlessly! Thanks for all you do!
December 9, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I’ve been quite excited this past 10 days as I have been able to get this working for me to classify sounds astoundingly accurately. I only want to be able to do any three sounds to work with young children, however I’ve tried 26 classes and it still works flawlessly! Thanks for all you do!
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FireFly demo using MicroBlocks
YouTube video by Peter Mathijssen
youtu.be
November 14, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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Climate change is accelerating, with the past 10 years the hottest on record. #C3S Director @carlobuontempo.bsky.social calls attention to this rapid evolution, emphasising the importance of scientific data and knowledge to inform action.
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#CopernicusClimate #COP30
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#CopernicusClimate #COP30
November 15, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Climate change is accelerating, with the past 10 years the hottest on record. #C3S Director @carlobuontempo.bsky.social calls attention to this rapid evolution, emphasising the importance of scientific data and knowledge to inform action.
⬇️
#CopernicusClimate #COP30
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#CopernicusClimate #COP30
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FOSDEM 2026 - FOSDEM 2026 Main Track Deadline Reminder
Brussels / 31 January & 1 February 2026
fosdem.org
November 14, 2025 at 10:22 AM
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Freely available here: academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
Co-authors include @michaelemann.bsky.social, Johan Rockström, and @petergleick.bsky.social
Co-authors include @michaelemann.bsky.social, Johan Rockström, and @petergleick.bsky.social
The 2025 state of the climate report: a planet on the brink
We are hurtling toward climate chaos. The planet's vital signs are flashing red. The consequences of human-driven alterations of the climate are no longer
academic.oup.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Freely available here: academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
Co-authors include @michaelemann.bsky.social, Johan Rockström, and @petergleick.bsky.social
Co-authors include @michaelemann.bsky.social, Johan Rockström, and @petergleick.bsky.social
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New Pilot Release. Run or download the latest pilot release from here microblocks.fun/download
November 3, 2025 at 4:52 AM
New Pilot Release. Run or download the latest pilot release from here microblocks.fun/download