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Product Manager @CodePath, previously @Academia, @MinervaProject

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December 14 you can volunteer to help @HiddenGeniusPro put on their annual Brothers Code event in Atlanta, Baltimore, Oakland, Chicago, Detroit, and Los Angeles: https://t.co/o5Z2GMaWsu

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Make the invisible visible! @codeorg Hour of Code: https://t.co/qUdEULQnhk

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Bay Area high school hackathon coming up March 2: https://t.co/lrc3vmYIYs

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@zachlieberman @FaigAhmed

[Joshua Davis / praystation.eth @JoshuaDavis]

PrayStation / 1999 - 2002

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@pm Not just maybe, @salkhanacademy is going there: https://t.co/Fk784yCALu

[Amos Zeeberg @settostun]

Here's the biggest journalism thing I've ever done. It's a @Wired feature on @IPVM, a small publication that stumbled on a huge story: the world's leading #surveillance-camera company used #AI to help China persecute #Uyghurs.

Peep some of the key bits🧵

https://t.co/KslqZ2JDTE

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Congratulations to @HiddenGeniusPro — thank you for your work.

And they are hiring educators in Oakland, Detroit, Chicago and Atlanta!

[The Hidden Genius Project @HiddenGeniusPro]

We’re continuing to do big things in 2023! 🙌🏿 Thanks to a $2 million grant from @Comcast, we will further expand our footprint to #Atlanta #Chicago, & help to advance the economic mobility of young Black men through mentoring & teaching digital skills. https://t.co/GXrjQghIbh

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@gfodor I agree we don’t need to freak out, but do you think an AI would get smart enough take over a whole galaxy without considering the dark forest hypothesis?

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Programming contest for high school students, $1k prize. Teachers register your teams by March 1: https://t.co/eBaV2oNWhL

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@pm Should have used https://t.co/dF3IaNppX3

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UC Berkeley ATDP @ucbATDP is looking for computer science instructors for summer courses! Python and Java. Application at https://t.co/XaxeSeBRqs

[Mark Guzdial @guzdial]

An important statement from @ross_monique. CS and CER have limited epistemological belief systems, and that impacts both research and teaching. 1/2 https://t.co/Rxi6Y4mYyk

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All K-12 classrooms are cordially invited to join AIforCA for an Hour of AI on Monday, 12/5, 1:30-2:30pm PST: https://t.co/ECX1AXHbVs No prep, materials, or expertise necessary!

[Mark Guzdial @guzdial]

Used to be that knowing how to start a fire was a critical skill. Maybe you'd add kindling to embers or even learn to use flint-and-steel. Before you went off into the woods, you'd know how to start a fire. You had to. 1/5

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@ddmeyer The one that breaks down individual student practice sessions and scores (Freckle?) could be useful. Probably not surprising info though if you are doing any other types of formative assessment. The rest not useful.

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@pm Would you count “Once Upon a Time in Shaolin” for $2M?

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@alexisohanian @AmherstCollege A study on Harvard admissions: “Among white admits, over 43% are ALDC. Among admits who are African American, Asian American, and Hispanic, the share is less than 16% each.” https://t.co/KuGy0ezwFL

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@andymstone @FrancesHaugen guys calm down, I think andy is just testing to see if twitter pushes divisive and misleading content to the top of the feed as effectively as facebook

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New report from @KaporCenter: "the majority of California’s students still do not have access to CS education in their schools, and equity gaps in access, enrollment, and success persist" https://t.co/tTGHqU6NF5