Gerald Ardito

Computer Science Teacher Educator, Lifelong learner, parent

[Gerald Ardito @geraldardito]

I am very proud to have been a part of this book. @jluft1 @jftech1 @Peekskill_STEM @marykfoster109 @PCSDSecEd @BetulCzerkawski @teach_python @mrsscollinspvc

[Tom Liam Lynch, Ed.D. @tomliamlynch]

New. Book. Now. Out. 👉https://t.co/AtquPtlltl

The premise: Many schools who wish to integrate #computerscience don't know where to start.

We got you. Start so:
1) you know more than you think
2) leverage existing practices

#csforall #edtech #STEM @geraldardito @PamAmendola

[Gerald Ardito @geraldardito]

@Diamond_Mad27 @ufsdtarrytowns @TarrySup @DrOrozco_ASCIE @Tarrytowndorn @rkidslearning Happy first day!

[Dr. Madeline Diamond @Diamond_Mad27]

My first published chapter way back when I was a first year “ESL” teacher. Always nice to come across this.

[Gerald Ardito @geraldardito]

@Diamond_Mad27 Congratulations!

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@Sci21 @djacob1967 @pnwboces Congratulations @djacob1967!

[𝒞𝒶𝓇𝑜𝓁𝑒 𝒟𝑒𝓁 𝒥𝓊𝒾𝒹𝒾𝒸𝑒 𝐵𝑜𝓂𝒷𝒶𝒸𝑒 @ms_deljuidice]

Looking forward to this! Thank you @wcyang for hosting, such a fun opportunity to connect with Ts across the county! 🎉🎉🎉 @sassonek @_kimberly_p

[Holly Brockwell @holly]

Someone who invented technologies we use all the time passed away this month, and I wanted to tell you a bit about her, because she was really important and yet not well known even among us techies.

Lynn Conway personally invented several of the technologies used in the chips in our smartphones back in the 1960s, when she worked at IBM.
In 1968, IBM fired her.

Not because of her work, which was superb -- but because she had made them aware of her intention to transition from her birth sex of male into the woman she had always felt she was.

While society and the tech industry have come a long way since then, there are still far too many people -- especially, it has to be said, the older generations -- who say things like "everyone's transgender nowadays" and pretend that people feeling different to the box they were born into is somehow a new problem.

Well, it isn't. Here's someone who transitioned more than 50 years ago, lived the rest of her life as the woman she always knew she was, and went on to have a spectacular career in spite of IBM's epic mistake, working at huge names including Xerox, Memorex and MIT.

Sadly, to have that career, she had to keep her trans identity under wraps and pretend she'd been born female. She only came out when someone threatened to write a book about her in the late 90s.

"From the 1970s to 1999 I was recognized as breaking the gender barrier in the computer science field as a woman, but in 2000 it became the transgender barrier I was breaking," she's quoted as saying to Forbes.

From then on, she was a fierce activist for trans and women's rights, and in 2020 IBM not only apologised for firing her but gave her a Lifetime Achievement Award.

Lynn died on the 9th of June this year. She leaves a legacy of not only amazing technological innovations that we still use today, but a clearer path for women and trans people to do the same.

If those of us using her creations to make our living or enjoy our everyday lives end up achieving even a fraction as much as she did, we'll be very fortunate indeed. Thank you, Lynn -- I will remember you.

https://t.co/AnWRI7cMwg

[Gerald Ardito @geraldardito]

Thrilled to have been interviewed for this story on yesterday's #DOE stress test. @ManhattanEdu @tomliamlynch @PamAmendola @susaniverson1 @Downes

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[Gerald Ardito @geraldardito]

@moenig @SAP @SnapCloud @jadga_h Cool.

[J. Michael Straczynski @straczynski]

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[Gerald Ardito @geraldardito]

@moenig @SnapCloud Very, very interesting.

[Pam Amendola @PamAmendola]

Integrating AI literacy is essential to prepare our students for the future. Educators can play a critical role in this process by having a strong understanding of how AI works and why it is necessary. As Francis Bacon once said, "knowledge is power." This can start with knowing how to use these time-saving tools. Check out this article for 5 tips on using AI in the classroom: https://t.co/veItPlpmyX

#ailiteracy #iste #ade2023 #AppleEDU

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[Gerald Ardito @geraldardito]

@straczynski Happy Anniversary and thanks for all of the joy you have brought to my life. I have the book on my desk now and will be starting it soon.

[Gerald Ardito @geraldardito]

@DrMauricio Congratulations!

[Peekskill Schools @PeekskillCSD]

Congratulations to our own @DrMauricio!
#KeepingthePromise
#Peekskillpride

[Gerald Ardito @geraldardito]

Read this story from Laura Javier on Medium: https://t.co/N9ieBcDXIW

[Gerald Ardito @geraldardito]

@ms_deljuidice @LEGO_Education Congratulations!

[Gerald Ardito @geraldardito]

@ms_deljuidice @LEGO_Education Nice. I can't wait to hear all about it.

[Gerald Ardito @geraldardito]

@ms_deljuidice Congratulations

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@PamAmendola @magicschoolai Congratulations!

[Gerald Ardito @geraldardito]

@mrsscollinshhhs I love what you said in this article. And congrats!

[Gerald Ardito @geraldardito]

@MsHernandezPCSD @Diamond_Mad27 What a great team!