First woman to write a computer program

Next year 2016 it will be 200th birthday of Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, born 1816. Ada Lovelace is said to be the first woman said to have written the first computer program in October 1843 translated from Menabrea’s paper "Notions sur la machine analytique de M. Charles Babbage" (1842).

Lovelace's diagram from Note G - photo courtesy of http://www.sophiararebooks.com/pictures/

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Mini-Golf, Math, and Me

So, I have continued my robotics/coding journey. It just keeps getting better and better. The kids are really starting to understand the language of coding. And, it has been amazing to see who has stepped into the expert texspert role. It is not the usual student leaders. I have found that coding is a leveled playing field. Some kids that are gifted at school are not gifted with this required "thinking outside the box." I have also watched gifted students struggle with perseverance issues. Since they have not had to work hard at school, they do not have their grit muscle strength like some students that have to persevere every day. Fascinating to watch. It has also forced students to really understand angles. To give correct instructions, the students have to inform the robot at what angle it should travel. A lot of discussion, trial, and error have brought a greater depth of understanding than any curricular math lesson.

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Coding and Kids

I did it. I made the leap into robotics. I was terrified to fail. I kept putting it off-finding reasons that I couldn't make it work right now. But, the kids asked about when the robots were coming. So, I jumped. And I regret nothing. I do not know how program or code. At all. But, the good thing is that code.org and sphero and other coding groups know this. They have your back. They have created lesson walkthroughs for the teacher, or you can just show the tutorials to the students and have them follow along. I relied on that and the fearlessness of my students. We had a blast as learners together. Ok. I am sure you know about the Hour of Code. And I am sure some of you are on the bandwagon. But, I have an idea that some of you hear it and think--not one more thing. I can't do one more thing. And I hear that. I am a classroom teacher, but I promise once you try it, it will remind you why you became a teacher.

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MSI MPG Z390 Gaming Edge AC

The MSI MPG Z390 Gaming Edge AC is here, will it have the much needed edge to race past the competition!? The new Intel 9th Gen CPUs have finally arrived in yet again another attempt to derail the AMD Ryzen ever speeding momentum train, how good or bad this attempt is a story for another day but as always in case of Intel with a new CPU follows a new range of motherboards and this time isn't different. Behold the new Z390 PCH motherboards that aim to take a notch up from where their predecessor Z370 PCH motherboards had left with integrated 802.11ac and native USB 3.1 Gen 2 support being a standard feature right out of the box obviously leaving it to the board partners to customize it as per their own whims. Today on the table we have the MSI MPG Z390 Gaming Edge AC, that's one mouthful of a name, which not only holds the latest Edge series tag in the MSI lineup but also comes from the Performance series of motherboards hence the MPG in the name. This is MSI first ever Edge ser

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