At its meeting on Monday, the school board approved “Zulama: Games Through the Ages” to pilot in the advanced emerging technology class next semester.
The course, developed by Carnegie Mellon University's Entertainment Technology Center, teaches computer programming and computer science through games from various time periods, such as ancient Egypt, according to high school Principal Tim Kantor.
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Higher Tech curriculums need to be in more schools and accessible to everyone at an earlier age. Learning computer science and coding will have a greater effect at an earlier age. It is just like learning a language the earlier you learn it the easier it will be to pick up. In a world with exponential growth of technology this curriculum should not be news it should be the standard. Computer skills are needed no matter what area of study that you go into and the sooner that these concepts are introduced the better. Knowing networking is essential for lighting, sound and automation and using databases and integrating CAD and CAM into those databases are becoming more applicable to commercial shops. Computers are not going away, and technology is not cyclical. We need to be introducing higher concept computer usage in high school and middle school. This is a good thing to see happening and I hope that it is a success.
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