TEACHING TEACHERS: With Computer Science Education Week coming up (Dec. 8-14), there'll be quite a buzz will be focused on teaching kids how to code. But what about teaching teachers how to teach kids how to code? CareerFoundry has partnered with TeacherTube to offer an online, one-year program where K-12 and higher-ed instructors can learn the ins and outs of programming, from concepts like control flow to specific languages like Ruby on Rails, at their own pace. The program also includes weekly chats with professional mentors over Skype. The program is a bit pricey at $375 per teacher per month (or $4500 for the whole year). It's headed up by Alan Greenberg, former head of education at Apple.
