"Spectacular miraculous flow, computer digital
I ridicule the pitiful, piss upon the minuscule"
-De La Soul f/ Pharoahe Monch, "Weed #1"
I came across this interesting article on a Stanford class on how to develop Facebook applications. The idea may seem fad-chasing to some and novel to others. Regardless, it was the most popular computer science class at the school. Personally, I thoroughly enjoy facebook and try to earnestly use it to its full potential. I have found former classmate from elementary and middle school. I have helped promote my own civic agenda via my personal networks. And I have managed to do a great deal of professional networking as well.
I'll admit it; I'm a junkie, maybe. It's not that I have an addiction. I just like sticky sites and facebook is definitely sticky, for all kinds of right and wrong reasons. Would you believe somebody had the nerve to create a group for people who hate my spontaneous way of taking pictures?! I've since realized that I ask for permission more often before snapping away. Nevertheless, I see the possibility of the Stanford class as something that could be replicated in the the K12 environment. There are already scores of teens on these sites and schools across the country offering AP Computer Science and Java programming classes. There is definitely a lack of students whose minds are being engaged with the prospects of careers in the STEM fields. Now, we just gotta figure out a way to make it work. I just hope it doesn't go the way of the game design movement in schools and fizzle out like a match in the Chi (Chicago).
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