Yesterday I got the “Royal Treatment.” That is to say that Ken Royal from Scholastic did an audio interview with me. We talked a bit about the state of computer science education and how we can make it “cool” and attract more students. This is the first of a new online show for Ken and it was an honor to be the first interview. Please drop by and take a listen. It’s only about 20 minutes but we cram a lot in the time.
Microsoft’s Channel 9 has a new series of Microsoft Campus Tours The latest tour is titled Dining On Campus I was fascinated with the efforts to “go green” and reduce waste through recycling and composting.
Lynn Langit has a new blog post about how she is teaching teen-age girls T-SQL They use a database “Query to find ‘hot’ boys”. Apparently that is a topic that has some relevance for young women. 
Camorn Evans (twitter @EDUCTO) Microsoft’s CTO for Education has a new video series, "2011 B.C." on Facebook at http://facebook.com/BookofCam; episode 01-In the Beginning is available now.
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Erin 'Ed' Donahue, a new member of the Microsoft Academic team, is half of the hosting team for Ed & Ashley's 5 Minute Show! The current interview is with Deborah Collins Stevens of This Is Not the Life I Ordered.
Play InterroBang has been honored by having been voted the #2 social impact game of the year on Games For Change! View the top games: http://www.gamesforchange.org/main/newentry-features/top_5_social_impact_games_of_the_year/ What is Play InterroBang? As games for change describes it:
The community votes put Interrobang so closely under the most favorite game, it was nearly a tie! Interrobang is league based game for middle school and high school honor students. Funded by the Microsoft Partners in Learning Program, Interrobang sends players to complete “missions” that focus on exploring your local environment, helping your community or creating and sharing art.
Missions in Interrobang are crowd sourced. Gameplay is simple: players are first encourage to pick an easy mission to accomplish. Secondly, players are asked to plan and complete a mission with a focus on team collaboration. The third and fourth steps include documenting the process, so you can share it online via blog posts, photo galleries or videos. Players are also rewarded points for suggesting missions and connecting with the Interrobang community
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