With social, digital and online everything taking over every aspect of our lives, it’s not hard to believe school’s would notice the impact and follow suit. Check out Beaver County Day School, in Chestnut Hill, Mass. Beaver has become the first school to implement computer programming and coding into its standard curriculum. Beaver isn’t the only school experimenting with implementing these type of classes. Twenty schools in New York City, 10 middle and 10 high, are currently undergoing a ‘software engineering pilot’ this year. However, Beaver is the first to add coding classes to standard curriculum. Mashable recently interviewed Peter Hutton, Head of Beaver, who gave a clear and simple reason for the course additions. “Do schools need to change? Absolutely,” he says.”We’re still preparing our kids to go to work in 1988. Certainly not 2020.” The Boston Globe reported that, “Last year, only 713 students in the entire state took an advanced placement exam in computer science”. While, Georgetown University projects 51% of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) jobs will be computer focused by 2018. Obviously, demand for coders will outpace the supply unless educators take action. Introducing Computer Science programming and coding classes earlier rather than later is a wise move. Kudos to Beaver County Day School for taking the lead in preparing our future ‘Geeks’ for success!

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Our Thoughts During this Unprecedented Time
We hope you are all adjusting to the new ‘normal’, staying safe and well. As you know, Nashville Geek is a small team that does big things. We appreciate your patience, flexibility, and understanding as we too navigate this unusual time in our history.
VERO – True Social
Our good friend TJ Barbe-Marbois and his team built Vero – True Social and we’ve been following their progress since the app was in beta. We’re proud to see their hard work and original vision coming to fruition. Last week, Vero was the #1 download in 18 countries for both iOS and Android app stores. Congratulations to Vero – True Social!
Understanding DNS during a WordPress Website Host Migration
Moving your WordPress website to a new host can seem intimidating. There’s one handy tool, the DNS record, that helps us migrate sites without interruption to all the other services connected to your site like subdomains, emails, domain verifications, and secure forms.
WordCamp US 2017 Roundup
The annual national conference for WordPress, WordCamp US 2017, was hosted in Nashville at the Music City Center. We’re happy to share what we learned from the 1500-strong gathering of WordPressers from around the world.
CSS v HTML
CSS v HTML – Still confused? Think of HTML as the Architecture & engine of your website. HTML describes the placement of content such as text or pictures and retrieves online information. CSS is the Interior Designer that communicates what colors, fonts, and designs the website’s content will have.