Want a C.E. project for 2012? How about learning to program?

Wouldn’t you like to know how to get from “Wouldn’t it be great if…” or “Our Website could really use…” to “Here’s our new library app?”   Codecademy is offering some digital empowerment in the form of a year’s worth of lessons in computer programming–free!  When you sign up for the Code Year program, you’ll get an interactive programming lesson sent to you each week.  The first lesson will be emailed next Monday, January 9.  The developers of the program make a pretty good case that knowing how to program (digital literacy) is becoming an important skill that will make you more employable, and just better at navigating this increasingly technological world. If you’re enrolled in the Nebraska Librarian Certification program, this would be a great way to earn C.E. credit–complete the code year and earn 15 c.e. credits–a year’s worth!   If you’d like to do this, drop me a line.  Then sign up at Code Year, do the lessons–share your progress with friends, if you like.  I’ve signed up; Michael Sauers is signed up–maybe we’ll all become programming ninjas! Here’s an article from Slate with some more info.  There’s a time commitment involved, but acquiring digital literacy could really be worth it.