Regular readers know that I’m a big fan of Mike Zamansky and his Using
Emacs Series of videos. If you’ve watched those videos carefully or
follow his blog, you know he’s a professor at Hunter College’s School
of Education where he specializes in programs to train current and
prospective high school teachers in Computer Science.
Zamansky was a high school teacher himself for 25 years before moving
to Hunter and helped establish the Stuyvestant HS CS program. One of
his long term goals has been to establish CS as an independent (from
the Math department) program and to provide a way for teachers to
become certified in CS.
His efforts recently came to fruition with New York’s new
certification program in CS for K-12 teachers. Crain’s New York
Business has a nice article on Zamansky and his work on behalf of the
new program. It’s an interesting look at the man behind one of
Emacs’ most extensive and popular series of videos.