Digital Smarts - Coded Literature
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Have a kid who loves science, coding or math, but thinks that literature is a waste of time? Researcher Shuchi Grover writes in EdSurge that applying computational thinking to analyze novels, history and society can give students new insights while also helping them learn about data analysis and coding. In his commentary, Grover describes how the method has been used to examine Shakespeare's "Hamlet" and the "Harry Potter" book series, and provides examples of the kinds of diagrams used in the analysis. It seems literature analysis is all a matter of perspective.