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Computer science professor, Armando Fox, is one of the thousands of teachers who use GitHub to give their students hands-on experience writing software in teams. On a recent trip to…

John Britton·@johndbritton

April 7, 2014 | Updated January 4, 2019

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Computer science professor, Armando Fox, is one of the thousands of teachers who use GitHub to give their students hands-on experience writing software in teams.

On a recent trip to UC Berkeley, we spoke with Armando and some of his students about open source, education, and the essential experience gained by building software for a real customer.

Teachers and students are eligible for free private repositories on GitHub. Learn more at education.github.com.

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