A Brief Introduction to micro:bit and MakeCode
On Tuesday morning I went to micro:bit workshop hosted by Gary Stager and Sylvia Martinez. It was a ton of fun. My only complaint, I wish it was longer because I wanted to keep playing with my new friends as we explored and tinkered together. On Tuesday evening I shared some of my notes from […]
Scratch 3.0 and a New Creative Computing Curriculum Guide
Earlier this summer I shared the news that Scratch 3.0 would be available in a beta form in August. August is still a couple of hours away, but Scratch 3.0 is actually available now. I just went to the Scratch 3.0 beta site and it is live. You can try the new Scratch online editor […]
Teaching Coding With CS First
This is a guest post from Keith Kelley. Keith is the integrated technology instructor at Sebasticook and Somerset Valley Middle School in central Maine. “The limit to the system is the number of coders we have, our policy is to hire as many coders as we can.” Mark Zuckerberg Coding is important and MIT’s Scratch platform has […]
The ISTE Presentation Almost Everyone Missed – And Shouldn’t Have
The ISTE 17 presentation that I was looking forward to more than any other was Dr. Gary Stager’s 50th Anniversary of Logo. I got there early because I genuinely thought the ballroom would be packed. Instead, there were maybe three dozen of us in the room. That’s a shame because ISTE attendees missed out on […]
CS First – Lesson Plans for Teaching Computer Science
CS First is an initiative from Google to promote computer science classes and clubs in schools. CS First features computer science lesson plans based on nine themes. Within each theme you will find up to ten hours of activities to conduct with your students. The themes in CS First are storytelling, friends, fashion & design, […]