Three Reflections on a Fun Workshop During ISTE Live
As I’ve mentioned a couple of times in the last week, last week I went to a micro:bit workshop hosted by Gary Stager and Sylvia Martinez. It was a lot of fun! If you get a chance to go to one of their workshops, go! I’ve been thinking about that workshop for the last nine […]
Don’t Miss This Webinar! – Coding in the Age of AI
On Wednesday I passed along a great resource that Gary Stager shared with me. Today, I have another announcement from Gary that you should note right now. That is a free webinar he’s hosting on April 27th. Coding in the Age of AI is a two-hour, hands-on webinar in which you’ll program in Lynx as […]
Benefits of Cross-curricular Learning
This post was commissioned by Kids Discover Online. In the course of a typical day you probably find yourself using knowledge and skills from a wide variety of areas. Figuring out how to pay your bills? Math. Taking the shortcut to avoid traffic? Geography. Writing an email to your boss to explain why the shortcut […]
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 […]
Snap – A Great Way for Students to Try Programming
Earlier this week I Tweeted that anyone who is going to the ISTE conference in San Antonio needs to put Gary Stager’s presentation titled Logo at 50: Children, Computers and Powerful Ideas on his or her calendar. Understanding the development of Logo is key to understanding how many of the programming apps we have in […]