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Scratch Jr

Coding for kids is in. MIT and the Scratch programming environment have been pioneers in this area which is also sometimes labelled as computational thinking. Scratch Jr is the newest offering – a way for learners 5-7 to have coding … Continue reading

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Robots for all

We are attending FETC and when we go to the tech conferences we attempt to predict what will be some of product themes. Evaluation, common core referenced resources, whiteboards and short throw projects were possibilities, but we predicted 3-D printers … Continue reading

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Learning to code?

Here is a thoughtful piece on learning to code from a Stanford grad student. I would suggest this additional reference if you want to get into this issue.

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Now you see it, now you don’t – oops there it is again

Back in the 80s, teaching programming was an “in” thing. Then, for reasons I cannot identify, the notion that it would be beneficial for a high proportion of students to have programming experiences fell out of favor. Now, programming for … Continue reading

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