This year is the 30th anniversary of NECC. This will be the last NECC next year the label will change to ISTE. The first NECC was at the University of Iowa.
A feature of this year’s conference is a sort of museum of tech artifacts. Looks a lot like my basement.
Mitch Resnick argues that Scratch offers students and teachers to meet President Obama’s challenge to “create and not just consume“. As he relates this challenge to technology, he proposes that students move beyond clicking as a form of participation. Want to offer more learners of all ages the opportunity to create with technology and get beyond the assumption that creating with technology is reserved for programmers. The Scratch site receives a new upload nearly every second.
A new site focused on Scratch for educators, Learn, Share, Connect, is now available.
