Despite the debilitating chaos of the COVID-19 pandemic, exciting progress was made in producing new programming environments for learners. The following is a round-up the latest news, opportunities, and learning environments for you and your students.
ArtLogo is a browser-based no frills version of the Logo programming language created by Brian Silverman, creator of Turtle Art and countless other Logo dialects over the past forty years.
On June 18th, Dr. Gary Stager led an online masterclass, “Gary Stager’s Approach to Teaching Programming.” Below is video of the masterclass and resources related to the session. Subscribe to learn about upcoming events Articles mentioned during the masterclass What’s …
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In 1971, Seymour Papert and Cynthia Solomon authored a prescient paper, Twenty Things to Do with a Computer. The ways in which my friends suggested using computers as intellectual laboratories and vehicles for self expression remain sadly elusive in too …
Snap! is a block based language created by the University of California at Berkeley and used in their first year computer science courses, as well as the high school AP Computer Science Principles Beauty and Joy of Computing curriculum. …
Dr. Gary Stager will lead the presentation, “ISTE Celebrates the Father of EdTech – Seymour Papert’s Legacy and Powerful Ideas,” at his 31st ISTE/NECC Conference as a presenter.
I humbly share with you the digital archives of one of the longest-running journals in the history of computing in schools, Logo Exchange.
For decades, the dream of programming computers without words or the ability to make syntax errors had eluded computer scientists. Today, is the dawn of a new era in block programming languages designed for children to learn with, control their …
New – The best of both worlds, Hummingbird Robotics Kits are now powered by the BBC micro:bit! The Invent to Learn Quickstart Guide to the Hummingbird Bit Robotics Kit new We love the Hummingbird Robot Kit at Constructing Modern Knowledge. …
This is the paper accompanying Gary Stager’s plenary address at the 3rd International Constructionism Conference in Vienna, Austria, August 19-23, 2014. (Link to video) Abstract – In this plenary address, the speaker will share three societal trends that validate and vindicate decades of leadership by …