Super-Awesome Sylvia will be signing copies of her book, “Sylvia’s Super-Awesome Sylvia Project Book Super-Simple Arduino” at Bay Area Maker Faire. Come buy a book and have it signed by the author/illustrator herself! Where: littleBits Electronics – Booth #2245 – Zone 2 inside …
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. …
A Celebration of Learning-by-Making Sunday, February 22, 2015 The Willows Community School 8509 Higuera Street Culver City CA California 90232 (Google Map) Different activities for specific audiences: 10 AM – 11 AM – Panel discussion with the Superheroes of …
I’ve been asked to specify how I would spend $50,000 to start an elementary school along the path to learning-by-making. The suggestions are based on my experience working in schools. The three game-changers of fabrication, physical computing, and computer programming …
NOTE!!! Venue change! This event is SOLD OUT. An additional date may be available later this spring. Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom in a Reggio Emilia Context This is a unique one-time only workshop combining a hands-on Invent To Learn …
The first two workshops sold-out quickly. Register today for a 3rd and final workshop! Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom in a Reggio Emilia Context This is a unique one-time only workshop combining a hands-on Invent To Learn workshop with a …
Independent School, the magazine of the National Association of Independent Schools just published a major new article by Dr. Gary Stager. Read Outside the Skinner Box: Can Educational Technology Make a Course Correction? NAIS – Outside the Skinner Box (PDF)
Joyce Valenza wrote a glorious review of Super-Awesome Sylvia’s new Super-Simple Arduino Project Book for her column in School Library Journal. Sometimes I wonder what my girlfriends and I would be like today if more models like the super-awesome Sylvia were around …
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The following is a link to Gary Stager’s paper, Progressive Education and The Maker Movement – Symbiosis or Mutually Assured Destruction?, presented at the FabLearn@School Conference, October 25-26, 2014.