Getting Started with ArtLogo
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.
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Four Take-Home Makerspaces Under $100
Whether school is face-to-face or remote, it’s now possible for students to use low-cost take home makerspaces 24/7!
Program your Own Gameboy!
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 …
Graphing Linear Equations in Snap!
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. …
1-hour micro:bit workshop challenge(s)
The maker movement’s tricky little pal, Josh Ajima, solicited ideas for a 1-hourBBC micro:bit workshop on Twitter. Anyone have a good micro:bit workshop they like to do? Hour long activity for middle to high school students as an optional activity …
The Subtlety of Prompt Setting
In Chapter Four of our new book, Invent to Learn – Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom, we discuss the importance of prompt setting as a basis for project-based learning. I argue that “a good prompt is worth 1,000 …
BBC micro:bit Workshop Quick Start Guide Genova
Microsoft MakeCode for block and javascript programming of the micro:bit and other robotics systems. The advantage of MakeCode is that it exploits all of the hardware features of the micro:bit. The tradeoff is ease of use and the process of …
Gary Stager’s Math Workshop Resources
Turtle Art software for Mac and Windows Turtle Art for iPad Turtle Art Activity Cards, Math Activities and Download Information Resources for Learning with Wolfram Alpha & Wolfram Language Constance Kamii math videos (multiple videos)Constance Kamii Direct vs Indirect Ways of Teaching Number …
BBC micro:bit Workshop Quick Start Guide
Microsoft MakeCode for block and javascript programming of the micro:bit and other robotics systems. The advantage of MakeCode is that it exploits all of the hardware features of the micro:bit. The tradeoff is ease of use and the process of …
Micro:bit and Microcontroller Development Board Workshop Resources
BBC Micro:bit Micro:bit getting started Handout: Micro:bit getting started with MakeCode plus connecting external motors, LEDs, & speakers/headphones (PDF) Gary Stager’s micro:bit project starter Ideas Super collection of Scratch and micro:bit activity cards and project ideas. (2021) Micro:bit software options …
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