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Gary Stager’s Approach to Teaching Programming Masterclass Video & Resources

Gary Stager Posted on June 21, 2020 Posted in professional learning, resources, video, webinar Tagged with coding, computing, constructionism, Cynthia solomon, edtech, gary stager, logo, Lynx, mathematics education, pbl, programming, project-based learning, school reform, scratch, seymour papert, snap!, Turtle Art

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.



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Articles mentioned during the masterclass
  • What’s Your Hurry?
  • A Modest Proposal (using Scratch books as reading texts)
  • Scratch and the Negligent Homicide of Mathland
  • Time for Optimism
  • Our most recent newsletter

Turtle Art materials

  • Gary Stager’s Early Turtle Art activities
  • Turtle Art Activity Cards

Logo activities
These activities designed for MicroWorlds EX should be applicable to other programming environments, like Turtle Art, Scratch, Snap!, and especially Lynx. If you translate any of these activities for other languages, please let me know!

  • Old-fashioned Quilt Making in an Online Collaborative Setting – Use MicroWorlds EX in this simple open-ended creativity project. (2007)
  • Making Aboriginal Dreamtime Designs with MicroWorlds – An interdisciplinary project (2000)
  • Gary’s Fraction Software Activity
  • 21st Century Logo Quilts – A Twist on a Classic Geometry/Art Activity (1999)
  • Build Your Own Virtual Pet with MicroWorlds
    Make Your Own Tamagotchi ©1998-99 Adam Smith with a bit of help from Gary Stager
  • Turning Math Manipulatives Inside Out (1998)
  • MicroWorlds Claymation – Create your own Wallace and Gromit with one line of code! (2000)

Graphing Linear Equations in Snap!

Basic Computer Games books (pdf form)

  • Basic Computer Games (first edition 1973)
  • More Basic Computer Games (1980)
Resources related to Conrad and Stephen Wolfram’s work on math, computation, and programming
  • Lots of resources related to Wolfram Language
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Veteran educator Dr. Gary Stager is co-author of Invent To Learn — Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom and the founder of the Constructing Modern Knowledge summer institute. He led professional development in the world’s first 1:1 laptop schools and designed one of the oldest online graduate school programs. Learn more about Gary.

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CHAPTER 1 AN INSANELY BRIEF AND INCOMPLETE HISTORY OF MAKING
The modern maker movement is placed in a historic educational context.

CHAPTER 2 LEARNING
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CHAPTER 3 THINKING ABOUT THINKING
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CHAPTER 4 WHAT MAKES A GOOD PROJECT?
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CHAPTER 5 TEACHING
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CHAPTER 6 MAKING TODAY
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CHAPTER 7, 8, 9 THE GAME CHANGERS
Three activities of the modern maker movement can revolutionize learning: fabrication, physical computing (robotics, microcontrollers, etc.), and programming.

CHAPTER 10 STUFF
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CHAPTER 11 SHAPING THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
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CHAPTER 12 STUDENT LEADERSHIP
The maker movement is an opportunity for students to become leaders and advocates in their school and community.

CHAPTER 13 MAKE YOUR OWN MAKER DAY
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CHAPTER 14 DO UNTO OURSELVES
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CHAPTER 15 MAKING THE CASE
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CHAPTER 16 RESOURCES TO EXPLORE
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