Gary and Sylvia will lead one day workshops in Texas – April 8-12, 2019. Details and registration information can be found here.
Invent To Learn
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Tag: Arduino
Gary Stager Interview in LeadershipEd Magazine (New Zealand)
Last spring, Gary Stager was interviewed at the National Futureschools Conference in Melbourne, Australia. The result was published in September 2018 in New Zealand’s LeadershipEd Magazine. A pdf of the freewheeling interview may be read here.
Professional Development Gets Personal
Hello World is a free, glossy, well-edited magazine for educators published by the Raspberry Pi Foundation. Gary Stager has written two featured articles in the first four issues of the publication. His latest article, Professional Development Gets Personal, shares lessons…
Tagged with: 3D printing, Arduino, coding, Constructing Modern Knowledge, constructionism, edtech, educational technology, etextiles, littlebits, maker movement, makered, micro:bit, PD, professional development, project-based learning, Raspberry Pi, Reggio Emilia approach, robotics, scratch, seymour papert, teachers, wearable computing
Invent To Learn Workshop for Independent Schools of Victoria (Gary)
Dr. Gary Stager will be leading a day-long hands-on Invent To Learn workshop for Independent Schools Victoria in their West Melbourne seminar room. Target Audience: All Teachers, Teacher Librarians Program Description: Independent Schools Victoria have been fortunate in securing Dr…
Tagged with: Arduino, coding, gary stager, making, pbl, physical computing, programming, project-based learning
littleBits Quick Start Guides
littleBits are ingenious snap-together magnetic elements used to create whimsical machines and prototype complex electronic circuits. It’s impossible to short-circuit the littleBits or create a syntax error in your physical “program” since they only snap together the “correct” way. Kids from…
Tagged with: Arduino, electronics, internet of things, littlebits, programming, prototyping, the cloud
Book Signings at Maker Faire
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…
Superheroes of the Maker Movement
A day-long celebration of learning by making hosted by The Willows Community School and featuring workshops by kid “Superheroes of the Maker Movement,” Super-Awesome Sylvia, Quin Etnyre, and Schuyler St. Leger. Hosted by Gary Stager, Ph.D. Different events are planned…
Learn Arduino, Save $$
Check out these video Arduino courses created and taught by Peter Dalmaris. Teachers can take these classes for a significant discount: Arduino Step by Step. A comprehensive and ever-expanding course on Arduino, components, and techniques. Over 17 hours of video content…
Superheroes of the Maker Movement
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…
Tagged with: Arduino, electronics, kids, learning, making, quin etnyre, radio, Schuyler St. Leger, soft circuits, super-awesome sylvia
Great Review for New Super-Awesome Sylvia Arduino Project Book
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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