Tinker, Tailor, Solder, Sew | Chez Vivian - 0 views
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John Evans on 08 Jul 15"It was the summer of my disconnect… I've decided to try for a different focus this summer. I want to spend a LOT less time online and tinker with technology that doesn't revolve around a 2D computer screen. Last year at this time, I was wrapping up my look at teaching computer programming to primary students. I had just finished submitting in my Coetail Final Project and this was the subject-matter that I had chosen for my final project. My investigation was done mainly through the 2D environment of the computer screen. My own children and I spent last summer participating in two online "kids camp" programs that were an extension of my Coetail Final Project. They were Scratch Programming and Minecraft. We worked through several weeks of challenges, earned digital badges, and posted our creations online. Some of them were featured in a weekly Show and Tell that was streamed over the internet by Pursuitery (has some connection with Connected Learning Alliance and Mimi Ito of "Hanging Out, Messing Around, Geeking Out"). That was a huge amount of fun but it was all pixels."