Mr. Ito doesn’t have a college degree
Tinker, Tailor, Solder, Sew | Chez Vivian - 0 views
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"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."
Joi Ito's Web - 1 views
Connected Learning: Tying Student Passions to School Subjects | MindShift - 2 views
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"What if your extracurricular activities weren't just extra but a part of your academics too? New thinking on education intends to bring students' interests into the classroom. It's called Connected Learning and promotes the idea that students will excel in school if what they are learning is relevant to their lives, experiences, and passions. This plan is spelled out in a new report, by Mimi Ito, the research director of the Digital Media and Learning Hub at the University of California Irvine"
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