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Contents contributed and discussions participated by Tim Cooper

Tim Cooper

TEDxGeorgiaTech - Mark Guzdial - 21st Century Literacy includes Computing for Everyone ... - 16 views

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    Interesting outlook on why teaching computer science is applicable and needed for everyone. Guzdial does a lot of work with Squeak (which is a forerunner of Scratch).
Tim Cooper

Computational Thinking: I do not think it means what you think it means - Medium - 32 views

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    This is an excellent deconstruction of the pop term "computational thinking" and a reconstruction of Papert's real meaning (which is so much more powerful!).
Tim Cooper

BerryIO - 22 views

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    interface to control raspberry pi through the web
Tim Cooper

Control Alt Achieve: The Ultimate Guide to Google Sites for Schools - 85 views

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    Google Sites tutorial videos and doc. Pretty extensive.
Tim Cooper

Walker & Flower | Paper Mechatronics - 34 views

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    amazing design ideas here. Paper contraptions with huge artisitic and engineering educational links.
Tim Cooper

How to Beat Procrastination - Wait But Why - 52 views

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    procrastinator's unite! Nice advice to beat it.
Tim Cooper

Fitbit Design | Inside Jobs - YouTube - 25 views

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    nice real view of engineering/design.
Tim Cooper

Day in the Life Series - 58 views

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    amazing collections of people working in a variety of fields including a bunch of STEM ones
Tim Cooper

Day in the Life: Software Engineer - YouTube - 18 views

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    nice real view of programming and emphasis on woman.
Tim Cooper

The New Guide to Managing Media for Tweens and Teens | Common Sense Media - 47 views

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    pretty good advice for parents of tweens / teens for managing media with kids. Short article with highlighted
Tim Cooper

Search | African Fossils - 9 views

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    3d printable models with great pictures and histories of fossil - animals, tools, plants from Africa.
Tim Cooper

30 years of collaboration towards empowering children to be creative thinkers on Vimeo - 9 views

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    Great video about Seymour Papert, the Media Lab, Lego Mindstorms and the development of both the Mindstorms robot platform, Scratch and inspiring learning. A little feel good for Lego and MIT but the overall history is correct and inspiring.
Tim Cooper

Design Thinking in a Nutshell - Rose Apple - 74 views

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    Another concise overiew of the essential ideas of design thinking. Includes some great quotes.
Tim Cooper

No assembler required | The Economist - 25 views

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    nice overview of programming and robot tools for younger (primary kids). Nice pitch for Scratch and background of edtech ala Papert.
Tim Cooper

Education Chats - Calendars - 35 views

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    An excellent listing of many educational Twitter chats and when they happen in a Google Calendar format. Even lets you change time zones!
Tim Cooper

Educational Leadership:Teaching with Mobile Tech:Mobile Devices: Driving Us to Distract... - 57 views

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    Nice summary of research on digital distraction
Tim Cooper

http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1099&context=jpeer - 33 views

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    Great article on research on the maker movement and learning
Tim Cooper

The 2015 Honor Roll: EdTech's Must-Read K-12 IT Blogs | EdTech Magazine - 57 views

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    good list of edtech blogs, some better than others. The list seems to have a wide scope to include all levels and subject areas rather than the best blogs.
Tim Cooper

Chris Granger - Coding is not the new literacy - 31 views

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    thoughtful piece on what becoming a programmer/creator/modeler is all about. Good references to appropriate works. "The computer revolution hasn't happened yet. It is not about coding, it is about modeling of real world problems using technology to find or make a solution.
Tim Cooper

Social Media Design Cheat Sheet 2014 (Infographic) - 76 views

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    Social media cheat sheet on graphic sizes and layout.. This can help you figure out the sizes of all of those background and profile graphics so you can size them before the autosizer does for best display.
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