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"Best of both worlds: Issues of structure and agency in computational creation, in and out of school"

Simple Machines

"A PicoBoard is a piece of hardware that allows Scratch projects to interact with the outside world. Currently it works on Scratch 1.4 and 2.0."

"Activities for PicoBoard and Scratch"

"Das PicoBoard (früher: Scratch Board) ist ein externes Gerät für Scratch. Dank der Sensorenblöcke können damit Reize aus der Außenwelt (Licht, Klang, elektrischer Widerstand, etc.) in ein Projekt eingebunden werden. Trotzdem ist es eher weniger verbreitet."

This is a link to San Diego Zoo where you can view live video feeds of animals in their enclosures, including elephants and pandas. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Science

As a mother of a daughter who is applying to Georgia Tech in Computer Science, this is important. My daughter's life was changed when I had her use Kodu in class, write a program and win an NCWIT award. She was on a panel with Sylvia Martinez at ISTE about encouraging more girls into STEM and really realized that she liked Computer Science and would at least try it as a major. She said until she saw people talk about it and realized she could code, she had no idea that it was something she could do and like. Girls who code is a group that works to encourage girls to enter computing fields.

Hi Vicki. It's been my experience that students (boys and girls) who are exposed to programming in elementary school and then have it as part of the school IT curriculum are far more likely to stay the course through to high school and beyond. Some of my best programmers at Middle School have been Gr. 6 girls, a few of whom continued on to complete AP level programming, undergrad and graduate work in Comp Sci. Papert's work with LOGO pointed the way, ALICE and Scratch are there to play. Just need to keep programming in the curriculum so that students (boys and girls) know that it's a valued academic skill and not just a preserve for hobbiests and tinkerers.

"Toshiba Satellite"

"10 Best iPhone & Android Apps for Diabetics"

"7 diabetes apps for your smartphone"