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Tomoko Matsukawa

Scratch: Programming for All (MIT Media Lab - Lifelong Kindergarten) - 0 views

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    I see similarity in what CEEO is trying to achieve with MIT's Scratch project. Emphasis on creativity, learning from others, reflecting on process. Figuring how to assess its performance remain as an issue here as well. 
Tomoko Matsukawa

MIT Media Lab: Learning Through Connecting - 2 views

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    A blog from MIT after their Scratch@MIT conference this year (only happens once every two years). It suggests that the use of Scratch encourages 4 different types of connections that the user can benefit from during his/her learning of creativity.
Billie Fitzpatrick

Scratch | Project | Pascal's Triangle for Kids - 3 views

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    A fun way for kids to learn algebra -- specifically Pascal's Triangle --- using a fun interactive tech tool-- MIT's Scratch program --
Mydhili Bayyapunedi

Conrad Wolfram: Teaching kids real math with computers | Video on TED.com - 2 views

  • From rockets to stock markets, many of humanity's most thrilling creations are powered by math. So why do kids lose interest in it? Conrad Wolfram says the part of math we teach -- calculation by hand -- isn't just tedious, it's mostly irrelevant to real mathematics and the real world. He presents his radical idea: teaching kids math through computer programming.
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    Very similar to the idea of teaching computer programming via storytelling/animation (Scratch)
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    Hey, he stole my idea (about teaching math through teaching computer programming) ! ;-) Thanks for this post.
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    I just watched this video and it's actually billed INCORRECTLY on that Ted.com description! The guy is *not* saying to teach math through teaching computer programming at'all!! He is simply advocating to use the power of the computer to teach math - i.e. using programs such as Mathematica. His slide says "Computer-based math: critical reform" -- so, he is saying that students should use the computer for the computing (which is for sure true) and teachers should teach with the students using this computing power asap (which I agree with) ... but he is *not* actually saying to teach computer programming ... p.s. This video is sweeping through the math teacher twitter streams and blogs right now (yes, there is such a community out there!) But, in my opinion, his idea is no big leap ...
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    Absolutely agree... the idea presented here is no big leap at all, especially to us who are following these advances pretty closely. I saw the parallels with scratch in terms of engaging the learner.
James Glanville

Computer Programming for Children, Minus Cryptic Syntax - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    another article, in the NYT, on scratch and alice 
Margaret O'Connell

App Inventor - Visual IDE which makes programming for Android very accessible - 0 views

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    If you have any experience using or teaching Scratch (a visual IDE for teaching basic programming), along comes App Inventor from Google to allow anyone to program apps for the Android operating system. Includes a simulator. I have put in my request for App Inventor but, alas, I am still waiting - can't wait to try it! Put in your request!
Margaret O'Connell

Another platform for teaching programming to our students - 0 views

  • Learn computer programming the easy way with Processing, a simple language that lets you use code to create drawings, animation, and interactive graphics. Programming courses usually start with theory, but this book lets you jump right into creative and fun projects. It's ideal for anyone who wants to learn basic programming, and serves as a simple introduction to graphics for people with some programming skills.
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    Scratch isn't the only game in town :-) Note that I've already posted about App Inventor here (which is another "dive right in" programming environ)
Sunanda V

Globaloria--Social Learning Network for Students to Engage with Video Game Design - 1 views

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    Similar to MIT's Scratch, Globaloria positions itself as helping students develop STEM knowledge, digital literacy skills, and college readiness through game design. The program markets itself as a blended learning model.
Chris McEnroe

Bézier Clock - 0 views

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    Mainstream Coding- not unlike Scratch
Ando Endano

Dean Kamen - Don't Tell Me It's Impossible - 0 views

  • “Don’t tell me it’s impossible,” he says, “tell me you can’t do it.” “Tell me it’s never been done. Because the only real laws in this world–the only things we really know–are the two postulates of relativity, the three laws of Newton, the four laws of thermodynamics, and Maxwell’s equation–no, scratch that, the only things we really know are  Maxwell’s equations, the three laws of Newton, the two postulates of relativity, and the periodic table. That’s all we know that’s true. All the rest are man’s laws…”
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    A quote from Dean Kamen, Inventor of the Segway, regarding innovation
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