Putting Cool Technology in the Hands and Minds of Students

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1. PUTTING COOL TECHNOLOGY IN THE
   HANDS and Minds OF STUDENTS
   Paul Magnuson & Dan Reedy
   LEYSIN AMERICAN SCHOOL
   

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3. WE STARTED WITH
   A "Simple" QUESTION
   

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4. What would happen if
   you put cool
   technology in the
   hands of students...
   

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5. ...AND WAIT?
   

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6. THEY LEARN!
   

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7. WELL, SOME OF
   THEM DO
   

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9. WHY DID WE CHOOSE
   SPECIFIC
   TECHNOLOGIES?
   

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10. WHAT HAS GONE WELL?
    

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11. WHAT COULD GO
    BETTER?
    

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12. WHAT WILL WE
    CHANGE?
    

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13. ONE STUDENT'S
    INTEREST IN HOUR OF
    CODE WAS THE
    CATALYST.
    

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14. VISUAL
    PROGRAMMING
    DRAG AND DROP CODE BLOCKS
    TO BUILD PROGRAMS
    

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15. WEB BASED TECHNOLOGIES
    ▸ HTML
    ▸ CSS
    ▸ JavaScript
    ▸ various other technologies
    

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17. CODECADEMY.COM
    

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19. KHANACADEMY.ORG
    

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21. BLOC.IO/RUBY-
    WARRIOR/
    

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23. TEAMTREEHOUSE.COM
    

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24. We ❤
    Treehouse
    

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25. WHAT CAN YOU DO
    WITH THIS STUFF?
    

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26. Tangible &
    Exciting
    

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27. JAVASCRIPT
    WAS Crucial
    

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28. IN
    CONTROLLING
    ROBOTS
    

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32. ROBOTICS PLATFORMS
    

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35. OTHER Cool
    TECHNOLOGY
    

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38. A QUICK COMMENT
    ABOUT SPACE
    

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40. BEFORE
    

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42. AFTER
    

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43. WHAT HAS GONE WELL?
    

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44. TREEHOUSE
    

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46. IMMEDIATE
    FEEDBACK
    

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48. INSPIRATION
    TO OTHERS
    

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50. WHAT COULD GO
    BETTER?
    

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51. "What should I I
    do?"
    

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52. LACK OF
    FOCUS
    

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53. SHARING
    PROGRESS
    

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54. WHAT WILL WE
    CHANGE?
    

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55. INTRODUCE
    CHALLENGES
    

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56. HAND-PICKED
    EXERCISES
    

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57. ENCOURAGE
    INVOLVEMENT
    

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58. Keep in Touch
    

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59. COME SKI
    

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60. HTTP://SPEAKERDECK.COM/REEDY
    

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61. DAN REEDY
    DREEDY@LAS.CH
    PAUL MAGNUSON
    PMAGNUSON@LAS.CH
    

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