PUTTING COOL TECHNOLOGY IN THEHANDS and Minds OF STUDENTSPaul Magnuson & Dan ReedyLEYSIN AMERICAN SCHOOL
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WE STARTED WITHA "Simple" QUESTION
What would happen ifyou put cooltechnology in thehands of students...
...AND WAIT?
THEY LEARN!
WELL, SOME OFTHEM DO
WHY DID WE CHOOSESPECIFICTECHNOLOGIES?
WHAT HAS GONE WELL?
WHAT COULD GOBETTER?
WHAT WILL WECHANGE?
ONE STUDENT'SINTEREST IN HOUR OFCODE WAS THECATALYST.
VISUALPROGRAMMINGDRAG AND DROP CODE BLOCKSTO BUILD PROGRAMS
WEB BASED TECHNOLOGIES▸ HTML▸ CSS▸ JavaScript▸ various other technologies
CODECADEMY.COM
KHANACADEMY.ORG
BLOC.IO/RUBY-WARRIOR/
TEAMTREEHOUSE.COM
We ❤Treehouse
WHAT CAN YOU DOWITH THIS STUFF?
Tangible &Exciting
JAVASCRIPTWAS Crucial
INCONTROLLINGROBOTS
ROBOTICS PLATFORMS
OTHER CoolTECHNOLOGY
A QUICK COMMENTABOUT SPACE
BEFORE
AFTER
TREEHOUSE
IMMEDIATEFEEDBACK
INSPIRATIONTO OTHERS
"What should I Ido?"
LACK OFFOCUS
SHARINGPROGRESS
INTRODUCECHALLENGES
HAND-PICKEDEXERCISES
ENCOURAGEINVOLVEMENT
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COME SKI
HTTP://SPEAKERDECK.COM/REEDY
DAN REEDY[email protected]PAUL MAGNUSON[email protected]