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Putting Cool Technology in the Hands and Minds of Students

Dan Reedy
November 22, 2014

Putting Cool Technology in the Hands and Minds of Students

Dan Reedy

November 22, 2014
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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
    [email protected]
    PAUL MAGNUSON
    [email protected]

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