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
3. WE STARTED WITH A "Simple" QUESTION
4. What would happen if you put cool technology in the hands of students...
5. ...AND WAIT?
6. THEY LEARN!
7. WELL, SOME OF THEM DO
9. WHY DID WE CHOOSE SPECIFIC TECHNOLOGIES?
10. WHAT HAS GONE WELL?
11. WHAT COULD GO BETTER?
12. WHAT WILL WE CHANGE?
13. ONE STUDENT'S INTEREST IN HOUR OF CODE WAS THE CATALYST.
14. VISUAL PROGRAMMING DRAG AND DROP CODE BLOCKS TO BUILD PROGRAMS
15. WEB BASED TECHNOLOGIES ▸ HTML ▸ CSS ▸ JavaScript ▸ various other technologies
17. CODECADEMY.COM
19. KHANACADEMY.ORG
21. BLOC.IO/RUBY- WARRIOR/
23. TEAMTREEHOUSE.COM
24. We ❤ Treehouse
25. WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH THIS STUFF?
26. Tangible & Exciting
27. JAVASCRIPT WAS Crucial
28. IN CONTROLLING ROBOTS
32. ROBOTICS PLATFORMS
35. OTHER Cool TECHNOLOGY
38. A QUICK COMMENT ABOUT SPACE
40. BEFORE
42. AFTER
43. WHAT HAS GONE WELL?
44. TREEHOUSE
46. IMMEDIATE FEEDBACK
48. INSPIRATION TO OTHERS
50. WHAT COULD GO BETTER?
51. "What should I I do?"
52. LACK OF FOCUS
53. SHARING PROGRESS
54. WHAT WILL WE CHANGE?
55. INTRODUCE CHALLENGES
56. HAND-PICKED EXERCISES
57. ENCOURAGE INVOLVEMENT
58. Keep in Touch
59. COME SKI
60. HTTP://SPEAKERDECK.COM/REEDY
61. DAN REEDY DREEDY@LAS.CH PAUL MAGNUSON PMAGNUSON@LAS.CH