Head over to the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) Blog to our latest post and read more about:
Hybrid Learning to Support Children’s Positive Technological Development: Communication
Head over to the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) Blog to our latest post and read more about:
Hybrid Learning to Support Children’s Positive Technological Development: Communication
Over the past few months I have been working with my friend Becky and her 6th grade Computer Science (CS) class. Her current learning situation is set at hybrid. Half of her class is in person with her in her classroom and the other half joins via Google Meet from their homes. We decided to see how we could support students in learning more about a CS topic of their choice through inquiry based research.
You can learn more about our project at http://bit.ly/InquiryBasedResearch . We share resources for each step in the process as well as presentations we have created for online conferences.
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In response to distance learning due to COVID-19, we wanted to create a series of webinars to support educators and caregivers around the topic of Early Childhood Technology. I hosted the following webinars:
You can learn more about these webinars and access the recordings and materials on https://sites.tufts.edu/devtech/biography/webinars/ .
Connecting Computer Science (CS) topics to picture books has been a favorite way for me to bring CS into elementary classrooms!!
Here are a few places you can go to find picture books that may help you too!
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I've engaged in many conversations over the past few months with adults who are helping learners at home during distance learning due to COVID-19. A topic that often comes up is around the difficulty of the work and not knowing the answer or how to support their learner.
I reached out to my friend Amanda Sullivan to get her permission to share information from her book Breaking the STEM Stereotype Reaching Girls in Early Childhood and we hope you find it helpful.
My first year not taking a "first day of school" picture for as long as I can remember so instead I took a "first product launch as a product manager" picture!
While at Tufts, I was grateful to participate in a research study around robotics and values.
Learn more about the research on DevTech's website https://sites.tufts.edu/devtech/research/robotics-values/ and read about my experience working with a teacher at the Eliot Pearson Children's School https://www.csteachers.org/Stories/fostering-creativity-curiosity-and-generosity-through-robotics
Amanda Strawhacker and I are excited to share our thoughts around the Positive Technological Decelopment (PTD) framework and hybrid learning in a series of blog posts with Computer Science Teachers Association while keeping playground learning in mind.
At this point in time, we have shared two posts:
I am trying to gauge interest in free Code.org Computer Science (CS) Fundamentals workshops for elementary teachers if I would offer them virtually in MN.
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I am thrilled to share that I have joined Capstone as the Product Manager for Curriculum and Instruction and have moved back to Minnesota. I look forward to sharing the wonderful learning resources that Capstone has created to make fun learning experiences to support literacy through digital, print, and blended media formats for school libraries, classrooms, and homes. I love that I get to work at a company that values curiosity and let's it lead the way!