2 Days Away #StudentPoweredConference #StudentVoice #midmn

We are only two days away from the Student Powered Conference!

This year we have opened the conference to kids from 4th grade all the way through 12th grade.

To learn more about the 2018 Student Powered Conference you can visit two resources:

• How Middle School Obsessions Can Shape Career Paths which is an article I wrote for EdSurge 's partnership with the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to share how personalized learning is being implemented across the nation.
• Students Empowering Students  which is a blog post shared by our school district communications team.

Follow along on Twitter with #midmn 

What's in a Code.org Computer Science Workshop!?

Mentor Hats

Have you ever used the Mentor Hats cards from Columbia College Chicago ?

They are described as:
The Mentor Hats are a playful way to think about how your facilitation, teaching, or mentoring style can impact learning. We all wear different hats. Which do you wear the best? Which would you like to try on? The cards can be used to play a more structured game, or they can simply be used as a discussion and reflection tool to shake up how you approach teaching.

I have seen this used in workshops I have attended and it came up again today in a presentation a friend of mine shared. I have not personally sued them and I am looking for feedback from friends!

Hour of Code 2018

The Hour of Code is coming!! 

I will be using some of these resources in schools from the www.hourofcode.com website.

Check them out and feel free to use them too!
https://hourofcode.com/us/promote/resources 

Share your event(s) using #hoc #HourOfCode on Twitter!!

Host a Code.org Workshop in 2019!

Curriculum Development

Illustrated Timeline Infographic by AngieKalthoff

Book Study and Flipgrid - Planning Phase

I am working on putting together a book study with a favorite book of mine and one that I can't wait to get my hands on. What are some books that you would like to partipciate in a book?

Book I can't wait to get my hands on:

Creative Coding in Python by Sheena Vaidyanathan

Book that I love because of the thoughtful research and practical examples:

Coding as a Playground by Marina Bers

Last year I participated in a book study on the book:

Innovators Mindset by George Couros

The book study was run via Flipgrid. All of the discussion posts were ready day one and you could post at your own pace. I loved this! It was also done in my school district, allowing me to connect with teachers I work with. I have seen other book studies done on this book where George interacted with the readers via Twitter.

If you have participated in a book study, what are somethings you loved? What are somethings you would have changed?