Criminalizing Show and Tell
At this point, the only charges that should have been filed are for racism and stupidity by school officials.
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Three Little Words
Back-to-school… Three little words that I have dreaded since 1968. I remain haunted by the hideous nature of my own school experience. Each back-to-school commercial …
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Resource Created for Intel
Dr. Gary Stager recently authored Intel’s Guide to Creating and Inventing with Technology in the Classroom. The piece explores the maker movement for educators, policy-makers, and …
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National School Boards Association Interview with Gary Stager
Gary was recently interviewed by the National School Boards Association for the June 2015 American School Boards Journal. Read “The Best Makerspace is Between Your …
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The Secret Key to Girls and Computer Science
I’ve been teaching boys and girls to program computers professionally since 1982 when I created one of the world’s first summer camp computing programs. I led …
Thoughts on Classroom Centers
There are aspects of the “art of teaching” I have long taken for granted, but are apparently no longer taught in preservice education programs. Classroom …
Faculty Summer Reading Recommendations
This time of year, schools scramble to select a book for their entire faculty to read over the summer. Although it would be nice if …
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My Objections to the Common Core State Standards (1.0)
The following is an attempt to share some of my objections to Common Core in a coherent fashion. These are my views on a controversial …
PBL 360 – Unique Immersive Professional Development
PBL 360 Overview – Professional Development for Modern Educators Gary S. Stager, Ph.D. and his team of expert educators travel the world to create immersive, high-quality …
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Costa Rican Annual Lecture Videos
In November, I had a the great honor of working with my colleagues at the Omar Dengo Foundation, Costa Rica’s NGO responsible for computers in …