Watch Your Language!
I engage frequently in conversations such as the one below. These interactions take place online and face-to-face. Well-intentioned educator: We need to teach children to make …
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Why We Need to Reinvent Mathematics Education
Gary StagerVeteran educator Gary Stager, Ph.D. is the author of Twenty Things to Do with a Computer – Forward 50, co-author of Invent To Learn — …
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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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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 …