The personal blog of Gary S. Stager, Ph.D.
I’ve managed to do some some writing during the plague. Thanks for reading and stay safe. This is Our Moment! Let COVID-19 Kill the Pencil …
I hope that anyone reading this is healthy and sane during this period of uncertainty. Teachers and kids alike are grieving over the loss of …
[Note: A fuller treatment of the thoughts introduced in this essay may be found in the recent book, Twenty Things to Do with a Computer …
I believe this period in American education will be characterized as the pedagogy of the absurd. Nothing better illustrates this than DIBELS…
Today’s parents of five year olds are hearing a new answer to the age old question, “What did you do in school today? “I got DIBELed.” …
Scratch is a miracle. It’s popularity as a creative computing environment and its ubiquity around the world are truly impressive. Millions of children use the …
All children should learn to program, not because it may lead to a job, but because it is a new liberal art and grants young …
Snap! is a block based language created by the University of California at Berkeley and used in their first year computer science courses, as well …
I’ve been meaning to share this project idea with Josh Burker, author of The Invent to Learn: Guide to Fun and the Invent to Learn: …
“Things take longer to happen than you think they will, but then they happen faster than you thought they could.” – Al Gore As summer …