Boston Book Launch Celebration Invitation
You’re Invited! Please join us in celebration of the publication of our new book, Twenty Things to Do with a Computer Forward 50: Future Visions of …
Tag: educational computing
Programming Neopixels with MakeCode and the BBC micro:bit
NeoPixels are tiny, programmable, color-changing, LEDs manufactured by AdaFruit. NeoPixels make cool additions to micro:bit projects since they require little power, can be addressed individually or in groups, and can change color. Although MakeCode makes programming the micro:bit easy, there was too little documentation about how to control the NeoPixels until now.
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Bringing My Brand of Computing to Alabama Schools
Over the past few months, I have been engaged in several projects intended to help educators in Alabama identify the potential of Computer Science, not just as a course of study, but as a vehicle for improving pedagogical practice and amplifying the potential of children.
Gary Stager’s Approach to Teaching Programming Masterclass
At the start of the pandemic, I led an online masterclass sharing my approach to teaching kids to program computers. You may watch that video …
Paired Videos for Computer Science Week
I fell in love with computer programming in a public junior high school 7th grade class back in 1975. (Read Me and Mr. Jones) By …
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Laptop Woes (2005)
Bungling the World’s Easiest Sale Gary Stager District Administration, Oct 2005 10/1/2005 Forty years ago Seymour Papert began talking about a computer for every learner. …
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Obviously Irrelevant
This week, I will speak at my 29th ISTE Conference (International Society for Technology in Education, previously NECC) in Denver, Colorado. I have made at least one …
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Technology is Not Neutral (#asugsv edition)
[April 2016] At last week’s #asugsv Summit, the annual bacchanal where dilettantes, amateurs, libertarians, billionaires, and Silicon Valley mercenaries gather to plot the destruction of public …
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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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A Not-So-Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future (2004)
A Not-So-Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future © 2004 Gary S. Stager Published by the NECC Daily Leader conference newspaper on June …