Gary Stager’s Approach to Teaching Programming Masterclass
At the start of the pandemic, I lead an online masterclass sharing my approach to teaching kids to program computers. You may watch that video …
The personal blog of Gary S. Stager, Ph.D.
At the start of the pandemic, I lead an online masterclass sharing my approach to teaching kids to program computers. You may watch that video …
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 …
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 …
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: …
A reporter for an Australian education magazine recently sent interview questions about robotics in education, including the obligatory question about AI. The final article, when …
One great joy of my life has been getting to know and work with so many of my heroes/sheroes. Even greater satisfaction comes from sharing …
In August 2018, I delivered the opening keynote address at the Constructionism Conference in Vilnius, Lithuania. When invited to speak at the conference nearly eighteen …