There’s Always a Back Row
I’m teaching a class of 4th graders in Alabama to program computers. Today (I think), was our fourth synchronous session. (I promise to write more …
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Lessons from My Latest Family Workshop
Leading family learning-by-making workshops in schools around the world is a pure joy. When parents can experience through the eyes, hands, and screens of their …
Getting Started with MicroWorlds (Logo) Programming
I started teaching Logo to kids in 1982 and adults in 1983. I was an editor of ISTE’s Logo Exchange journal and wrote the project …
Write Your Own Bad Math Blaster in MicroWorlds
While waiting for the 5th grade class to settle down between recess and their holiday party, I wrote this project starter for creating arithmetic flashcard …
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Breaking Bread
Last Friday afternoon I experienced one of the most joyous moments of my thirty years in education. I took three fifth grade girls (along with …
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Cynthia Solomon, EdTech Heroine
There’s chatter from time-to-time within the edtech community about the lack of women in prominent roles. Yet, some of the most important pioneers in the …
Welcome to the World of Probability
Originally published in the September 2000 issue of Australia’s Hotsource online newsletter Now that most of you can be considered advanced beginners in using MicroWorlds, …
The Flip Side of Logo Maths
Originally published in the September 2000 issue of Australia’s Hotsource online newsletter LogoWriter and MicroWorlds have done so much for interdisciplinary projects that it is …
MicroWorlds for Munchkins
Originally published in the September 2000 issue of Australia’s Hotsource online newsletter Since the 1960s, Logo was intended to have no threshold and no ceiling. …
Make Your Own Wallace and Gromit with One Line of Code
Originally published in the June 2000 issue of Australia’s Hotsource online newsletter The recent success of Rick Park’s brilliant Wallace and Gromit films has inspired …