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 …
Tag: turtle geometry
Web Turtle Art Quilt Project
An adventure in creativity Goal Design one or more quilt patches that may be combined with classmates or used to create your own screen quilts …
That’s a Fine Way to Draw a Triangle
Documentation of a particularly rich dialogue between a 4th grader, the turtle, her classmates, and myself (the teacher). You should get a glimpse into her thinking.
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 …
Scratch and the Negligent Homicide of Mathland
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 …
Here’s a Turtle Art/Logo/SNAP!/Scratch Geometry Project for Your Classroom
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: …
Code.org – Oy Veh
Hate to be a killjoy, but I just looked at one of the Code.org activities for programming turtle graphics in App Lab. As someone who has taught …
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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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Cool Math & Tech Books for Free Download
An old friend of mine, Dr. Barry Newell, is an astrophysicist who was was the Administrator (in the NASA sense) of Mount Stromlo and Siding …