Virtual Learning Lunch – Construction of Mathematical Knowledge
Here are some objects to think with to get you started. Pack a lunch, fire up a colortini and watch the pictures as they fly …
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I Could Go On…
A response to the plethora of articles spouting hooey similar to this article – Saving Computer Science from Itself (Regrettably, I will undoubtedly be compelled to …
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In 100 Words
Gary Stager’s work and educational philosophy are based on four ideas. The Piagetian idea that “knowledge is a consequence of experience.” Xenophon’s admonition that “nothing …
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Yuck!
The slide below is being passed around the Internet by well-meaning educators. However, such “don’t do this, do that” statements from startup-culture and Silicon Valley education …
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Why We Need to Reinvent Mathematics Education
Gary StagerVeteran educator Gary Stager, Ph.D. is the author of Twenty Things to Do with a Computer – Forward 50, co-author of Invent To Learn — …
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Three Little Words
Back-to-school… Three little words that I have dreaded since 1968. I remain haunted by the hideous nature of my own school experience. Each back-to-school commercial …
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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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National School Boards Association Interview with Gary Stager
Gary was recently interviewed by the National School Boards Association for the June 2015 American School Boards Journal. Read “The Best Makerspace is Between Your …
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The Secret Key to Girls and Computer Science
I’ve been teaching boys and girls to program computers professionally since 1982 when I created one of the world’s first summer camp computing programs. I led …
Thoughts on Classroom Centers
There are aspects of the “art of teaching” I have long taken for granted, but are apparently no longer taught in preservice education programs. Classroom …