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Learn to Code, Code to learn
Samantha Morra is a New Jersey educator with 20 years of experience who is passionate about technology and its potential to transform education. She is a Google Certified Teacher and instructor who presents on topics like coding using Scratch and computational thinking. The document discusses Scratch as a tool to help students learn to code and create their own interactive stories and games while developing important 21st century skills.
Learn to Code, Code to learn
- 1. Samantha Morra @sammorra About.Me https://goo.gl/IuVJgt Learn toCode Code to Learn Learn to Code Code to Learn
- 2. Samantha Morra, Presenter @sammorra http://samanthamorra.com/ About.Me SamanthaMorra is a NJ educator with 20 years experience in public education. She is also a Google Certified Teacher and has presented at the state and national level. She is an instructor and consultant and is passionate about technology and its potential to transform education.
- 3. Scratch “Learn to Code.Code to Learn.” - Mitch Resnick Co-founder and Creator of MIT’s Scratch
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- 6. Teachers are beingasked to teach with tools that did not exist when they were in school.
- 7. Get coding people:It's the new Mandarin, and it's not just children who can learn how to do it
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- 9. ** No one who everbought a drill wanted a drill. They wanted a hole. -Perry Marshall http://goo.gl/2UQ7e0 https://twitter.com/perrymarshall/status/511933290631028737
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- 12. Bloom's Taxonomy Old VersionNew Version http://www.odu.edu/educ/roverbau/Bloom/blooms_taxonomy.htm
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- 14. SAMR Model A framework,developed by Dr. Ruben Puentedura, to help educators understand the place of technology in the context of learning and education. http://www.hippasus.com/rrpweblog/
- 16. I wanted tocreate an active learning environment that promoted self-directed, passionate, autonomous learners who desired mastery.
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- 18. Students become creators ofcontent for the web, not just consumers.
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- 20. What does itmean to create? Critical Thinking Multiple Representations Unexpected Combinations Unexpected Results
- 21. What does itmean to create? Metacognition How did I get stuck? How did I get unstuck? Understanding how I learn
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- 26. Scratch is inspiredby the idea of a mashup. A mashup is a mixture or fusion of different elements This is Scratch
- 27. With Scratch, youcan program your own interactive stories, games, and animations — and share your creations with others in the online community. Scratch helps young people learn to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively — essential skills for life in the 21st century. Scratch is a project of the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab. It is provided free of charge.
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- 34. What does itmean to create? Critical Thinking Multiple Representations Unexpected Combinations Unexpected Results Metacognition How did I get stuck? How did I get unstuck? Understanding how I learn This is Design Thinking. Think about thinking and learn about learning.
- 35. What does itmean to create? This is Design Thinking. Think about thinking and learn about learning.
- 36. One of thegreatest things we can do as teachers is give students good foundation and then stand back and see what they can create.
- 37. Samantha Morra @sammorra About.Me https://goo.gl/IuVJgt Learn toCode Code to Learn