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High School Kid’s Awesome Kickstarter Project
Thanks to @philshapiro for pointing out this High School student’s Kickstarter project to build the Arduino or AVR-compatible Chipper Shield, that lets you plugin, program and prototype your favorite ATtiny chips.
Thanks to @philshapiro for pointing out:
“He and a group of his 13-year-old pupils have just given a TEDx talk called How Girls Should Serve Raspberry Pi. The girls here are presenting the projects they’ve made with Raspberry Pi over this semester, but there’s another important message here: we know that STEM subjects are not just for boys, but we should recognise that not all girls are the same, so our teaching approach is doomed if we decide that the only way to get girls into engineering subjects is to “shrink it and pink it”.”
“Look around, you see computers everywhere! our modern world is powered by computers
but what powers computers…?
Computers are powered by CODE, Code written by people, by PROGRAMMERS.
but there are not enough programmers… what can we do?
CoderDojo is set for the job!
supporting children to become Coder-Poets by teaching each other and having fun while learning!”
“If you’ve watched past episodes of Idea Channel, you know we’re huge fans of Minecraft. This totally amazing video game allows you to build your own world from scratch, what’s not to like?!?! But it may be good for more than just fun and games. Some experts have brought Minecraft into the classroom, allowing teachers to customize lessons and students to engage with concepts in new ways. And while educational games aren’t new, Minecraft has some unique advantages that could usher in a new direction in education. In the future, students across the world may spend their class time punching trees.”
Eben Upton Brings “PI” to PyCon
Thanks to CoderDojoDC dad @edsu for pointing this out…
“DojoCon is quickly becoming a highlight in the calendar for both existing and potential mentors. There is a determination among the conference organisers to make it as successful as possible in terms of all the mentors getting to know each other, looking at firm ways of taking the movement to the next level, and agreeing on further inter-dojo collaboration.”
‘25 ‘Minecraft’ Creations That Will Blow Your Mind.’ (Thanks to @ubuntourist for pointing this out.)
“The National STEM Video Game Challenge is a multi-year competition that aims to motivate interest in STEM learning among America’s youth by tapping into students’ natural passion for playing and making video games. Join the new faces of game design and start designing today! Click on the link below to enter and submit your game.”
