Y2014-15

kids - activities, projects, list of current interests, questions, ideas


 * [|NASA habitat] - newspaper geodesic dome
 * [|Engineer Career Quiz] - Are you considering becoming an engineer? This quiz will help you find out if you have the personal characteristics you need to have a career as an engineer.
 * [|catapult] - hanger, spoon, rubber bands, marshmallow, [|.pdf]

iPads
 * [|Escher Convex Concave] - [|Paideia] theory - inquiry - lithography, concave, convex, Escher, perspective > question & answer [|nearpad]
 * [|Tate Kids] - paint


 * dance - [|iluminate] - lighting, costumes
 * [|women engineers]
 * [|particle fever] - documentary about LHC - many women in important roles in project


 * girls - STEM, weekly, stations, guests - hands-on discovery, tech expo, library page, discussions, learning literacies. 2015.1 [|NASA habitat] - newspaper geodesic dome paper structures. 2014.12 volusia pringles challenge


 * bgc - byo, community service, reading


 * learnlit - 2015 - 1.12 [|marble roller coaster], 1.6 - [|go fish] exploring the tragedy of the commons, 12.15 - balloon rocket cars, 12.8 - hour of code, 11.17 - learning literacies, 11.24 - spatial thinking / visualization. 12.1 - spatial awareness puzzles / comment.


 * techkids - hour of code, * test drive apps on iPads, girls, * interests survey


 * [|checklists for proficiency], [|tutorials]

//"The core skill of innovators is error recovery, not failure avoidance."// --Randy Nelson, President of Pixar University. quotes,
 * engineering 4 kids - kids. *  engineering - start with engineering.  swe - erau. schs. middle.
 * personal learning - pocket school - kids self-directed, teacher tools. mlearning, not mobile elearning
 * water, boats, critters, kids - hsa, mdc
 * do more - outdoors - swimming, sailing, flying. family, people. core, abs, upper body * beyond, new, improve ** do less - emails

2015
 * duncan - mdc, aquarium, seminole rest classroom
 * floyd - web page, blog - private. engineering club. science fair - research
 * ? apps, home practice, test drive, recommendation.
 * commercial - requirements, app
 * [|Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain] - BBC Proms - Psycho Killer, Good, Bad, Ugly * [|Play Hundreds of Songs With Just Three Chords!] (Ukulele Lesson) - C major, F major, G major * tuning * [|strumming].


 * [|fish], [|flowers], [|lillies]

2014
 * Introduction to Catalyst, CIS2, CIS89A, Learning literacies
 * dragons WE - Y2014 - next year..., Y2013, Y2012, Y2008-2011
 * User:Vtaylor - from [|WE Vtaylor] 2014.07.03 * we vt2011
 * MOOCs, Engineering, Engineering4Kids, Resources 4 kids, Flying - NSB BSF, Lectric library, NASA Summer of Innovation 2013, Learning spaces
 * notes to self - running list

ideas, resources

 * [|marble roller coaster]
 * [|NASA habitat] - newspaper geodesic dome
 * [|Build with Chrome] - LEGOs
 * [|query books] - time to focus on and mull over their options. You cannot develop passion projects if you have no passion or haven't really considered what those passions are. They had to first think through what piqued their interest. What would they like to know more about? What everyday problems have they noticed that need solutions? If they had never thought about it, they needed to reexamine their world with their eyes open to problems and their minds eager to find solutions.


 * [|kidblog.org]
 * techcheck - ? my list of tech skills, challenges > learning literacies
 * iPads - planning - questions, some answers, links. LLTechKids - helpers, [|teacher proficiency checklist].


 * [|Future of Education Technology inforgraphic]
 * video, activity, feedback/reflection


 * stem - who / what interests girls? topics, activities, format
 * coding - interest, level


 * spatial reasoning - current, factors, practice, improvement
 * learning literacies - check current level, practice, improvement
 * check progress - tech check - skills, understanding - kids, teachers
 * iPads - small groups - driver kid's iPad
 * library ipads - lots of apps to test drive - common core quest
 * online response ? accounts, edmodo, google form. kidblog comments - email address with alpha code
 * office365
 * teachers - concerns, responsibilities ? vicki, math apps

resources
 * e4k - spatial, stories
 * lectric library
 * byxbee - girls, tech expo

=history, notes=
 * iPads, Androids, smart phones - test drive / challenges, scratch. research/review apps, educational games. priority to kids doing challenges - [|scratch] (video 1:40) * android - [|manymo] - in-browser emulator * [|pocket code] - NXT * [|catrobat] * app inventor/creator


 * girls - interests, encouragement
 * hour of code day
 * office365, learning literacies, mobile - math, reading
 * faculty communication - class site, blog, community of practice sharing - edmodo ? google group, wordpress, pinnacle,
 * byo / ipad lesson plans - create, curate, share - contracts

2014.10.6 - tech meeting, edmodo ? tech / byo, lesson plans, byo implementation goals, cf media center tech plan, progress * tech - remind 101, laptops, ipad minis * sites - [|volusia], [|creekside] - [|library], [|burns] - mucci, cypress creek - [|wright]

2014.10.3
 * no flash drives, extend use of technology - more than just use, search, tech plan, fundraising objectives, tech committee 10.6, office356 / chrome not ie

self-directed learning, scalable
 * developing curiosity, creativity, persistence, being able to apply the engineering design process and deepening conceptual knowledge. [|scalable]
 * support deep, meaningful learning (not just teaching to the test) in Physics and Engineering. These are complex fields requiring much support and generally there is a lack of teachers who have been trained in these fields.

2014.09 Paperless
 * technology - drawing, text, photo, record audio /video, select, match, drag ? equivalent / adequate for demonstration, assessment, evidence
 * paper alternates - images, audio, video, show & tell
 * deliverables / evidence assessment - paper - graded, returned home
 * paper - parents contribute, teachers have to provide, guides
 * classroom - instructions, worksheets, common core requirements - books of activities kids filling in
 * teachers doing - individual whiteboards, photos, video * http://teachersindex.com/greenclassroom.html

What problems do you want to solve when you grow up? * e4k hands-on - engineering activities
 * learning literacies - use, find, protect, solve, create, share. self-directed
 * mLearning - media center, test drive, afterschool, teacher support, classroom

2014.09 2014.08
 * Hour of Code
 * engineering - Marshmallow towers, engineering, design process, NASA engineers - careers, all middle school
 * bridges - penny bridge - science club
 * k-8 tech planning,

Next / soon
 * tinkering, TinkerCAD,
 * spatial thinking - puzzles, LEGOs, drawing, origami, [|spatial reasoning] test $25, [|origami]
 * simulation of dyslexia - dana - unit on disabilities - blind, deaf, signing
 * naval architecture - foil boats, buoyancy
 * computer science - Hour of Code, interests, exploration * scratch,
 * / learning literacies - financial - personal, institutional. time management - project management.
 * projects, e4k kids present, competition, wish list, scout merit, lego / mindstorm
 * critical load - cards
 * schs, swe@erau

Mobile Me
 * byo, mobile - apps inventories, preferences, actual usage, pictures of county fair projects in progress, wish list
 * country fair projects * pictures, descriptions > blog, site * projects
 * mLearning, free apps, hour of code
 * phones, tablets ? 1/ 4 * apps - math games ? get more - free, purchase
 * Spanish
 * games for enrichment, remediation
 * byo... - some ideas for activities, links