Hello World! If you have been following me recently, you will have noticed my new found love for this amazing STEAM gadget called brainpad. Brainpad is a fairly new product to the scene which has taken the best ideas from other products and put them all nicely in one little package. This board contains different […]
Well, the reviews are in! Everyone CAN Learn Math! An inspiring children’s book about applying a growth mindset to learning mathematics! Everyone Can Learn Math is a hot new release (and already a Best Seller) from my amazing sis-in-law Alice Aspinall. The beauty of mathematics is relevant in every aspect of Alice’s book showing that, with […]
Hello World! Brainpad is the latest STEAM tool to hit the market and I could not be more excited about it! While attending ISTE’s No Fear Coding Lab and #CSForAll Summit on Canadian Thanksgiving weekend, I met Gus, the leader at GHI Electronics. Gus and I shared a brief chat in line at Starbucks where he was […]
Coding is everywhere! Follow along with a girl and her dog as they explore computational thinking in their everyday activities. Colourful illustrations and easy to access text help readers recognize that many of their daily explorations – cooking, playing, and even being outdoors – provide opportunities to explore and problem solve. Readers will be entertained by the antics of the girl and her dog, and parallels can be drawn between their daily work and that of computational thinkers. A great text for anyone wanting to introduce, and learn more, about computational thinking in the world around us.