By Jed Stefanowicz The Hour of Code and CSEd Week have come and gone. Now what? Part of the danger of such a spotlight is the shadow it casts on the rest of the year. Teachers have tweeted, students have coded, and certificates have been printed, but how can we foster sustained interest and engagement […]
“Even the classic acts of solving puzzles or sorting and stacking blocks systematically builds CT skills and agency in solving problems with independence.” By Jed Stefanowicz Computational thinking (CT) is a critical classroom competency. Competency refers to the ability to apply skills, knowledge, or understanding to perform a task or accomplish a goal. As the tasks and […]
By Daphne McMenemy The last period of almost every day ends the same in our classroom. We have a snack, tidy up, pack up, and gather on the carpet to read a story together. It’s the same scene every afternoon – a dozen or so kids are on the carpet waiting patiently at the rocking chair, a few are still […]
The original interview can be found here. Interested in starting your own entrepreneurial journey but unsure what to expect? Then read up on our interview with Brian Aspinall, Founder of Code Breaker Inc., located in Harrow, ON, Canada. What’s your business, and who are your customers? Code Breaker Inc. began in 2010 as an educational consulting business […]
“School Day, founded in 2017, is a Helsinki-based start-up specialized in EdTech. We combine kindness with unique AI to deliver pedagogical support that improves social-emotional learning and wellbeing. Everything we do is aimed to help schools and school districts to achieve better wellbeing and higher learning results. School Day Wellbeing is an act of empathy […]
For all the kids who grow up in a small town and think they don’t stand a chance. You do. I was once that kid.