Friday, February 1, 2013

Scratch



Take a look at this TED talk by Mitch Resnick, whose team at MIT
developed Scratch. It is interesting to think about how this sort of
literacy may enter the curriculum.

I think I would be scared to death to be an elementary school
teacher.  When I think about it, that group is really going to be
driving the skill development of our future students. So, this ted
talk speaks to something I have always wondered about... the gap
between what we do with technology and what we know about how it is
constructed.

At the same time, I am suspicious. Is the knowledge of coding even
necessary?  Interested in hearing what people think...

Carolyn


Let's Teach Kids to Code
BTW, for those who haven't tried Scratch, Resnick's team just released a web-based version of Scratch. You can take a look here.
http://beta.scratch.mit.edu

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