Podcast125: The Value of Student Programming and Constructionism (Gary Stager)

This podcast is a recording of the last half of a presentation by Gary Stager at the TCEA conference in Austin, Texas on February 7, 2007. The title of the session, which Gary co-presented with David Thornburg. I missed the first half of the preso when David presented, but these are most of the comments shared by Gary. Both Gary and David have compelling messages to share with educators, parents, and others about the value of approaching education with a constructivist lens. Gary's stories about students ranging in context from Maine's junenile prisons to the home schooled children of America's wealthiest families have a strong common denominator. Learners want to be engaged in work they find personally meaningful and engaging. The work they can be invited to do via projects which involve robotics and active constructionism can and often does knock the socks off of adults who had much lower expectations of the students' capabilities.

Podcast shownotes:

• Gary's handouts website for TCEA 2007
• The Thornburg Center
• My notes from Gary's presentation

On this day..

• Choose teaching - 2010
• Telling a story with Google Search queries - 2010
• Notes from a Canadian Yoda: Darren Kuropatwa at METC 2010 - 2010
• ISTEconnects: Cell Phone Audio Recordings and another NECC Travel $ Opportunity - 2009
• The SMART framework for goal setting - 2008
• Are you talking about digital citizenship with students? - 2008
• Podcast227: Digital Storytelling Through the Eyes of a Child by Christy Paradise - 2008
• We have so far to go... - 2008
• Podcast226: Celebrate Oklahoma Voices (A statewide digital storytelling project) - 2008
• Ideas about digital social networking - 2007

 

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