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  • Scratch Playing with Media Friday Meetup Cancelled (8 Feb 2013)

    Due to lack of interest (I haven’t received any RSVPs / registrations to date) I’m canceling the FREE “Playing with Media Meetup” scheduled for this Friday, February 8th, in Oklahoma City on “Creating Games & Simulations with Scratch.” I’m hopeful I’ll get some registrations for the Friday, March 15th meetup I’ve scheduled at Northwest Library…

  • Free Workshop in Oklahoma City Fri Feb 8: Creating Games & Simulations with Scratch

    (cross-posted to PlayingWithMedia.com) If you’re an educator in or near Oklahoma City, please mark your calendar for / tell your friends about / and RSVP for the next FREE “Playing with Media Meetup” at Northwest Library at 9:15 am on Friday, February 8, 2013. Our topic will be “Creating Games & Simulations with Scratch.” The…

  • Why Scratch Club?

    (cross-posted from the Yukon Public Schools Learning Showcase) This Spring 2013 semester, twenty-four 4th and 5th grade students are participating in “Scratch Club” after school at Independence Elementary. STEM teacher Chris Simon is sponsoring the club, which students were invited to apply for in December. See the previous post, “Yukon Students Learning Computer Programming with…

  • Yukon Students Learning Computer Programming with Scratch

    (cross-posted from the Learning Showcase website of Yukon Public Schools) The December 12, 2012, issue of the Yukon Review featured an article on page 11 about students taking STEM classes with Chris Simon at Independence Elementary School. STEM is an acronym for “Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.” The article was titled, “‘Scratch’ teaches students computer…

  • Introducing 4th and 5th Graders to Scratch Software Possibilities

    Today and tomorrow I’m co-teaching with Chris Simon at Independence Elementary School in Yukon, Oklahoma, introducing 4th and 5th graders to Scratch Software for the first time. Chris is the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) teacher at IES, which is one of the 4th/5th grade elementary schools in YPS. Both YPS 4/5 campuses have…

  • Podcast394: Rachel Teaches about Scratch and eBook Writing in Fort Worth

    This iPad-edited podcast includes a 25 minute excerpt of the keynote address at the TechnoPalooza 2012 educational technology conference in Northwest ISD, held on July 24, 2012. In this excerpt, 8 year old Rachel Fryer shares about her experiences with Scratch software this summer in Scratch Camp. In addition, she tells some stories about how…

  • July PD in OKC: Google Docs, iPad Media Camp & Scratch Camp

    If you live in or near Oklahoma City, you’re invited to join in three different professional development workshops I’ll be leading in July. Next Tuesday, July 10th, I’ll be teaching a full day “Introduction to Google Documents” workshop for Canadian Valley Technology Center based in Yukon, Oklahoma. Angela Mills is coordinating the workshop (Angela.Mills [at]…

  • June 2012 Scratch Camp in Edmond, Oklahoma: Lessons Learned

    This past Friday night and Saturday I facilitated the first “Scratch Camp” for the Div Jr., a new educational outreach program of The Div in Edmond, Oklahoma. In this post I’ll share a few lessons learned from this initial “Scratch Camp” experience. If you are or know an incoming 3rd through 8th grader in Oklahoma,…

  • Scratch Camp in Edmond, Oklahoma: June 8-9, 2012

    Scratch is a programming language developed by the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab. Scratch makes it easy for children to create their own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art – and share these creations on the web. As young people create and share Scratch projects, they learn important mathematical and computational…

  • Supporting STEM Skills with Scratch #innovation2011

    How are you encouraging students as well as teachers to regularly develop problem solving skills, creativity, and computational thinking skills? Scratch software from MIT should play a significant part in your answer to this question. This Friday, July 8, 2011, I’ll be sharing three presentations at the Innovations 2011 Conference in Oklahoma City sponsored by…