Social discussion of CS in K-12

[Todd Lash <lashtodd AT champaignschools.org>]

Charles,

I did see something like this at ISTE last summer, but I don't remember the name of it.  If want, you could contact Nathan Stevens​ and I am sure he could point you in the right direction.  We follow each other on Twitter, so you could connect with him that way.  

Thanks,

Todd

Todd Lash

Magnet Teaching Specialist/Instructional Coach

Kenwood Elementary School

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Champaign, IL 61821

217.351.3815

Twitter:  @Todd_Lash

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From: ctrl-shift-bounces AT lists.mste.illinois.edu <ctrl-shift-bounces AT lists.mste.illinois.edu> on behalf of Charles Schultz <sacrophyte AT gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2014 7:18 AM
To: ctrl-shift AT lists.mste.illinois.edu
Subject: [Ctrl-Shift] "physical" etoys

 

Have any of you stumbled across a good hybrid of Legos and either eToys or Scratch (anything built on the Squeak platform)? I know there have been discussions about it on various forums, but not sure if we have played around with it locally or not. I am a big proponent of working with my hands (that's the way I learn), and I would love to "be a kid again" and witness the marriage of Legos and Scratch and share that unending fun with my kids and the students I work with.

Espeically with mobile apps and technology going the way it is, I would love to see a mobile app that can control this "physical etoy" as well. I know the technology is there, but is it accessible, yet?

I look forward to hearing from you.

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Charles Schultz