K-12 Fab Labs and Makerspaces This group does not have a welcome message. Welcome! Digital fabrication labs, maker spaces, innovation labs are popping up in K-12 schools all over the country (and the world!). Consider this a forum for all things about making and digital fabrication in K-12 education - equipment reviews, conference/workshop announcements, rumors about new gadgets, troubleshooting problems, advice about vendors, cool resources for projects, etc. Please take a moment to introduce yourself by replying to the "Introductions" thread. (We've also been compiling resources mentioned here on a shared Google Site - check it out and contribute!) Note: We are keeping this group vendor-free.
A Great New Tool to Teach Kids Coding September 23, 2014 Code Studio is a newly released platform geared towards helping students from kindergarten to high school learn the different coding concepts. Code Studio which is a product of the popular nonprofit group Code.org known for its relentless efforts to make coding part of the curricula. Code Studio, as is explained in this excellent review, provides a variety of features that set it apart from other coding platforms. Most important of them all is its integration of HTML5 which makes it accessible through different browsers. Watch this video to learn more
Big Data At Work: The World Is Making A Digital Copy Of Itself Steven Wright, the great deadpan comedian, told what may have been the first big data joke: “I have a map of the United States, actual size. People ask me where I live, I say E5.” Today, we’ve got interactive, geolocation-based apps in our pockets. In other words, the world is making a digital copy of itself. Think of it like this. As such digital copies become ever more faithful representations of the actual, they’re no longer shadows of the real world. But there’s a big catch. Let’s back up briefly to put this into context: The history of computing is one of reduction. With such reductions, you gain simplicity and clarity. But big data is about expansion, not reduction. There’s some very good news, though. Learn from your Data This loops us back to where this post began, where I talked about the imperative to implement a vastly different way of looking at data. The expansionist approach to data explores that data before funneling it into a nice, neat model.
Makerspace Resources | Renovated Learning All the Makerspace resources you could hope for (and more) I first started learning about the Maker Movement in education and makerspaces in late 2013. Since then, I’ve been using this page to compile and curate some of the best articles, videos, blogs, books and other resources that have helped me along the way. What is the Maker Movement? The Maker Movement has been around for a lot longer than many of us realize. Thinkers and Tinkers: The Maker Movement – Fantastic website that goes over the basics of what the Maker Movement is, how it started, and how it can fit in with your school.How the Maker Movement is Transforming Education – Great article from Gary Stager and Sylvia Martinez about the basics of the Maker Movement and practical ways to bring it into your school. (Page contains affiliate links.
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Creative Computing 7 units44 activitiesremixing encouraged download the Scratch 3.0 version of the guide> help learnerscreate new worldswith computing download the Scratch 3.0 version of the guide an introductorycomputing curriculumusing Scratch Scratch 3.0 is here! In celebration of Scratch 3.0, we are hard at work developing a new version of our Creative Computing Curriculum Guide to be released in early 2019! Download Shaun the Sheep's Game Academy About BSC | BSC-CNS Early in 2004 the Ministry of Education and Science (Spanish Government), Generalitat de Catalunya (local Catalan Government) and Technical University of Catalonia (UPC) took the initiative of creating a National Supercomputing Center in Barcelona. BSC-CNS (Barcelona Supercomputing Center – Centro Nacional de Supercomputación) is the National Supercomputing Facility in Spain and was officially constituted in April 2005. BSC-CNS manages MareNostrum, one of the most powerful supercomputers in Europe, located at the Torre Girona chapel. All these activities are complementary to each other and very tightly related. HISTORY Even though the center is relatively new, the history of BSC-CNS is also interesting to know about. ORGANIZATION In this section you will find how BSC-CNS is structured as well as the different boards that constitute our organization. PUBLICATIONS In this section you will find all scientific publications published from BSC-CNS’s researchers as well as of MareNostrum users.
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Sand Falls How can we extract quantitative data from the impact of a work of art? This is the question put into play in the installation “Sand Falls”. It is an attempt to extract in an objective and aggregate way the impact of the presence of five groups of works of art on the visitors of an exhibition. Or seen another way, the influence of the different works on the visitors. Follett Learning, MakerSpaces in Your Library Python Programming Language – Official Website