If you want to hit nearly all of the icons of depth and complexity in one giant unit for upper elementary, the one I did for years with my 4th graders on the Faberge Eggs will help you to achieve that goal. This was one of the rare lessons that I repeated because it just … Read more
Deduckto is one of those games that takes a moment to learn, only about 15 minutes to play, and then you want to play it again because you think you’ve learned some new strategies that will surely help you win this time…
Learn about the new intermediate curriculum for Scratch designed by Creative Computing Lab at Harvard Graduate School of Education
City X: a book to help you introduce young students to Design Thinking
One of the fabulous things about 3d printing is that so many files are open source and freely available on the internet. You can download the .stl, put it through whatever your preferred slicing software is (such as Cura or the one that came with your 3d printer), and you have your own version. Now, … Read more
A few years ago, I thought I would help out the parents of my gifted and talented students by writing about some games, toys, or books that I thought might make good purchases during the holiday season. I called the series of posts, “Gifts for the Gifted,” and I have continued to do it annually on every … Read more