A few weekends ago I found myself keynoting "III Simposio Internacional sobre Mobile Learning"in Savilla, Spain. I don't do many of these things anymore so it was great to dig out some old slides and mix them with a few new ideas.
I said that I would share the slidedeck with the audience and you can view it here.
Some great conversations over the 24 hours that I was in town. Was particularly impressed with Touchcast and I also enjoyed learning about some of the opportunities and challenges of the Spanish Education System. Savilla was a really nice city to explore as well and I look forward to getting back to visit at some point.
A few weekends ago I found myself keynoting "III Simposio Internacional sobre Mobile Learning"in Savilla, Spain. I don't do many of these things anymore so it was great to dig out some old slides and mix them with a few new ideas.
I said that I would share the slidedeck with the audience and you can view it here.
Some great conversations over the 24 hours that I was in town. Was particularly impressed with Touchcast and I also enjoyed learning about some of the opportunities and challenges of the Spanish Education System. Savilla was a really nice city to explore as well and I look forward to getting back to visit at some point.
In a country facing a massive shortage of computing teachers we need to eventually face the reality that computing and computer programming are two of those rare things in schools that could actually probably be delivered quite successfully via distance / online learning.
This Digital Hand Out (mainly linking to articles from August 2015) provides a portal to connect to various thoughts, articles and videos showcasing just some of the great tools and web based services that are available to help teach young people to code. Some of the sites mentioned are tools to get you into coding (such as Scratch) others are resources that introduce you and coach you though some popular coding languages (eg: HTML & CSS, JavaScript, iQuery, PHP, Python, and Ruby).
Throughout the series I try to stick to tools that are platform agnostic so Microsoft Kodu and the Apple Development Library don't to get a mention. I also try to highlight FREE tools (although with some of the tools highlighted you have to pay for advanced tutorials or for certification).