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March 24, 2015

  • CSTA K-8 Task Group Offers Chat on March 25

    Join the CSTA K-8 task group for #CSK8 chat   Wed 3/25 at 8pm (EST)     Topics: How to prepare educators to teach coding/CS to 5-13 yr olds, discuss professional development (PD), what are the best workshops/conferences/resources for teachers who want to introduce coding/CS to students in grades K-8? Continue reading

  • Contemplating

    Over the weekend, Aviva Dunsiger shared her most recent thoughts about coding in the classroom in a post “Continuing to Contemplate Coding“.  Like many of her posts, it has more questions than answers.  And, that’s always a good thing! I started to write a reply to her post but then realized I was going to… Continue reading

  • OTR Links 03/24/2015

    Monday Molly Musings: Save the elementary TLs in TCDSB Save the elementary TLs in TCDSB – http://t.co/RihnFEYyVV via @Firefox — Doug Peterson (@dougpete) March 24, 2015 tags: IFTTT Twitter OLA on Twitter: “What’s the real cost of getting rid of teacher librarians? #tcdsb http://t.co/xJpocad78Q” RT @ONLibraryAssoc: What’s the real cost of getting rid of teacher… Continue reading