This blog is a collaborative project for students enrolled in Studio in Computing for Learning, a graduate course in the Masters in Instructional Technology Program.
Course description: Maker and hacker spaces have proliferated in our schools, libraries, and elsewhere in our communities. Similarly, toys and kits for children now include programming, circuits, single-board computers, sensor kits, robotics, drones, and more. This course will help students develop approaches and strategies for utilizing what have become consumer-level electronic and computational tools in problem- and project-based learning scenarios. Students will learn to help others engage with technology in the learning process as creators. In so doing, they will heighten their awareness of programming and the capacities of computer hardware.
Course description: Maker and hacker spaces have proliferated in our schools, libraries, and elsewhere in our communities. Similarly, toys and kits for children now include programming, circuits, single-board computers, sensor kits, robotics, drones, and more. This course will help students develop approaches and strategies for utilizing what have become consumer-level electronic and computational tools in problem- and project-based learning scenarios. Students will learn to help others engage with technology in the learning process as creators. In so doing, they will heighten their awareness of programming and the capacities of computer hardware.