Understanding Digital Kids: Teaching and Learning in the New Digital Landscape

 

Children today ARE DIFFERENT! 

This is a very interesting study about the how constant exposure to digital media has changes the way the digital natives process, interact and use information.

If you are teacher, a parent or just want to understand why kids today are not the way they used to be then read this:

https://edorigami.wikispaces.com/file/view/Jukes+-+Understanding+Digital+Kids.pdf

Briggs Myers' 16 Personality Types

I have used this with my students and it has been very helpful. They've enjoyed learning a bit more about themselves and I've added a few things into my class profile.
Click on the picture to link with the 16 personalities site.

 

Taylor Mali: What Do Teachers Make?

Software that helps teaching computer science to kids

Programming visually with a flowchart allows the student to focus on the logic of their solution rather than the syntax of a written program. Flowol supports many programming elements:

• Sequences of instructions
• Branching using decisions
• Loops (infinite, or based on a condition or count)
• Variables and simple variable manipulation
• Sub-procedures (parameters optional)
• Multiple parallel threads