Scratch interactive programming environment

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LCL Session 10 - Supporting Creative Learning

Learning Creative Learning, Session 9

The construction view of thinking

"When people play with LEGO(R) bricks, they do not encounter error messages.
Parts stick together only in certain ways, and it is easier to get things right
than wrong. The brick shapes suggest what is possible, and experimentation
and experience teaches what works."


[ACM Transactions on Computing Education, Vol. 10, No. 4, Article 16, Pub. date: November 2010.]

Could we ever see such a way of working in most schools ?

The Google way to science

Change your mind to shape a different future for humanity.
Go ahead and try to have the brightest ideas possible ....

Is tech-in-education useful ??

These four statements explain why and how we can gain more and more good effects from the use of tech-rich environments in learning.
"Our goal is to help children learn to think creatively, reason systematically, work collaboratively, and learn continuously – essential skills for success in the 21st century."
The sentence is from M. Resnick, leader of the Lifelong Kindergarten at MIT Media Lab. In that place, learning experiences are rooted similarly to the way we learn in the kindergarten. If you can't believe, go read:


the 2011 Mc. Graw award for innovation in learning

When you were a kid ...

This nice video shows you how we might change the way pupils face life.
Try to teach them how to shape their future and not simply "wait for" it:

how to design the future

The way future thinkers shape their ideas is more and more rooted in this approach to thinking and creating:    the way to design