When I was in elementary school, the “Bloody Mary” urban legend was going strong in my school, and I was legitimately terrified. I was having nightmares and pretty sure that a vengeful ghost was going to crawl out of my
Vive la Pen and Paper!
I remember when I was working for a healthcare IT company, and I proposed making a ‘textbook’ for our customers to print out and keep handy for times when they needed help figuring something out in our app. The response
Resources: Front End Web Development
Learning HTML and CSS FreeCodeCamp.org – This website allows you to learn HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and other coding languages through programs made up of short exercises. This can be great for building code fluency, but keep in mind that it
This Week’s Takeaway Lessons
Even though I was intensely busy all week and didn’t have much time to work on my app or continue with the tutorial I’ve been using, there are a couple of things that really stand out to me regarding my
A Victory Lap, in Praise of Doing Things the Hard Way
I didn’t have much time during the week to do anything Flutter related, just because work and school have both been pretty intense lately. I’ve shared my struggle video with students, though, and I’m seeing some relief from them when
The Greatest Teacher
This is literally the most important teaching philosophy I have ever encountered.
On Frustration
One of the best things about learning to code is that it can be an excellent way to build perseverance and help you learn to deal with frustration with problem solving. One of the worst things about learning to code
Online “Mini-Course” Project
I’ve written a lot about my Flutter project, but so far I haven’t said anything about my other big project this semester, which is an online “mini-course” for my Systematic Design of Instruction class. The mini-course is hosted on the
First App Demo: Quiz
It’s been a very long month this week, and it’s late, but I just finished my first Flutter app, from the instructions in Maximilian Schwarzmüller’s Udemy course, Learn Flutter & Dart to Build iOS & Android Apps. I may go
Flutter and Coding Glossary
While I’ve done some web development and other coding before, I’m learning new terms as I learn Flutter (though some of them are also used in other languages and frameworks). As I learn new terms, I’ll share them here in