As I’ve worked through my Flutter project, I’ve noticed that all of the learning materials and tutorials I’ve found have assumed an existing level of programming knowledge starting at the beginning of the course. This has made things harder for
Cracking an Old Problem
My first semester in grad school, I took Introduction to Game Design for Educators and had the chance to learn how to build my own educational role playing game. At the end of the semester, I bought the web hosting
Teaching the Whole Person
It’s been a very intense, unusual few weeks for everyone, myself included. In the world of education, everything has been turned topsy-turvy by the Coronavirus pandemic, and since education ventures make up the vast majority of my professional and academic
Scratchception!
For my Systematic Design of Instruction class, I’m designing a “mini-course” called How to Teach Kids to Code (Even if You’re Not Sure How to Code Yourself!) Our courses are designed with other teachers in mind, and since I’ve talked
On Confronting Fear with Learning
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
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
The Greatest Teacher
This is literally the most important teaching philosophy I have ever encountered.