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Planting the Seeds of Computational Thinking in Early Childhood
by Ann Gadzikowski The following is a reprint of an article that was published in Early Insights on February 2, 2019. Attitudes about the role of technology in early childhood tend to be unnecessarily polarized. On one side are those who believe we must protect...
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Preschool: A Smart Investment
“Look! A squishy worm!” A small child lifts her mud-covered hand to show her teacher the worm she found on the preschool playground. Soon a group of children are gathered around the muddy patch, searching for more worms with spoons and shovels. Later, after washing up...
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Reflections on SXSWEDU
I’ve just returned from the SXSWEDU conference in Austin, Texas where I gave a talk on computer science education for young children and signed copies of my new books: Robotics for Young Children and Coding, Robotics, and Engineering for Young Students. The focus of...
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EC STEM Symposium
“Robotics for Young Children: STEM Activities & Simple Coding”
Location: Boulder, Colorado
Date: October 12, 2018
WECA Annual Conference
Wisconsin Early Childhood Association
“Robotics for Young Children: STEM Activities & Simple Coding”
Location: Madison, Wisconsin
Date: October 26, 2018
National Association for the Education of Young Children
“Blocks, Rocks, & Robots: Nurturing Computational Thinking in Early Childhood”
Location: Washington, DC
Date: November 14-17, 2018