by Ann Gadzikowski | Feb 9, 2017 | Blog
I recently had a ton of fun talking about play as a guest speaker on a live webinar for Bright Horizons, an international provider of quality early childhood programs. Moderator Melanie Brooks and I talked about the joys and benefits of pretend play, messy play,...
by Ann Gadzikowski | Dec 27, 2016 | Blog
Spread the word! In January I’ll be leading a series of teacher workshops for early childhood and primary grade teachers and administrators. The workshops will take place at Northwestern University in Evanston. We’ll discuss how to introduce coding and robotics...
by Ann Gadzikowski | Nov 2, 2016 | Blog
Here is an excerpt from my new blog post for the Center for Talent Development: Two young children play with wooden blocks and plastic dinosaur toys. They create a zig zag path of blocks and move the dinosaurs down the path one by one, all in a row. As they play, the...
by Ann Gadzikowski | Sep 12, 2016 | Blog
Like many other tangible tech enthusiasts, I was excited to hear about the new Fisher-Price Code-a-Pillar toy when it made its debut at the 2016 International Consumer Electronics Show. Over the summer the Code-a-Pillar became widely available to consumers and I was...
by Ann Gadzikowski | Aug 22, 2016 | Blog
Guess what? I’ve submitted a proposal to present at the 2017 South by Southwest educator conference (SXSW.edu). My session is titled “Build that Code! Teach Coding with 3D Construction Projects.” The SXSW application process includes a crowd sourcing...
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