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Recent Blog Posts

Climate Change and Young Children
Many thanks to Early Insights for publishing my article about the role of children in climate change. My take-away message is, "Open-ended exploratory play... helps prepare children to engage in a world in which resilience, innovation, and creativity will become our...

Children and A.I.
All the recent talk about ChatGPT has caused me to revisit the work I did in 2018 on talking with children about the ethical uses of technology. As I wrote in my article "Teach Artificial Intelligence in Kindergarten," it’s never too soon to begin having conversations...

HighScope Indonesia
I was thrilled to present a live virtual workshop to Indonesian educators at their Annual Conference on Friday morning, October 7. Amazingly, it was still Thursday night, October 6 in Chicago when I gave my presentation. My session was titled “Coding, Robotics, and...
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Saturday Morning Story Time
Ann frequently leads Story Time at Evanston’s favorite independent bookstore.
Location: Bookends & Beginnings, 1712 Sherman Avenue, Evanston, IL
Upcoming: Holiday Story Time, Saturday, December 17 at 10:30 a.m.
SXSWedu Presentation
How 3D Construction Projects Teach Coding
Location: Austin, Texas
Date: March 6-9, 2017
Tech Workshops for Teachers
How to Introduce Coding and Robotics to Young Students
A series of three teacher workshops at Northwestern University.
Click here to register.
Dates: Tuesday evenings, January 17, 24, 31, 2017 from 6:30-8:30 p.m.