ITT | Teen Tech Week

ITT | Teen Tech Week

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This year we are back at the Walnut Creek library with a three-day coding workshop. Part how-to, part fun-learning, this hands-on workshop designed by three girls who Design, Code and Deploy in the real world, is an invitation to the wonderful world of software development. Targeted to kids, from 9 to 15 years old, who […]

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ITT | Designers and developers, a myth?

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I am a creative person, always looking for innovative approaches to make life interesting. Luminita is a mathematical mind, always focused in getting things done efficiently. Working together, has once again validated my belief, that where there is a will there is a way to build great experiences. Here is an example. When we started […]

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ITT | Piaget

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Two weeks to starting the teaching experience with 2nd and 3rd grader. The goal is to expose their young minds to challenges that encourage creative thinking and problem solving approaches. To better prepare for my time with them, I look back at Piaget’s theory of cognitive development, and specifically to the Concrete Operational Stage. This is considered […]

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ITT | How to get to KELC…

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Wouldn’t it be nice if we could teach KELC to kids? If the world would prepare youngsters to balance the weight of fast learning and quick results, with the ability to feel comfortable in failing and working together? I am going to give it a try with my friend Lumi. I emailed the elementary school […]

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ITT | The future is KELC

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Kindness, Empathy, Logic, & Creativity, are the skills of the future. I believe that these are the skills to build a brighter future for ourselves and our children; a world where we can treasure the collective intelligence and channel it into projects for the well being of our world. It is already visible how the […]

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ITT | Build Your Own App

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We had a great time on Wednesday at Teen Tech Week at the WalnutCreek Library. The kids were amazing. Smart, capable, determined and very creative. In our informal workshop, we teach teens how to turn their ideas into reality using the power of technology. The workshop moves through design, basic logic, experience and practice, to an end-product. It was […]

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