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Exploration of Computer Science on Smart Phones

Michael Braun
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What do you do when your students are more interested in their phone than in what you're trying to teach them? If you're Michael Braun, well, you make their phones a central part of their classroom learning. In collaboration with Peli de Halleux & Chris Mitchell (TEALS volunteers), Braun taught students to use TouchDevelop to create apps. Students were able to install, run, edit, and publish scripts using Windows phones. We attracted a large number of girls to our computer science course (who made up 50% of the class) and also accepted interested 8th grade students from the neighboring middle school, South Shore. By making the smart phone their workbench, we made students excited about becoming creators of technology, instead of just consumers. Description Info: "Daily Edventures - INTERVIEW" by Anthony Salcito Description URL: http://bit.ly/MIk4kj Project Info: " Mobile CS Screenshots - IMAGES" Project URL: http://bit.ly/N6fQo0 Picture Info: "Mobile CS Classroom - PHOTOGRAPHS" by Susie Fitzhugh Picture URL: http://bit.ly/LekhN3 Music Info: "Petit talibé - INSTRUMENTAL VERSION" by Löhstana David Music URL: http://bit.ly/OroeKT ...more
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Exploration of Computer Science on Smart Phones
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2012Jul 9
What do you do when your students are more interested in their phone than in what you're trying to teach them? If you're Michael Braun, well, you make their phones a central part of their classroom learning. In collaboration with Peli de Halleux & Chris Mitchell (TEALS volunteers), Braun taught students to use TouchDevelop to create apps. Students were able to install, run, edit, and publish scripts using Windows phones. We attracted a large number of girls to our computer science course (who made up 50% of the class) and also accepted interested 8th grade students from the neighboring middle school, South Shore. By making the smart phone their workbench, we made students excited about becoming creators of technology, instead of just consumers. Description Info: "Daily Edventures - INTERVIEW" by Anthony Salcito Description URL: http://bit.ly/MIk4kj Project Info: " Mobile CS Screenshots - IMAGES" Project URL: http://bit.ly/N6fQo0 Picture Info: "Mobile CS Classroom - PHOTOGRAPHS" by Susie Fitzhugh Picture URL: http://bit.ly/LekhN3 Music Info: "Petit talibé - INSTRUMENTAL VERSION" by Löhstana David Music URL: http://bit.ly/OroeKT

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Michael Braun

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