Dire Straits is a game. At its core, Dire Staits is a variant of Seymour Papert’s LOGO program built on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Scratch software. Incorporating a nautical theme, this game helps upper elementary and middle school students refine their understanding of lines, angles, rotations, and general spatial ability. Three students (Peter, Matt, …
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Charlottesville Snow
I was stranded in Charlottesville, VA during the first days of the 2010 winter holiday due to a snow storm of Bostonian proportions. To fight the boredom, I decided to venture out and shoot some video of people playing in the snow. I should have posted this video sooner.
MacArthur Submission: Fab@School
This video is one of the final requirements for Dr. Glen Bull’s MacArthur Digital Media and Learning Competition submission. The submission requests funding for the development and creation of Fab@School laboratories that feature curriculum adapted for digital fabrication in elementary schools as well as the establishment of an online, open-source library for sharing and disseminating …
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