The WBUR Learning Lab‘s Peter Balono-Rosen covers the K-Lo Hour of Code week. View article at: http://learninglab.wbur.org/2014/12/15/looking-to-the-future-cambridge-partnership-teaches-kindergartners-to-code/.
Category: News
littleBits Electronics Scratch Extension
littleBits annouces the Scratch 2.0 extension, created by Lesley’s own Kreg Hanning. View article at: http://goo.gl/VLB2bS.
Innovative Lesley Program Prevents Summer Learning Loss
Lesley University and Cambridge Mayor David Maher announce that 23 children received free tuition to the Summer Compass program, thanks to new scholarship funds awarded through Lesley, the mayor’s office and the Cambridge Public Schools. View article at: http://www.lesley.edu/news/2014/09/innovative-program-prevents-summer-learning-loss/.
Using Tablets to Teach–Not Distract–In the Classroom
Industry analysts predict that schools will purchase 3.5 million tablets by year’s end. How is this changing the classroom? WGBH’s innovation reporter Cristina Quinn takes a look at a digital platform that is helping teachers gauge student learning on the fly. View article at: http://wgbhnews.org/post/using-tablets-teach-not-distract-classroom.
Digital Learning Tools: Technology is transforming the classroom
WGBH Greater Boston host Emily Rooney interviews our very own, Sue Cusack, regarding the use of digital devices to support student-centered learning:
Transformative Partnership
The Lesley University Graduate School of Education is in its third year of a close partnership with the Kennedy-Longfellow School, an elementary school in Cambridge, to explore the transformational uses of educational technology in an urban public school setting. View article at: http://www.lesley.edu/kennedy-longfellow-partnership/?terms=transformative%20partnership.
A Place to Create: KLO Launches Makerspace
Scratcher Control accepted into Google Play for Education store
Scratcher Control, an Android app developed by project member Kreg Hanning, was accepted into the Google Play for Education store on February 11, 2014.
Scratcher Control Screenshot
Scratcher Control was originally published to the Google Play store on May 5, 2013. Since then it has been downloaded in over 80 countries! The app has also been translated by the community into Brazilian Portuguese and South Korean. Scratcher Control allows students to use an Android powered device as a wireless controller for their Scratch projects. They can also send accelerometer (tilt) values, light sensor values, and voice commands wirelessly! The app adds a whole other level of interactivity and design to making games in Scratch.
From Google:
“Google Play for Education is a destination where schools can find great, teacher-approved, educational apps and videos on Play Store.”
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Lesley, Kennedy-Longfellow partner to reimagine S.T.E.M. learning
Forget rows of students seated behind desktops; in the computer labs of the future, students will be building robots and writing code. Cambridge Chronicle’s Erin Baldassari covers the integration of STEM into the Kennedy-Longfellow School. View article at: http://www.wickedlocal.com/x1039480562/Lesley-Kennedy-Longfellow-partner-to-reimagine-S-T-E-M-learning.
Eye on Education: iPads Being Used in Cambridge First Grade Class
CBS Boston, WBZ TV’s Paula Ebben covers digital learning at the Kennedy-Longfellow School, with a focus on the first grade. View article at:
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2013/12/16/eye-on-education-ipads-being-used-in-cambridge-first-grade-class/.