Lesley STEAM Learning Lab welcomed the entire faculty and administration from the Renaissance Community School in New Bedford, Mass, for a full day interactive workshop. Based on the school’s desire to integrate standards-based making into the curriculum, Lesley STEAM developed a series of projects to engage the staff in collaborative problem solving and inquiry-based learning.
Tag: Scratch
Scratch@MIT 2018: Micro:bit & ScratchX: Physical Computing for All Learners
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Sue Cusack and Jacy Edelman
Lesley STEAM Learning Lab, Cambridge MA
Rashmi Pimprikar
Boston Public Schools, Boston MA
Scratch@MIT 2018
July 26, 2018
Lesley STEAM joins in on 2018 Scratch Day @ MIT
Lesley STEAM’s Sue Cusack will join the Scratch Day @ MIT volunteer squad for an action-packed day of hands-on Scratch demonstrations, panels, tinkering, social meet-ups, and more. The Lifelong Kindergarten Group, organizers of the day, will host the 2018 Scratch Day @ MIT onsite event at their home in the MIT Media Lab. Scratch Day is a worldwide network of events that encourages any organization or individual to host their own workshop or gathering in celebration of Scratch programming. Find a Scratch Day close to you – or create your own by clicking here!
Empowerment and Equity Through Making and Scratch
Sue Cusack and Jacy Edelman of the Lesley STEAM Team sat down with Mary Adelaide, a ScratchEd Intern, to discuss their work facilitating Scratch Jr and Scratch through a maker mindset. View the full article on the ScratchEd website.
Scratch@MIT – Arduino: The Next Frontier for Scratchers
Kreg Hanning, Sue Cusack & Jacy Edelman
Lesley University
Scratch@MIT Conference 2016
August 4, 2016
Scratch@MIT 2016 – Extension Mashup: Taking Scratch to the Next Level
Lesley University
Scratch@MIT Conference 2016
August 4, 2016
SXSWedu 2016: Unschool Your Creativity: A Maker Mentality
Activity Handouts from Workshop
Sue Cusack, Jacy Edelman, and Kreg Hanning
Lesley University
SXSWedu 2016
March 9, 2016
FETC 2016: Makerspace Mash-up: Imagine – Play – Make – Create
Activity Handouts from Workshop
Sue Cusack, Jacy Edelman, and Kreg Hanning
Lesley University
Florida Educational Technology Conference 2016
January 15, 2016
Literacy For All Conference 2015 – App Smashing for Authentic Learning
Activity handouts from the session
Sue Cusack, Valerie Shinas, Jacy Edelman, and Kreg Hanning
November 16, 2015
STEAM in the summer
Over 130 junior kindergarten – 6th grade students from the Summer Compass Program came through the Lesley Makerspace to experience hands on robotics, electronics, and engineering projects.