Thursday 14 July 2016

Teaching Children to Code

Stephen Lethbridge presents at TEDx - Tauranga
Student asks, "What do I do next?" Teacher responds "How might you find out?"

Stephen presents how coding in context enable children to be bold and courageous in their learning.  They resilience, they are resourceful and divergent in their thinking.  He stresses that allowing children to copy, tinker and make mistakes along the way empowers their learning!
A "Maker Club" held after school where children must bring a parent means that this co-curricular group is not a drop-off centre.  Adults are encouraged to learn alongside children and teachers.

Stephen hopes that others can see the value in encouraging design thinking, collaboration, teamwork, and iteration spirals to solve real world problems.

"Do not limit our children to the world that came before them"

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