Beyond Bits and Atoms - Week 1 - Reading Notes

Papert, S. & Solomon, C. (1971). 20 Things to do with a computer. “Some think of using the computer to program the kid; others think of using the kid to program the computer. But most of them have a...

Curriculum Construction - Week 1 - Class Notes

Class with Denise Pope again :) Started with going over the course organization and trying to convince people to leave the class - only 30 spots for about 50 people in the classroom. Stresses out the ...

Core Mechanics - Week 1 - Reading Notes

Reading Brown, A. L., & Kane, M. J. (1988). Preschool children can learn to transfer: Learning to learn and learning from example. Cognitive Psychology,20(4), 493-523. Summary Studies on how learning...

Beyond Bits and Atoms - Lecture - Week 1 - Notes

Beyond Bits and Atoms - Lecture - Week 1 - Notes

Professor: Paulo Blikstein In class exercise:  My Learning and Teaching Story When I was a kid a was fortunate enough to have many Lego kits and a father who is an architect. I was always fascinate...

Core Mechanics - Week 1 - Graph Assignment

Core Mechanics - Week 1 - Graph Assignment

During class we collected data about the memory exercise. We received the data and were asked to plot a few graphs about the data… here’s mine: ...

Core Mechanics - Week 1.2 - Class Notes

(insert class slides here) Transfer: Applying a skill learned in one context in a different one Relational reasoning must occur to overcome different surface features. For it to occur, one must be ab...

Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital

This is a GSB (Graduate School of Business) MBA class I got in… interesting first day with guest speaker Mike Maples I am not sure I will take this class… my class load is impractical at this poi...

E-Trike ready!!

E-Trike ready!!

Initial mounting without the casing: Now with the casing:   Tomorrow if it is not raining again, I will test it and film it on the road. ...

Brazilian Education - Week 1

Given the feedback from last quarter the teachers decided to discuss with the students how could we improve the the class, having more discussions and engagement with the content. Since each week weâ€...