1. RCAC Symposium 2013 An inquiry approach to elementary classrooms using Computer Science Brian Aspinall @mraspinall Grade 8 LKDSB "Flipping Out" www.brianaspinall.com Exploring Buzzwords in Education

2. Traditional Classrooms ❖ Used to go to school because that's where the knowledge was brianaspinall.com brianaspinall.com @mraspinall

3. Classrooms Today ❖ Knowledge and information is available from experts 24 hours a day ❖ Students know more than teachers about 21st century tools and trends ❖ A connected world brianaspinall.com brianaspinall.com @mraspinall

4. Teaching Today ❖ It's not about the apps ❖ It's not about the technology ❖ It's about the process brianaspinall.com brianaspinall.com @mraspinall

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8. In a nutshell ❖ Through a class website or other medium, teachers share resources to students outside of the classroom ❖ Students watch, listen and interact outside of school ❖ By definition, students complete "homework" in class brianaspinall.com brianaspinall.com @mraspinall

9. Why? ❖ Student engagement improves student learning ❖ In most cases rote and repetitive math is like Michael Myers - we want it to die but it won't go away ❖ ** (Some math concepts require rote learning eg: BEDMAS) brianaspinall.com brianaspinall.com @mraspinall

10. Genius Hour ❖ Another buzzword in education ❖ Refers to a process in which students guide the learning through inquiry based tasks ❖ Teachers incorporate it into the curriculum where applicable ❖ Students publish to real world audiences (blogs, YouTube etc.) brianaspinall.com brianaspinall.com @mraspinall

11. Kids today will work in jobs that do not yet exist, solving problems we don't yet know are problems with tools that haven't been invented today. brianaspinall.com brianaspinall.com @mraspinall

12. "Never memorize anything you can look up in a book" brianaspinall.com brianaspinall.com @mraspinall

14. Why do we still ask these questions over and over? brianaspinall.com brianaspinall.com @mraspinall

15. Why do we still ask these questions over and over? brianaspinall.com brianaspinall.com @mraspinall

16. With the right scaffolding, even Siri can answer multi-step problems We need to teach kids to view larger problems as A sum of smaller ones brianaspinall.com brianaspinall.com @mraspinall

17. 2DMeasurement ❖ In the past: ❖ Find the (circumference / area) of a (circle / triangle) with the (radius, base, height) of 10 units ❖ Closed book, memorized formula ❖ Kids answered dozens of questions on a test brianaspinall.com brianaspinall.com @mraspinall

18. ❖ Instead...... I only ask rich questions Open book Use google Use siri Etc. brianaspinall.com brianaspinall.com @mraspinall

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20. Results? ❖ I've had a repeat of students for two years ❖ Engagement has increased ❖ CAT scores have increased ❖ Behaviours almost non existent brianaspinall.com brianaspinall.com @mraspinall

21. Almost every grade 8 student could answer this end of the grade 9 year question in early October. brianaspinall.com brianaspinall.com @mraspinall

22. What's more important? Remembering the formula for the volume of a cylinder at the end of the semester Or Knowing how to identify this problem using appropriate resources to find the formula and derive a reasonable solution brianaspinall.com brianaspinall.com @mraspinall

24. Learning by the Process brianaspinall.com brianaspinall.com @mraspinall

25. Demonstrating Through Creativity brianaspinall.com brianaspinall.com @mraspinall

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27. Character Development ❖ This process provides students the opportunity to demonstrate their learning skills ❖ Initiative, collaboration, self regulation, organization, ❖ Independent work, responsibility ❖ Work gets published to a real world audience, not an honour wall or some file folder or binder ❖ Parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles can follow brianaspinall.com brianaspinall.com @mraspinall

28. Steve Jobs ❖ "Every kid should code because it teaches them how to think" ❖ "Coding is as important as literacy and numeracy" ❖ Coders are the new rock stars - Will I Am brianaspinall.com brianaspinall.com @mraspinall

29. Coding in K-6 Cargo-bot for iOS brianaspinall.com brianaspinall.com @mraspinall

30. Codea on iOS Grades 7- 12

31. Release of Responsibility ❖ Remember, your students must know the math concepts before they can begin in class tasks ❖ Teachers do not need to know how to code ❖ Instead they facilitate the process and encourage the problem solving process brianaspinall.com brianaspinall.com @mraspinall

32. Tynker for K-8 brianaspinall.com brianaspinall.com @mraspinall www.tynker.com

33. Code Academy for 7-12 brianaspinall.com brianaspinall.com @mraspinall www.starterleague.com

34. Scratch for 4-8 brianaspinall.com brianaspinall.com @mraspinall http://scratch.mit.edu

35. How to "Flip" brianaspinall.com brianaspinall.com @mraspinall www.clipkwik.com

36. www.scrawlar.com brianaspinall.com brianaspinall.com @mraspinall

38. Teaching Today ❖ It's not about the apps ❖ It's not about the technology ❖ It's about the process brianaspinall.com brianaspinall.com @mraspinall