August 2014 Learn More Links

A brilliant essay about using computers as tools to teach kids how to do things, not manipulate computers. (thanks @HackerJimbo for the suggestion!)
http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/5836

UCBLogo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UCBLogo
http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~bh/logo.html

Logo Artificial Intelligence Memos

Written by Seymour Papert in the 1960s and 1970s, they give a sense of the ideas that drove the creation of Logo.
http://logothings.wikispaces.com/Readings

Logo and LEGO Mindstorms

http://www.media.mit.edu/sponsorship/getting-value/collaborations/mindstorms

Turtle Academy

Learn Logo in English, German, Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese, Russian, Hebrew, and Chinese.
http://turtleacademy.com/

MicroWorlds Logo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MicroWorlds
http://www.microworlds.com/

Move the Turtle

http://movetheturtle.com/
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/move-turtle.-programming-for/id509013878?ls=1&mt=8

Robot Turtles (and Robot Turtles Adventure Quest Expansion Pack)

http://www.robotturtles.com/
http://www.thinkfun.com/robotturtles/adventure/
http://www.thinkfun.com/robotturtles
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/danshapiro/robot-turtles-the-board-game-for-little-programmer
http://duxter.com/robotturtles

FMSLogo

http://fmslogo.sourceforge.net/

Robot Turtles (and Robot Turtles Adventure Quest Expansion Pack)

Computer Science Logo Style

A free online resource using Logo to teach computer science.
http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~bh/v1-toc2.html
http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~bh/v2-toc2.html
http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~bh/v3-toc2.html

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3D Software Tools and Resources

https://www.kidscodecs.com/3d-software-tools-resources/

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Build with Chrome

https://www.buildwithchrome.com/
https://www.buildwithchrome.com/about
https://www.buildwithchrome.com/buildacademy
http://www.gizmag.com/build-with-chrome-lego-google/30652/
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Build+with+chrome+tutorial
http://vimeo.com/search?q=%22build+with+chrome%22

SketchUp

http://www.sketchup.com/
http://www.sketchup.com/learn
http://help.sketchup.com/en/article/95079
http://extensions.sketchup.com/
http://www.sketchup.com/3Dfor/3D-printing
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22sketchup+tutorial%22
http://vimeo.com/search?q=%22sketchup+tutorial%22

Blender

http://www.blender.org/
http://www.blender.org/features/projects/
http://www.blender.org/support/
http://www.blender.org/support/tutorials/
http://cgcookie.com/blender/
http://gryllus.net/Blender/3D.html
http://blender.stackexchange.com/
http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Extensions:2.6/Py/Scripts/Modeling/PrintToolbox
http://www.shapeways.com/tutorials/prepping_blender_files_for_3d_printing
http://libregraphicsworld.org/blog/entry/blender-dives-into-3d-printing-indistry
http://cgcookie.com/blender/2013/02/04/modeling-3d-printing-shapeways/
http://www.blenderguru.com/

TinkerCAD

https://www.tinkercad.com
https://www.tinkercad.com/about/

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SketchUp for Beginners

https://www.kidscodecs.com/3d-sketchup-for-beginners/

Download Sketchup

http://www.sketchup.com/download

SketchUp

http://www.sketchup.com/
http://www.sketchup.com/learn
http://help.sketchup.com/en/article/95079
http://extensions.sketchup.com/
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22sketchup+tutorial%22
http://vimeo.com/search?q=%22sketchup+tutorial%22

SketchUp for Education K-12

http://www.sketchup.com/3Dfor/k12-education
https://3dwarehouse.sketchup.com/

SketchUp Video on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/user/SketchUpVideo

SketchUp School

https://www.youtube.com/user/4sketchupgo2school
http://www.sketchupschool.com/
http://www.sketchupschool.com/sketchup-tutorials

Master SketchUp

https://www.youtube.com/user/MasterSketchupdotcom
http://www.mastersketchup.com/
https://twitter.com/mastersketchup
https://www.facebook.com/MasterSketchup

Sketchucation

http://sketchucation.com/

SketchUp Plugins

http://sketchupplugins.com/
http://www.sketchupwarehouse.com/

SketchUp Artists

http://www.sketchupartists.org/

3D Printing from SketchUp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPQliNKJKto
http://www.sketchup.com/3Dfor/3D-printing

How to Draw a Tiny House with SketchUp

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nir6Qk_sSrw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YITS1NZeSKQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POVYewYEu9E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH4VNw6AGdA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkmOYYz55Cs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcpT3zTlgoI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb2NUBHPiBw

Computer Science Curriculum Resources

https://www.kidscodecs.com/computer-science-curriculum-resources/

CSTA K-12 Computer Science Standards

http://csta.acm.org/Curriculum/sub/K12Standards.html
http://csta.acm.org/Curriculum/sub/CSK8.html
http://csta.acm.org/Curriculum/sub/CompThinking.html
http://csta.acm.org/Curriculum/sub/CurrResources.html

Edutopia

http://www.edutopia.org/

Skype in the classroom

https://education.skype.com/

UK National Curriculum for Computing Programme

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-curriculum-in-england-computing-programmes-of-study/national-curriculum-in-england-computing-programmes-of-study
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-curriculum
http://community.tes.co.uk/national_curriculum_2014/b/computing/default.aspx
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwXjGMpWprI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ia55clAtdMs

Ontario Canada: Secondary School Computer Studies

http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/secondary/computer.html

Online Learning: A Bachelor’s Level Computer Science Program Curriculum

A review of free online computer science courses from US universities.
blog.agupieware.com/2014/05/online-learning-bachelors-level.html
http://blog.agupieware.com/2014/06/online-learning-intensive-bachelors.html

CS Unplugged

http://csunplugged.org/

The Traveling Salesman Problem

https://www.kidscodecs.com/traveling-salesman-problem/

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The Traveling Salesman Problem

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/TravelingSalesmanProblem.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travelling_salesman_problem
http://www.youtube.com/embed/BmsC6AEbkrw

Computer Scientists Find New Shortcuts for Infamous Traveling Salesman Problem

http://www.wired.com/2013/01/traveling-salesman-problem/all/

Canadian Traveler Problem

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_traveller_problem

Chinese Postman Problem

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Route_inspection_problem

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Music from Electronic Garbage

https://www.kidscodecs.com/music-from-electronic-garbage/

Electric Waste Orchestra

http://makerspaceurbana.org/projects/electric-waste-orchestra/
http://www.coolhunting.com/tech/electric-waste-orchestra.php

Colten Jackson on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/user/CJCruiser/

Pure Data

http://puredata.info/

John Cage

http://johncage.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cage

Fat or Muscle: Which Keeps You Warmer?

Which keeps you warmer, fat or muscle?

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=893603&page=1
http://www.chacha.com/question/which-one-keeps-you-warmer-muscle-or-fat
http://goaskalice.columbia.edu/does-eating-fat-keep-body-warm-winter
http://goaskalice.columbia.edu/fat-muscle
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Does_fat_or_muscle_keep_you_warmer
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn22250-muscles-that-do-nothing-can-keep-you-warm-and-thin.html#.U8KmbKj65FQ
http://www.thedivingblog.com/fat-people-warmer-underwater/

Ancient water cache may be pristine primordial soup

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22329762.600#.U8KtVKj65FQ

Deepest-diving sub implodes in Kermadec trench

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25552#.U8KtX6j65FQ

The Panopticon

https://www.kidscodecs.com/the-panopticon/

How the Feds Are Tracking Us

http://www.pcworld.com/article/262044/how_the_feds_are_tracking_us.html

The Airborne Panopticon: How Plane-Mounted Cameras Watch Entire Cities

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/07/a-tivo-for-crime-how-always-recording-airborne-cameras-watch-entire-cities/

Problems with Panopticon: UK CCTVs Don’t Cut Crime Rates

Problems with the Panopticon: UK CCTVs don't cut crime rates

NSA Data Have No Impact on Terrorism: Report

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-13/nsa-data-has-no-discernible-impact-on-terrorism-report.html

How the NSA's High-Tech Surveillance Helped Europeans Catch Terrorists

http://www.propublica.org/article/how-the-nsas-high-tech-surveillance-helped-europeans-catch-terrorists

Building a Panopticon: The Evolution of the NSA’s XKeyscore

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/08/building-a-panopticon-the-evolution-of-the-nsas-xkeyscore/

New York City Panopticon Plans Take Shape

http://www.wired.com/2008/08/more-nypd-count/

Every Day, US Army’s Panopticon Drone Will Collect 80 Years’ Worth of HD Video

http://www.wired.com/2012/01/army-helicopter-cross-eyed/

NSA Officers Spy on Love Interests

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2013/08/23/nsa-officers-sometimes-spy-on-love-interests/

How NSA Spies Abused Their Powers to Snoop on Girlfriends, Lovers, and First Dates

http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/09/27/loveint_how_nsa_spies_snooped_on_girlfriends_lovers_and_first_dates.html

LOVEINT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LOVEINT

Panopticon

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panopticon

About the Author

Tim Slavin

Tim is an award-winning writer and technologist who enjoys teaching tech to non-technical people. He has many years experience with web sites and applications in business, technical, and creative roles. He and his wife have two kids, now teenagers, who are mad about video games.

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