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Invention Literacy

https://kidscodecs.com/invention-literacy/

The Maker Movement is about Making Meaning (Medium)

https://medium.com/@wakeupsilver/the-maker-movement-is-about-freedom-25ef8a323022

The Maker Movement is Not about 3D Printers (El Pais)

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/maker-movement-3d-printers-jay-silver

Jay Silver: Hack a Banana, Make a Keyboard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiUnJ1d8vvw

Trees of Knowledge, Edutopia

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/trees-of-knowledge-jay-silver

The Future of Education Demands More Questions, not Answers Edsurge

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2015-09-13-the-future-of-education-demands-more-questions-not-answers

Seven Billion Pairs of Hands TED

https://www.ted.com/talks/jay_silver_hack_a_banana_make_a_keyboard

Invention Literacy

https://medium.com/@wakeupsilver/invention-literacy-5915a411e29

World as Construction Kit MIT Thesis

http://web.media.mit.edu/~silver//phdthesis.php

Jay Silver

https://twitter.com/wakeupsilver
http://web.media.mit.edu/~silver/

Makey Makey

http://www.makeymakey.com/

Drawdio

http://web.media.mit.edu/~silver/drawdio/

My Invention Literacy Research

https://kidscodecs.com/invention-literacy-research/

Jay Silver: Hack a Banana, Make a Keyboard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiUnJ1d8vvw

Jay Silver: Invention Literacy (Medium)

https://medium.com/@wakeupsilver/invention-literacy-5915a411e29d

Jay Silver on Invention Literacy (El Pais)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibrwte1QqUE

Makey Makey Lesson Plans

http://makeymakey.com/lessons/

#MakeyMakeyChallenge

https://colleengraves.org/2015/02/16/makeymakeychallenge/
https://twitter.com/search?src=typd&q=%23makeymakeychallenge

Getting Buy-In for Your Makerspace (Demos)

http://ideas.demco.com/blog/getting-buy-in-for-your-makerspace/

The Informational Text Write Around Text-on-Text with Biology/Chemistry Classes

https://theunquietlibrarian.wordpress.com/2014/02/06/informational-text-write-around-text-on-text-with-biologychemistry-classes/

Makey Makey Poetry

https://colleengraves.org/2016/04/28/makey-makey-hacked-poetry-month/
https://colleengraves.org/2016/05/06/hacking-poetry-with-makey-makey-part-2/

The Art of Tinkering (book)

http://tinkering.exploratorium.edu/art-tinkering
https://youtu.be/-IXVSN7OjMg
http://www.exploratoriumstore.com/products/the-art-of-tinkering?variant=2827613444

The Exploratorium

http://www.exploratorium.edu/

LEGOtinkering

http://tinkering.exploratorium.edu/tags/legotinkering
https://twitter.com/search?q=%23legotinkering&src=typd

The Big Book of Makerspace Projects

https://www.amazon.com/Big-Book-Makerspace-Projects-Experiment/dp/1259644251

Our Mysterious Living Room Project

https://kidscodecs.com/makey-makey-living-room/

TEDxYouth@Austin + Hackidemia

https://youtu.be/jdE56KYXZz8
http://www.hackidemia.com/blog/tedxyouthaustin-hackidemia-the-musical-room

Makey Makey

http://www.makeymakey.com/

Garage Band (Mac)

http://www.apple.com/mac/garageband/
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/garageband/id682658836?mt=12&ls=1

Soundplant (Windows, Mac)

http://soundplant.org/

Example Projects

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkPt9MYqDW0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STHZ2FFKYBs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KEEqZgFVsg

Handouts (Google Docs)

https://docs.google.com/a/stevensonschool.org/document/d/1FCDrg1H_ApGmZnfBxiWpJIdYgfZlJkTrAD08ozKHq3s/edit?usp=sharing

Programming Mistakes Beginners Make

https://kidscodecs.com/programming-mistakes-beginners-make/

How do you spot a beginner programmer?

https://www.quora.com/Programming-how-do-you-spot-a-beginner-programmer

What are the programming mistakes most inexperienced programmers make?

https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-programming-mistakes-most-inexperienced-programmers-make

The Ternary Operator: Usage and Examples

http://www.dnawebagency.com/ternary-operator/

Edge Case, Corner Case, Boundary Case, Base Case

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge_case
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corner_case
http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/125587/what-are-the-difference-between-an-edge-case-a-corner-case-a-base-case-and-a-b

Design Thinking Resources

https://kidscodecs.com/design-thinking-resources/

LAUNCH (book)

http://thelaunchcycle.com/
http://ajjuliani.com/launchbook/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhQWrHQwYTk

AJ Juliani’s Blog Posts on Design Thinking

http://ajjuliani.com/my-biggest-fear-as-a-teacher/
http://ajjuliani.com/the-beginners-guide-to-design-thinking-in-the-classroom/
http://ajjuliani.com/design-thinking-can-empower-your-students/
http://ajjuliani.com/empowering-makers/

Design Thinking

http://www.forbes.com/2010/01/14/tim-brown-ideo-leadership-managing-design.html
http://designthinkingmovie.com/
http://designthinking.ideo.com/?p=409
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_thinking
http://www.creativityatwork.com/design-thinking-strategy-for-innovation/

Design Thinking for Educators

http://www.designthinkingforeducators.com/

Design & Thinking (documentary)

http://designthinkingmovie.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uilcaXYnluU

IDEO Design Thinking Blog

http://designthinking.ideo.com/

AJ Juliani

http://ajjuliani.com/blog/
http://ajjuliani.com/
https://twitter.com/ajjuliani

John Spencer

http://www.spencerauthor.com/
https://twitter.com/spencerideas
https://www.youtube.com/user/OurSocialVoice

Global Day of Design

http://globaldayofdesign.com/

Tim Brown Urges Designers to Think Big (TED Talk)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAinLaT42xY

Computer Science Unplugged Resources

https://kidscodecs.com/cs-unplugged-resources/

Teaching London Computing

https://teachinglondoncomputing.org/resources/inspiring-unplugged-classroom-activities/
https://teachinglondoncomputing.org/resources/inspiring-unplugged-classroom-activities/the-locked-in-activity/
https://teachinglondoncomputing.org/resources/inspiring-unplugged-classroom-activities/the-intelligent-piece-of-paper-activity/

CS Unplugged

http://csunplugged.org/
http://csunplugged.org/the-turing-test/
http://csunplugged.org/binary-numbers/
http://csunplugged.org/routing-and-deadlock/

Barefoot Computing

You’ll need to register to see their materials but they’re a big part of the Computing at School (CAS) effort in the UK and teaching computer science without computers.
http://barefootcas.org.uk
http://barefootcas.org.uk/resources/

STEM Learning

Also requires registration to see their materials.
https://www.stem.org.uk/elibrary/collection/3909/computer-science-unplugged

Makerspace Resources

https://kidscodecs.com/makerspace-resources-2016/

Colleen Graves Makerspace Resources and Programming Ideas

https://colleengraves.org/makerspace-resources-and-programming-ideas/
https://colleengraves.org/
https://colleengraves.org/bigmakerbook/

School Library Journal

http://www.slj.com/2015/05/collection-development/maker-bookshelf-a-starter-collection-for-current-and-aspiring-makebrarians-the-maker-issue/
http://www.slj.com/features/the-maker-issue-slj-2015/

Makerspace for Education

http://www.makerspaceforeducation.com/

K-12 MakerEd

http://k12makers.org/
http://k12makers.org/list-of-makerspaces/

Eye Candy and Secret Sauce: Ten Tips for Launching a School Maker Faire

Written by a Maker Faire employee, describes some of their lessons learned.
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2016-05-17-eye-candy-and-secret-sauce-ten-tips-for-launching-a-school-maker-faire

Maker Ed

http://makered.org/
http://makered.org/resources/directory/

Library as Incubator

http://www.libraryasincubatorproject.org/
http://www.libraryasincubatorproject.org/?cat=17

Coding and STEAM Tools

https://kidscodecs.com/coding-steam-tools/

Coding and STEAM Tools

https://kidscodecs.com/steam-tools

Coding and STEAM Tools: Board and Card Games

A PDF of the chart published in the August 2016 issue of the magazine.
https://kidscodecs.com/coding-steam-tools-2016-08

Nikolas Chatzopoulos Matrix

https://twitter.com/chatzopoulosn/status/742509403258130433

Nikolas Chatzopoulos

https://twitter.com/chatzopoulosn
http://techtrends4teachers.blogspot.com/

History of Web Browsers

https://kidscodecs.com/web-browser-history/

Web Browser History

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_web_browser
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Timeline_of_web_browsers.svg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_web_browsers
http://www.livinginternet.com/w/wi_browse.htm
http://arstechnica.com/business/2011/10/before-netscape-forgotten-web-browsers-of-the-early-1990s/
http://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/the-web/20/388
http://www.computerhistory.org/atchm/happy-20th-birthday-to-the-public-web/

Lynx Web Browser

http://lynx.browser.org/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_%28web_browser%29
http://www.delorie.com/web/lynxview.html

Google Chrome Browser

https://www.google.com/chrome/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome

Internet Explorer Browser

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/microsoft-edge
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer

Netscape Browser

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netscape_%28web_browser%29

Mozilla/Firefox Browser

https://www.mozilla.org
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox

Opera Browser

http://www.opera.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera_%28web_browser%29

Vivaldi Browser

https://vivaldi.com/
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/04/even-at-1-0-vivaldi-closes-in-on-the-cure-for-the-common-browser/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivaldi_%28web_browser%29

libWWW Source

https://www.w3.org/Library/Distribution.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libwww

Web Browser Archive

If you have old operating systems, evolt.org has original browser software to try. Including WorldWideWeb if you have a copy of the NeXT operating system.
http://browsers.evolt.org/

WorldWideWeb

http://browsers.evolt.org/browsers/archive/worldwideweb/NeXT/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WorldWideWeb

Forks

https://kidscodecs.com/forks/

Fork (Software Development)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fork_%28software_development%29
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_software_forks
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/Linux_Distribution_Timeline.svg

Fork (Software Process)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Process_%28computing%29
http://www.python-course.eu/forking.php

To Fork or Not to Fork

https://mako.cc/writing/to_fork_or_not_to_fork.html

10 Interesting Open Source Software Forks and Why They Happened

http://royal.pingdom.com/2008/09/11/10-interesting-open-source-software-forks-and-why-they-happened/

A Comprehensive Study of Software Forks: Dates, Reasons, and Outcomes

http://flosshub.org/sites/flosshub.org/files/paper_0.pdf

Fork (Utensil)

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

Why Open Source Software

http://www.dwheeler.com/oss_fs_why.html#forking

ALGOL

https://kidscodecs.com/algol/

On the ALGOL Effort

https://heerdebeer.org/ALGOL/
https://heerdebeer.org/History/Publications/ALGOL_more_than_just_ALGOL.html

ALGOL

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALGOL_60
http://web.archive.org/web/20111114122103/http://www.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/~ohearn/Algol/intro.html
http://cs.ecs.baylor.edu/~maurer/SieveE/Algol60.htm
http://www.slideshare.net/hidayettakci/algol-ailesi-programlama-dilleri

The History of ALGOL

http://www.softwarepreservation.org/projects/ALGOL/
http://groups.engin.umd.umich.edu/CIS/course.des/cis400/algol/algol.html

Tutorials

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF4qVq2M-Fo

ALGOL Online Emulator

http://www.tutorialspoint.com/execute_algol_online.php
http://kdf9.settle.dtdns.net/EE9/7087140/walgol/run.htm

Backus Naur Form

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backus%E2%80%93Naur_Form

Day in the Life: Paul Seal, Programmer

https://kidscodecs.com/an-interview-with-paul-seal/

Paul Seal

http://www.codeshare.co.uk
https://twitter.com/prjseal
https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-seal-3064892

Author Archive

Paul also writes for this magazine so you can find his articles here, as well.
https://kidscodecs.com/author/paulseal/

5 Ways to Learn Programming and Frameworks

https://kidscodecs.com/5-ways-to-learn-programming-frameworks/

Pluralsight

https://www.pluralsight.com/
http://www.codeshare.co.uk/pluralsight

Lynda.com

https://www.lynda.com

Project Euler

https://projecteuler.net/
http://www.codeshare.co.uk/blog/test-your-programming-skills-with-project-euler/

C# in Depth

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Depth-3rd-Skeet-Jon-Paperback/dp/B00M0OKVJO/278-5565810-5093900?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=B00M0OKVJO&linkCode=as2&redirect=true&ref_=as_li_tl&tag=codesharecouk-21

Head First JavaScript

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Head-First-JavaScript-Programming-Freeman/dp/144934013X?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=144934013X&linkCode=as2&redirect=true&ref_=as_li_tl&tag=codesharecouk-21

A King is a Son of a King: Recursion

https://kidscodecs.com/recursion/

SNAP! Lecture by Professor Dan Garcia

(find recursion around minute 21)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysq-wvq7eSY

UC Berkeley, The Beauty and Joy of Computing-Recursion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKn3nsfzBdA

Tower of Hanoi

http://www.python-course.eu/towers_of_hanoi.php

Recursivity

http://gregtatum.com/poems/recursive/5/

Unbounded Recursion

http://wiki.secretgeek.net/unbounded-recursion

The Art and Ideas Behind M. C. Escher’s Drawings

http://www.pxleyes.com/blog/2010/06/recursion-the-art-and-ideas-behind-m-c-eschers-drawings/

The Nature of Code

http://natureofcode.com/book/chapter-8-fractals/

Discrete Math: Propositional Logic and Logic Circuits

https://kidscodecs.com/discrete-math-propositional-logic-logic-circuits/

Navigating Through Discrete Math Kindergarten – Grade 5

http://www.nctm.org/store/Products/Navigating-through-Discrete-Mathematics-in-Prekindergarten—Grade-5-(with-CD-ROM)/

Logic Gates – UCLA Math Circle (early elementary)

http://www.math.ucla.edu/~radko/circles/events.shtml?id=960

Introduction to Logic

High school material from Stanford
http://logic.stanford.edu/intrologic/secondary/index.html

Discrete Mathematics with Applications

https://www.amazon.com/Discrete-Mathematics-Applications-Susanna-Epp/dp/0495391328/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1467564041&sr=8-1&keywords=discrete+math+with+applications

The Role of Logic in Teaching Proof

http://condor.depaul.edu/sepp/monthly886-899.pdf

Language, Proof, and Logic

http://online.stanford.edu/course/language-proof-and-logic-self-paced

LAUNCH and CS Detective (Books)

https://kidscodecs.com/launch-cs-detective/

The CS Detective: An Algorithmic Tale of Crime, Conspiracy, and Computation

https://www.nostarch.com/searchtale

Launch: Using Design Thinking to Boost Creativity and Bring Out the Maker in Every Student

http://www.amazon.com/Launch-Design-Thinking-Creativity-Student/dp/0996989544/
http://thelaunchcycle.com/
https://youtu.be/LhQWrHQwYTk

Jeremy Kubica

http://computationaltales.blogspot.com
http://computationaltales.blogspot.com/p/book.html
https://twitter.com/compfairytales
https://vimeo.com/70188494

A.J. Juliani

http://ajjuliani.com/
https://twitter.com/ajjuliani

John Spencer

http://www.spencerauthor.com/
https://twitter.com/spencerideas
https://www.youtube.com/user/OurSocialVoice
https://youtu.be/mKvSCs2RsHs

Design Thinking Resources

This article explores the topic of design thinking with many links to explore.
https://kidscodecs.com/design-thinking-resources/