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Tim McGuigan

Tim McGuigan teaches middle school Computer Science and Robotics and is the Farrell Chair for Innovation at Shady Side Academy.

Fill the Learning Gap

Fill the Learning Gap

October 2020 / 3 minutes / Beginner / Teaching STEM for Teachers & Parents / Tim McGuigan

An Experiment in Distance Education

An Experiment in Distance Education

August 2020 / 3 minutes / Teaching STEM for Teachers & Parents / The Last Word(s) / Tim McGuigan

Games 4 Win

Games 4 Win

June 2, 2020 / 3 minutes / Teaching STEM for Teachers & Parents / Tim McGuigan

Preparing for your Digital Mitzvah

Preparing for your Digital Mitzvah

April 2020 / 3 minutes / Beginner / Teaching STEM for Teachers & Parents / Tim McGuigan

Computational Thinking in the Wild

Computational Thinking in the Wild

February 2020 / 4 minutes / Beginner / Teaching STEM for Teachers & Parents / Tim McGuigan

Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Kids

Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Kids

December 2019 / 3 minutes / Beginner / Teaching STEM for Teachers & Parents / Tim McGuigan

CS and Raising Problem Solvers

CS and Raising Problem Solvers

October 2019 / 4 minutes / Beginner / Teaching STEM for Teachers & Parents / Tim McGuigan

Scratch Explorables

Scratch Explorables

August 2019 / 3 minutes / Intermediate / Teaching STEM for Teachers & Parents / Tim McGuigan

Gamify the Summer

Gamify the Summer

June 2019 / 3 minutes / Beginner / Teaching STEM for Teachers & Parents / Tim McGuigan

Constructing STEM with Micro-controllers

Constructing STEM with Micro-controllers

April 2019 / 3 minutes / Beginner / Teaching STEM for Teachers & Parents / Tim McGuigan

The Case for Useless Robots

The Case for Useless Robots

February 2019 / 3 minutes / Beginner / Teaching STEM for Teachers & Parents / Tim McGuigan

Playing Computer

Playing Computer

December 2018 / 3 minutes / Beginner / Teaching STEM for Teachers & Parents / Tim McGuigan

What to do about Fortnite

What to do about Fortnite

October 2018 / 3 minutes / Beginner / Teaching STEM for Teachers & Parents / Tim McGuigan

My Best Computer Science Lesson

My Best Computer Science Lesson

August 2018 / 3 minutes / Beginner / Teaching STEM for Teachers & Parents / Tim McGuigan

Making the Leap with Coding Challenges

Making the Leap with Coding Challenges

June 2018 / 3 minutes / Intermediate / Teaching STEM for Teachers & Parents / Tim McGuigan

Kinesthetic Computer Science

Kinesthetic Computer Science

April 2018 / 3 minutes / Intermediate / Teaching STEM for Teachers & Parents / Tim McGuigan

Breaking the Silo

Breaking the Silo

February 2018 / 3 minutes / Intermediate / Teaching STEM for Teachers & Parents / Tim McGuigan

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I sent two emails a week with links to STEM/STEAM articles, news, and resources for kids, parents, teachers, librarians. My goal was to help educate, inspire, and amuse.

30 STEM Links was the natural evolution of a kids STEM computing magazine that I published for 11 years in print and online. It was called beanz magazine. This website has both the 11 years of magazine content and the one year of email newsletter content.

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beanz Magazine Testimonials

"I love beanz because it's got a lot of coding stuff and I want to try coding as a career. Also, it's got Scratch tips the books won't teach you."

— Lillian in Virginia

"As a former teacher turned homeschooling parent, I LOVE (love, love!) when cross-curricular learning takes place. Each of the projects and ideas included in beanz require a child to employ cross-curricular skills. A child isn't simply coding or creating a Roblox account. Kids are using math, science, art, or critical thinking."

— A Parent