Day 18: Understanding Brain Plasticity: Highlights from Neuroscience in the School For The Pragmatic Teacher

My notes about brain plasticity and how that impacts teaching and learning.

Day 17: 2 Software Tools I Can’t Live Without For Creating Content in English

Two apps I can’t live without when it comes to writing content in English.

Day 16: Debunking 4 Tenacious Educational Programming Myths for Better Teaching Outcomes

Why Learning Styles, Learning Pyramid, Geek Gene, and Good at math = Good programmer are misconceptions?

Day 15: Distilling how to use Participatory Live Coding in-person and online - Tip 9 and 10

Today, we talk about one of the biggest fears of teachers using Participatory Live Coding: Making mistakes. Spoiler Alert: not only is it okay to make mistakes, but they are also an excellent opportunity for teaching. We also discuss another way to engage students when teaching with Participatory Live Coding.

Day 14: Distilling how to use Participatory Live Coding in-person and online - Tip 7 and 8

Today, we have two more tips about this teaching technique for programming. We will focus on our lesson plan, when and how we can improvise to avoid losing track, and how to use diagrams.