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Focus for Presentation:

The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) publishes each year several 6-8 page reports, Edtech Next. This presentation will highlight the April 2016 report on “Students as Digital Creators.” The presentation will highlight:

• the classroom work of Don Wettrick, an “innovation” teacher from the Noblesville High School, just outside of Indianapolis, Indiana;
• the district framework for computational thinking from Aileen Owens, the Director of Technology and Innovation for the South Fayette School District;
• a regional perspective examining the Remake Learning Network in Pittsburgh by Norton Gusky, the co-chair for the CoSN Emerging Technologies committee.

Resources:

• Presentation – Students as Digital Creators
• Articles
  • NextPittsburgh: South Fayette Creating a National Model for Computational Thinking
  • WQED TV: Learning Innovation: South Fayette
  • Hechinger Report: How One School District Works Computational Thinking into Every Grade and Class
  • WQED TV: Remake Learning
  • Digital Promise: Remake Learning in the Neighborhood
  • Stephan Vincents’ Disruption Blog: Don Wettrick – Planting the Seeds of Innovation in Education
  • WISH TV: Noblesville Students Present to Facebook and Google
  • FOX 59 TV: Student Starts Food Stamp Program
• Videos
• Research
  • eTextiles: Breaking the Gender Gap in STEM – Kyler Peppler (University of Indiana)
  • New Frameworks for Studying and Developing Computational Thinking – Karen Brennan (Harvard) and Mitch Resnick (MIT)
• Other
  • Remake Learning Playbook – digital publication that includes case studies, policy recommendations, and tools to make any region into a Digital Playground for Learners