Praise from USA for Coder Dojo

[sarahjay...@gmail.com]

Was doing some work on flipped classroom and came across this from Jonathan E. Martin in US. He reposted it from Pam Morans site http://spacesforlearning.wordpress.com/ and she was discussing her experiences of visiting Pam O'Brien and the coder dojo in Thurles. It stood out after Coder Dojo workshop in Science Gallery yesterday:

" Meanwhile, our students often learn the most when they are teaching others. Pam Moran (who I believe to be the finest public school superintendent in the nation) recently wrote:

After observing multi-age communities in Irish classrooms and coderdojos, adolescent orangutans in Borneo, and Mitra’s “hole in the wall” child-teachers, I wonder why we wouldn’t begin to redesign our schools to take advantage of this natural capacity of young people to teach, not just to learn?"

http://21k12blog.net/2012/08/19/8-more-flips-for-the-coming-school-year/

 

Well done to all involved.

[Mags Amond]

I highly recommend Pam's blog, and a follow on Twitter for those inclined. she is a big thinker on learning spaces...Mags

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[katemoconnell]

Congrats too to John Manley in Dualla NS in Tipperary, the multi age class Pam speaks of. You can see Dualla's blog here http://duallans.scoilnet.ie/blog/ and their Twitter handle is @duicheeallaigh

Great to see Irish groups being recognised for their hard work! 

Kate Murray

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