Fwd: [plt-edu] Bootstrap Workshop (Napa, CA)

[John Clements]

In my other life, I'm a developer for Racket, and by extension, Bootstrap.  The workshop below should be very cool; if any of you have an interest in visiting Napa and showing your students how to develop video games while developing core math skills (see the list below), check this out!

… and if you go, let me know how it was!

John

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From: Emmanuel Schanzer <scha...@bootstrapworld.org>

Subject: [plt-edu] Bootstrap Workshop (Napa, CA)

Date: March 6, 2012 8:47:02 AM PST

To: plt...@lists.racket-lang.org

Cc: Professor Ordóñez <rord...@puc.edu>

I'll be in Napa giving a Bootstrap workshop on Sunday, March 18th. 

We've got a few spots open for CS or Math teachers, so feel free to sign up, or recommend someone you know! Breakfast and lunch will be provided, plus it's in - you know - wine country.

Hoping to see you in Napa!

Emmanuel Schanzer

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VIDEO GAME PROGRAMMING WITH ALGEBRA

A Math and Technology Teacher Training Session Grades 6-12

Date: Sunday, March 18th, 2012
Time: 9:00 - 4:30
RSVP: Email Professor Ordonez  <rord...@puc.edu>

Location: Pacific Union College

Teach Your Students to Program, Mathematically

Bootstrap [www.BootstrapWorld.org] teaches students to program their own videogames in an algebraic programming language, exposing them to key math concepts. Middle and high-school teachers around the country have implemented the curriculum as a one-month module, a weekly activity or an afterschool program

In Bootstrap, Your Students will Practice and Apply

• Solving word problems

• Coordinate planes and Graphing

• Functions and Variables

• FunctionComposition

• Inequalities in the Plane

• The Pythagorean Theorem

In this Workshop, You Will

• Participate in a real classroom demonstration of the curriculum

• Build your own videogame, using the math you already know

• Learn how Texas’ and the new Common Core Math Standards can be met through a STEM-focused programming curriculum

• Explore cutting-edge research on algebra education

About Bootstrap
Bootstrap is a free curriculum that reaches hundreds of students a year in states around the country, and has been recognized by the National Science Foundation, Google, and Microsoft. The software is free and cloud-based: if you have a modern browser, you already have everything you need!

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