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Lifelong Kindergarten

Cultivating Creativity through Projects, Passion, Peers, and Play

By: Mitchel Resnick

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Lifelong Kindergarten

Cultivating Creativity through Projects, Passion, Peers, and Play

By: Mitchel Resnick

How lessons from kindergarten can help everyone develop the creative thinking skills needed to thrive in today's society. In kindergartens these days, children spend more time with math worksheets and phonics flashcards than building blocks and finger paint. Kindergarten is becoming more like the rest of school. In Lifelong Kindergarten, learning expert Mitchel Resnick argues for exactly the opposite: the rest of school (even the rest of life) should be more like kindergarten. To thrive in today's fast-changing world, people of all ages must learn to think and act creatively—and the best way to do that is by focusing more on imagining, creating, playing, sharing, and reflecting, just as children do in traditional kindergartens. Drawing on experiences from more than thirty years at MIT's Media Lab, Resnick discusses new technologies and strategies for engaging young people in creative learning experiences. He tells stories of how children are programming their own games, stories, and inventions (for example, a diary security system, created by a twelve-year-old girl), and collaborating through remixing, crowdsourcing, and large-scale group projects (such as a Halloween-themed game called Night at Dreary Castle, produced by more than twenty kids scattered around the world). By providing young people with opportunities to work on projects, based on their passions, in collaboration with peers, in a playful spirit, we can help them prepare for a world where creative thinking is more important than ever before.

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MIT Press

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0262536137

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9780262536134

Turtles, Termites, and Traffic Jams

Explorations in Massively Parallel Microworlds

By: Mitchel Resnick

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Turtles, Termites, and Traffic Jams

Explorations in Massively Parallel Microworlds

By: Mitchel Resnick

How does a bird flock keep its movements so graceful and synchronized? Most people assume that the bird in front leads and the others follow. In fact, bird flocks don't have leaders: they are organized without an organizer, coordinated without a coordinator. And a surprising number of other systems, from termite colonies to traffic jams to economic systems, work the same decentralized way. Turtles, Termites, and Traffic Jams describes innovative new computational tools that can qhelp people (even young children) explore the workings of such systems—and help them move beyond the centralized mindset.

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MIT Press

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0262680939

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9780262680936

Lifelong Kindergarten

Cultivating Creativity through Projects, Passion, Peers, and Play

By: Mitchel Resnick

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Cultivating Creativity through Projects, Passion, Peers, and Play

By: Mitchel Resnick

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The Official ScratchJr Book

Help Your Kids Learn to Code

By: Marina Umaschi Bers,Mitchel Resnick

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The Official ScratchJr Book

Help Your Kids Learn to Code

By: Marina Umaschi Bers,Mitchel Resnick

ScratchJr is a free, introductory computer programming language that runs on iPads, Android tablets, Amazon tablets, and Chromebooks. Inspired by Scratch, the wildly popular programming language used by millions of children worldwide, ScratchJr helps even younger kids create their own playful animations, interactive stories, and dynamic games. The Official ScratchJr Book is the perfect companion to this free app and makes coding easy and fun for all. Kids learn to program by connecting blocks of code to make characters move, jump, dance, and sing. Each chapter includes several activities that build on one another, culminating in a fun final project. These hands-on activities help kids develop computational-thinking, problem-solving, and design skills. In each activity, you’ll find: –Step-by-step, easy-to-follow directions –Ways to connect the activity with literacy and math concepts –Tips for grown-ups and teachers –Creative challenges to take the learning further By the end of the book, kids will be ready for all sorts of new programming adventures! The ScratchJr app now supports English, Spanish, Catalan, Dutch, French, Italian, and Thai.

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162

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No Starch Press

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1593277318

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9781593277314

Rejuvenation of the Aging Face

By: Amir M Karam,Mitchel P Goldman

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Rejuvenation of the Aging Face

By: Amir M Karam,Mitchel P Goldman

Rejuvenation of the Aging Face covers the assessment, planning and treatment required to rejuvenate aging patients, using a combination of surgical and non-surgical approaches to give the best cosmetic results. It focuses on new areas such as fat transplant, rapidly-developing treatments such as injectables, and refinements to existing surgical techniques. Starting with an assessment of the presenting problem, the authors explain how best to devise a treatment plan that combines both surgical and non-surgical approaches. Detailed overviews are provided for each recommended surgical technique, together with comprehensive discussion of post-operative considerations. With over 200 illustrations showing typical patient cases, a DVD with selected surgical video clips, and the combined expertise of highly regarded facial plastic surgeons and dermatologic surgeons, Rejuvenation of the Aging Face is an indispensable guide to the assessment and management of the aging face. Key Points Written by well-recognised educators in the areas of facial plastic and dermatologic surgery Covers the latest thinking on established techniques and hot, new emerging ones Highly illustrated with colour clinical photographs and short, focussed DVD clips

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JP Medical Ltd

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1907816798

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9781907816796

Power Beaming: History, Theory, And Practice

By: Paul Jaffe,Tom Nugent,Bernd Strassner Ii,Mitchel Szazynski

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Power Beaming: History, Theory, And Practice

By: Paul Jaffe,Tom Nugent,Bernd Strassner Ii,Mitchel Szazynski

Power beaming is the ability to move energy without moving or employing mass between an energy input and energy output. It is an emerging technology that could reshape how we generate and distribute energy and how our devices and autonomous systems are powered.This comprehensive compendium provides the foundation needed for researchers, technology developers, and end users to understand the promise and challenges for power beaming. By establishing a common nomenclature and conceptual approach to the analysis and assessment of power beaming systems, this unique reference text provides a true status of advancements in the field, and lays the groundwork for fruitful future research and applications.

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World Scientific

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9811243123

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9789811243127

Turtles, Termites, and Traffic Jams

Explorations in Massively Parallel Microworlds

By: Mitchel Resnick

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MIT Press

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0262680939

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9780262680936

The Official ScratchJr Book

Help Your Kids Learn to Code

By: Marina Umaschi Bers,Mitchel Resnick

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Help Your Kids Learn to Code

By: Marina Umaschi Bers,Mitchel Resnick

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No Starch Press

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1593276710

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9781593276713

Adventures in Modeling

Exploring Complex, Dynamic Systems with StarLogo

By: Vanessa Stevens Colella,Eric Klopfer,Mitchel Resnick

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Adventures in Modeling

Exploring Complex, Dynamic Systems with StarLogo

By: Vanessa Stevens Colella,Eric Klopfer,Mitchel Resnick

Have you ever wondered how birds flock or forest fires spread? For thousands of years people - from DaVinci to Einstein - have created models to help them better understand patterns and processes in the world around them. Computers make it easier for novices to build and explore their own models - and learn new scientific ideas in the process. Adventures in Modeling introduces you and your students to designing, creating, and investigating models in StarLogo. Computer modeling, the use of computer programs to simulate complex, dynamic systems or events (like population growth or environmental conservation), is a powerful learning tool that is finding a rapidly growing audience among teachers in middle and high school science and mathematics classes, especially since the NCTM Standards 2000 advocates its use in the curriculum. This valuable resource: Provides educators with a rich and accessible introduction to the use of computer modeling in the classroom using the popular StarLogo computer programming language; Takes readers step-by-step through the process of using computer models to simulate complex relationships; Shows how and why computer modeling can lead to powerful and enduring learning outcomes for all students. Provides explicit links between various state and national math and science content standards and the use of computer models, to enable educators to see how this work may enhance standards-based instruction; As computer use gains in currency and value in the middle and high school classroom, Adventures in Modeling will give teachers and students a very effective way to build curiosity and boost learning outcomes in a standards-based curriculum.

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0807740829

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9780807740828

Book's by Mitchel Resnick

Lifelong Kindergarten

Lifelong Kindergarten

Turtles, Termites, and Traffic Jams

Turtles, Termites, and Traffic Jams

Lifelong Kindergarten

Lifelong Kindergarten

The Official ScratchJr Book

The Official ScratchJr Book

Rejuvenation of the Aging Face

Rejuvenation of the Aging Face

Power Beaming: History, Theory, And Practice

Power Beaming: History, Theory, And Practice

Turtles, Termites, and Traffic Jams

Turtles, Termites, and Traffic Jams

The Official ScratchJr Book

The Official ScratchJr Book

Adventures in Modeling

Adventures in Modeling

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