Ignite: Addressing Challenges in Professional Practice
In this inspiring session, hear the stories of four diverse educators who have addressed challenges within their professional practice. Ranging from developing 21st century skills, to coding, to gamification, and to substitute teaching - there is a lesson for everyone. In addition, through utilizing the IGNITE format (20 slides in 5 minutes, 15 seconds per slide), you will experience a new presentation style that has applications for your classroom or leadership role.
Presented By: Doug Frankish, Ashley Hufnagel, Marcie Lewis, & Natasha Smith
Topic: 21st Century Skills, Coding, Gamification, & Substitute Teaching
Grade Level: All
Skill Level: All
Skill Prerequisites: None
Device Prerequisites: None
Resources: Substitute Teaching
Sample Lesson Plan
Gamification
Institute of Play
The Gamification of Instruction and Learning
Gamification Corporation
Coding in the Classroom
Websites
Code.Org (Age 8+, Free)
Scratch (Age 8+, Free)
Tynker (Age 6+, Free for schools)
Codecademy (Age 10+, Free)
Alice (Age 10+, Free)
CodeMonkey (Age 8+, Free)
Turtle Academy (Age 8+, Free)
Apps
Hopscotch (Age 8+, Free, iOS)
Lightbot (Age 5+, Free, iOS, Android)
Kodable (Age 5+, Free, iOS)
BeeBot (Age 5+, Free, iOS)
Move The Turtle (Age 5+, $2.99, iOS)
Lego Fix The Factory (Age 8+, Free, iOS)
Daisy The Dinosaur (Age 8+, Free, iOS)
Videos
Code.org YouTube Channel
TED Talks
Mitch Resnick
Conrad Wolfram
Coding in schools: A is for algorithm (Economist article)
Cool Coding Apps and Websites (Reviews by Common Sense Media)
Integrating Programming in the Core Curriculum
Scratch
Art of Patterns in Scratch
Scratch Cards
Mystery Skype
How Mystery Skype Works
Find a Class to Skype With
List of Roles
Developing 21st Century Skills through Mystery Skype Calls
Topic: 21st Century Skills, Coding, Gamification, & Substitute Teaching
Grade Level: All
Skill Level: All
Skill Prerequisites: None
Device Prerequisites: None
Resources: Substitute Teaching
Sample Lesson Plan
Gamification
Institute of Play
The Gamification of Instruction and Learning
Gamification Corporation
Coding in the Classroom
Websites
Code.Org (Age 8+, Free)
Scratch (Age 8+, Free)
Tynker (Age 6+, Free for schools)
Codecademy (Age 10+, Free)
Alice (Age 10+, Free)
CodeMonkey (Age 8+, Free)
Turtle Academy (Age 8+, Free)
Apps
Hopscotch (Age 8+, Free, iOS)
Lightbot (Age 5+, Free, iOS, Android)
Kodable (Age 5+, Free, iOS)
BeeBot (Age 5+, Free, iOS)
Move The Turtle (Age 5+, $2.99, iOS)
Lego Fix The Factory (Age 8+, Free, iOS)
Daisy The Dinosaur (Age 8+, Free, iOS)
Videos
Code.org YouTube Channel
TED Talks
Mitch Resnick
Conrad Wolfram
Coding in schools: A is for algorithm (Economist article)
Cool Coding Apps and Websites (Reviews by Common Sense Media)
Integrating Programming in the Core Curriculum
Scratch
Art of Patterns in Scratch
Scratch Cards
Mystery Skype
How Mystery Skype Works
Find a Class to Skype With
List of Roles
Developing 21st Century Skills through Mystery Skype Calls