Constructing Modern Knowledge Founder & CEO, Dr. Gary Stager, will be leading a workshop and presenting a paper at ISTELive 2024. This is the 36th ISTE (or its predecessor, NECC), he has presented at.
The Monday morning workshop is ticketed, but there will be plenty of space for you and your colleagues. Just tell the maître d’ that you are a friend of Gary.
See you in Denver!
Hands-on Workshop/Deep Dive Creation Lab
Monday, June 24, 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
An Embarrassment of Riches — Computational Environments to Use in Classrooms Tomorrow
Colorado Convention Center, Mile High Ballroom 1EF
Get an introduction to a variety of emerging software environments that democratize computer programming experiences for a diverse population of students and serve as a basis for knowledge construction in a variety of subject areas and intellectual domains. Exciting new computational environments engage in project-based computational fluency development.
Scholarly Paper Session
Tuesday, June 25, 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Generative AI as Mathland and Constructionist Frontier
Colorado Convention Center, 108/10/12
Amidst the fearmongering and hype surrounding Generative AI, its inevitability causes educators to either scream their objections into the abyss or resign themselves to passive consumption. Constructionists suggest a third option; children developing sufficient computational fluency to gain agency over the technology and face the future with personal empowerment.