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Middle School Students Create Their Own Startups

Designers: 8th graders Where: International School of Amsterdam Design Challenge: Create a small business or nonprofit with multiple digital media assets. Then, house these assets on a website that you code from scratch using HTML and CSS. The Design Challenge In this design challenge, students worked in groups of 4-5....


How To Conduct An Effective Brainstorming Session

Facilitating an effective brainstorming session with your students or colleagues can be difficult. As the facilitator, it is your role to keep the energy levels high and ensure that all participants are fully engaged. I created this post as a resource that you can share with your brainstorming session participants...


Students Create Animated Sticker Packs for Facebook Messenger

Designers: 8th graders Where: International School of Amsterdam Design Challenge: Create an Animated Digital Sticker Pack I'm so very proud of my students and all their awesome creations for this project. I'm happy to share my design tech unit on animated sticker packs, as well as student examples below. Getting...


How To Go Viral Using ZEEF

After the viral success of my Learn Computer Programming link directory on ZEEF, I was invited to lead a marketing workshop for small businesses, freelancers, and consultants to learn my tips and tricks for free publicity online. How to go viral using ZEEF and blow that white and gold dress...


Get Your Code On Podcast

I was invited to join Dr. Will Deyamport III's educational podcast series to discuss the learning to code revolution in education, as well as how to ensure that all students have access to the high-paid tech careers of the future. I've linked the Slideshare and Youtube recording below in case...