Gary Stager’s second Ask Me Anything session was held on May 12th. 

Ask Me Anything #2 resources

The following are resources mentioned by Gary or participants in the chat window during the May 12th Ask Me Anything session.

The multimedia archives of the 1st and 2nd AMA sessions follow the resources.

AI experiments for younger students

• Cognimates
• Google AI Experiments
• Machine Learning For Kids

Programming Environments for learning

• Lynx – a new Logo-like browser-based coding language
• Snap
• Scratch
• Microsoft MakeCode
• Turtle Art
• Turtle Blocks

Recent Gary Stager articles mentioned

• What’s your Hurry?
• This is Our Moment
• Time for Optimism
• Planning for the Best Case Scenario
• Program Your Own Gameboy
• Scratch and the Negligent Homicide of Mathland

Books Discussed

• She Would Not Be Moved: How We Tell the Story of Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott by Herb Kohl
• Painting Chinese by Herb Kohl
• Making Learning Whole – David Perkins
• Teaching What Really Happened: How to Avoid the Tyranny of Textbooks and Get Students Excited About Doing History – James Loewen
• Books by Donald Graves (on process writing)
• Books by Marilyn Burns (about elementary school math)
• In the Middle, A Lifetime of Learning About Writing, Reading, and Adolescents By Nancie Atwell
• The Loose Parts series (four volumes) by Lisa Daley & Miriam Beloglovsky
• Wonder Art Workshop: Creative Child-Led Experiences for Nurturing Imagination, Curiosity, and a Love of Learning by Sally Haughey
• The Inventions of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
  • Film, Hugo, by Martin Scorsese
• The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
• Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Books by Deborah Meier
  • In Schools We Trust: Creating Communities of Learning in an Era of Testing and Standardization
  • The Power of their Ideas Lessons for America from a Small School in Harlem
  • These Schools Belong to You and Me: Why We Can’t Afford to Abandon Our Public Schools with Emily Gasoi
• The Hundred Languages of Children by Carolyn Edwards, Lella Gandini, and George Forman

Recommended book lists

• Gary Stager’s recommendations for faculty-wide summer reading
• A hasty list of books Gary Thinks should be the minimum canon for preservice teachers
• Essential reading list for school leaders

Participant shared resources

• From Bob Kahn : https://s3.amazonaws.com/multunus-website/uploads/2016/01/Training-a-fish-to-climb-a-tree-e1454337520508.jpg
• From Michael Werner : great article for rapid iteration – with T for Transparency https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/with-goals-fast-beats-smart/
• From Michael Walker : @Diane Agreed about AP and College Board. Our district gives the most AP exams in the upper Midwest. Yet, we have moved the needle on more student pathways and choice. Here is what our seniors are doing this spring: https://www.edinaschools.org/Page/5798
• From Michael Walker : The Playful Learning Lab at the University of St. Thomas here in MN is doing some pretty cool stuff: https://www.playfullearninglab.org/
• From Diane Brancazio : @Garth Consider doing Maker projects – i.e. using technology as alternative ways to express annd share learrning.  Its not all about robots!  Check out our site http://k12maker.mit.edu/
• From Garth @garthholman : VR on Medieval Pilgrimage https://www.teachersfortomorrow.net/home/tour-creator-engage-your-students-in-remote-learning
• From Garth @garthholman : We show it here: Legacy wall https://www.teachersfortomorrow.net/home/google-earth-adds-tourbuilder-student-creations-of-awesomeness
• From Elizabeth Eckel : https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/04/liberia-takes-classes-airwaves-covid-19-pandemic-200415203012448.html
• From Sylvia Martinez : https://fairydustteaching.com
• From Ray Mercer : https://wordpress.oise.utoronto.ca/naturalcuriosity/
• From Kate Yourke : I am sending out Color Science kits for the International Day of Light on May 16, click the link to order a kit mailed via USPS https://tinyurl.com/Color-Science-Kit