Code Breaker: Increase Creativity, Remix Assessment, and Develop a Class of Coder Ninjas!

Brian Aspinall

ISBN 10: 1946444545 / ISBN 13: 9781946444547

Published by Dave Burgess Consulting, Inc., 2017

About this Item

Crack the code for your students' success Future-ready students need to be creative. They need to know how to communicate their ideas and how to collaborate as problem solvers. And to master these and other twenty-first-century requirements, they will need to be critical thinkers. In Code Breaker, educator Brian Aspinall shares his insights on how to turn curriculum expectations into skills. Students identify problems, develop solutions, and use coding and computational thinking to apply and demonstrate their learning. From Aspinall's collection of real-life examples and practical lesson ideas, you'll discover how to. Use computational thinking and coding across all subjects and grade levels Encourage students to let their skills and passions shine Teach learners to take risks so they can grow from failure and feedback Make assessment meaningful--and fun--for you and your students You don't have to be a computer geek to empower your students with these essential skills. Code Breaker equips you to use computational thinking and coding in your classroom--regardless of your computer skill level--to increase creativity, remix assessment, and develop a class of coder ninjas ---- Brian Aspinall puts a very human face on coding and helps the reader understand it can be implemented for all grade levels in meaningful ways. --George Couros, author of The Innovator's Mindset This book is for everyone who has ever asked, 'Why should I care about coding?' By the end of the story of the pooping baby, you will know why --Matthew Oldridge, speaker, writer, and mathematics educator Brian Aspinall makes the case for how all educators can use the concepts of computational thinking to shape their pedagogy and instructional practices to increase student learning. --Laura Fleming, library media specialist and author of Worlds of Making.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Code Breaker: Increase Creativity, Remix Assessment, and Develop a Class of Coder Ninjas!
• Publisher: Dave Burgess Consulting, Inc.
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1946444545
• ISBN 13: 9781946444547
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Crack the code for your students’ success! Future-ready students need to be creative. They need to know how to communicate their ideas and how to collaborate as problem solvers. And to master these and other twenty-first-century requirements, they will need to be critical thinkers. In Code Breaker, educator Brian Aspinall shares his insights on how to turn curriculum expectations into skills. Students identify problems, develop solutions, and use coding and computational thinking to apply and demonstrate their learning. From Aspinall’s collection of real-life examples and practical lesson ideas, you’ll discover how to... Use computational thinking and coding across all subjects and grade levels Encourage students to let their skills and passions shine Teach learners to take risks so they can grow from failure and feedback Make assessment meaningful—and fun—for you and your students You don’t have to be a “computer geek” to empower your students with these essential skills. Code Breaker equips you to use computational thinking and coding in your classroom—regardless of your computer skill level—to increase creativity, remix assessment, and develop a class of coder ninjas!

About the Author

Brian Aspinall is an educator, three-time TEDx speaker, coder, and consultant. Having worked with ministries, unions, universities, district and school teams, and corporations, he is an internationally recognized thought leader in digital skills education. As a recipient of the Prime Minister's Award for Teaching Excellence in coding and computational thinking, Brian empowers educators to achieve more in the classroom using modern teaching tools and technology.

His enthusiasm, leadership, and approach to building capacity within STEM education has made him a sought after speaker throughout North America and has earned him the honor of being selected as one of Canada's first Minecraft, Micro:BiT, and Makey Makey ambassadors! 

Brian has been developing apps since the early 1990s, when his high school principal paid him to develop the school's first website. Unfortunately, neither the website nor the high school still exists.

To find out more about Brian Aspinall and his body of work, visit: 
MrAspinall.com
BrianAspinall.com
Or, just Tweet him: @mraspinall