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Dad, Maker, Teacher | Raspberry Pi Certified Educator | #PDXScratchEdMeetups Co-Host | Tweeting for my school @StollerMS | Opinions are my own | Go Blue!

Hillsboro, OR
Joined December 2010
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In 6th Grade this week we are messing around with @canva's *NEW* Magic Media Graphics (ie transparent PNG) AI Generation and then taking them to @MetaOpenSource's Animated Drawing Project. Kids are making some crazzzzzy animated sprites for @scratch 😅❤️🐠🎉#CreativeCoding #AI
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Curious how Scratch is approaching AI technologies? Join our free Exploring Scratch and AI: Pitfalls and Possibilities workshop to get hands-on with experimental Scratch blocks and explore this emerging space. Spaces are limited! events.ringcentral.com/event…
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Children's well-being is top of mind for our team. We're embarking on a new research project to find out how Scratch engagement impacts their social connection, competence, and autonomy. Want to learn more? Check out our latest blog post: medium.com/scratchteam-blog/…
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Excited to invite CS educators to Scratch Day, a celebration of creative coding on May 18th, 1:00-3:30 PM @VernierST w/ LIVE guest Maren (@CodifiedConcept) from the @scratch team! Register now: bit.ly/PDXScratchDay2024 🎉#TeacherLearning #OCSTA #CSforOR
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Excited to invite CS educators to Scratch Day, a celebration of creative coding on May 18th, 1:00-3:30 PM at @VernierST w/ LIVE guest Maren from the @scratchteam! 🎉Register now: bit.ly/PDXScratchDay2024 #TeacherLearning #OCSTA #CSforOR
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Finally! We have "Stretchy Sprites" in Scratch - Full Tutorial youtu.be/Xkcosme9hyE?si=hA2F… - Let the fun begin!!! @scratch #gamedev #scratch3 #tutorial #YouTube @YouTube #scratchtutorial
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Tried a new version of Micro Pets lesson @microbit_edu This time we built the body with Legos @LEGO_Education They turned out great!
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23 to 3, 7 minutes to go in the first half. Time for yard work. … while listening to @JonJansen77 and Doug Karsh of course. #goblue What do you think @Johnubacon ?
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Check out this #TinkercadSimLab pool table design by DrakerDG. So cool! 🙌 Search "sim lab pool table" to find this in the #TinkercadGallery. tinkercad.com/things/jkjUmgt… #MadeWithTinkercad #TeachWithTinkercad #TinkercadDesign #MakeAnything #STEAMed #STEMeducation #EDtech
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So excited for our next Boston Area #ScratchEdMeetup! Come join us to explore, create, share, and reflect on teaching with @scratch 😸 meetup.com/scratched-boston/…
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Hey all! @oregoncsta is having a meetup next Thursday at the @WacomXPDX space! This month’s theme is all things #3D Come to hear speakers from @tinkercad and @VEXSolutionsVR RSVP at bit.ly/OCSTAmeetupOCT
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🍓🐉🟣 Use #scratchlab Video Sprites to become a strawberry, dragon, balloon🍓🐉🟣 or whatever else you can imagine! Just re-color yourself with the "color effect" block. Try it out: lab.scratch.mit.edu/videospr…
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Surprise! A new #ScratchLab experiment is ready for you to explore today! 🎉 Bring yourself into Scratch in a brand new way with the wacky, wonderful world of video sprites. Check out these experimental blocks and share your thoughts with us: lab.scratch.mit.edu/videospr…
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Hey @WeVideo, what's going on with creating collaborative projects using the new editor. Do you have any documentation? support.wevideo.com/hc/en-us…
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What if you could use AI to add any image you can imagine to your @scratch project? #scratchlab is exploring the pitfalls and possibilities of creative AI image generation: medium.com/p/179f11bd921a
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So I've been holding my tongue for a couple days on the conference realignment, Round 2023. But now its nap time on the shores of beautiful Lake Walloon in Northern Michigan so here goes...
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Got to talk with @SollmanJaneen about her ideas and the cool things in the works for #CSforALL in Oregon for our students. I’m excited! #creativecomputing #MakerEd
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OregonCSTA Meetup Tonight! - mailchi.mp/7b385f7bb9b9/oreg…
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Multitasking is awesome! I’ve got a summer school student designing a start and stop timer for a drone obstacle course in @scratch with a @makeymakey while @gravescolleen ‘s Scratch Con session is playing on the big screen! #makered #creativecoding #creativecomputing #csforall
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