Merge Quest is a bootcamp-styled curriculum my team developed for 6th graders entering our middle and upper school campus. The self-guided curriculum consists of a carefully designed collection of opportunities to learn, cultivate, and showcase the essential technology skills our students need to thrive in secondary school.
Read MoreI developed this tutorial last year as part of our school’s participation with the Hour of Code which is a worldwide event where school and students commit to one hour of computer science/programming curriculum. Our school goes all out with a big assembly and coursework during advisory classes for the entire week.
Read MoreAs our last few weeks together approached I decided to give my students a challenge. I shared my passion for music technology by introducing them to the legendary Akai MPC sampling hardware. We talked about the importance of digital sampling in Hop Hop and how the early machines worked. Then, I asked my students if they could make a beat machine with Scratch. In less than two weeks they came up with this
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