Bridget Sitkoff

[Bridget Sitkoff @bsitkoff]

Any other @PurpleCarrotXO fans not loving the new less prep meals? It doesn’t look like there are enough gluten free options to avoid them, but so far we are not impressed.

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@TactiFail @AmyPearlman Scratch Jr gets outgrown fast and lots of the next steps need a certain baseline of math and literacy that a four year old might not be ready for. With help, Flowlab might be an option sooner than Visual Studio, if his interest is more about design than code.

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@AmyPearlman Yay! Welcome stealth cat!

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@AmyPearlman Waiting for some cat pictures…

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@TheRealRhllor Look for the things you already know you liked, pre-celiac and start by building meals around those. (Corn tortillas and baked potatoes helped me a ton). GF substitutes are pricey and especially at first, just remind you of what you are missing.

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@d0rkph0enix The Lego Spike line for sure (7 year old would need parent help for Prime, so Essentials for independence or Prime to build cooler stuff together. For robotics I also love Root and Vex 123. For coding, Scratch and MakeCode, but I’d start with Scratch.

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@AmyPearlman Yup.

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@chamada Yes! I send Zoom links straight to the Home Screen as web clips when kids need to be concurrent.

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@AmyPearlman @RegGBlinker Also, get a copy of the cybersecurity badge requirements - that will give you a good sense of the level they are expecting them to think at, but don’t underestimate them.

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@AmyPearlman @RegGBlinker They are also old enough to be interested in jobs and what people do for a living and they wonder what they might do when they are older - this is young enough that they believe they can be anything and society hasn’t talked them out it, so you can talk up a career.

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@AmyPearlman @RegGBlinker Brownies are second and third grade. Some of them have phones and some of them have social media. Most of them know to add a plea to “like and share” when they record a video. They know about passwords and probably have a few more of their parents memorized than anybody knows.

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@VEXRobotics Are the tires on the 123 a replaceable part? My kindergarteners love them, but the tires are already shredding.

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@VisionsByVicky Yes! Once you have a K-8 CS program in place, where next? How do you improve? How do you keep kids engaged when they have some basics down but have a few years to go before they are ready for more advanced topics?

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@AmyPearlman Maybe yours is better.

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@AmyPearlman What if my to-do list kicks back?

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@wsushocker @nj_maire I’m not sure I agree. As long as it isn’t impacting my work with my students, the choices I make for my children’s education shouldn’t have anything to do with my career choices.

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@growingwisdom Do you think travel (PA-MA) will be reasonable by Monday?

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@TeachOnCaffeine @GoogleForEdu We are seeing this too, even reusing header images that worked last year.

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@AmyPearlman Go for the kitten. In fact, get two.

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@AmyPearlman If your MFA method requires a mobile phone, you are creating an equity issue - kids should be able to ‘do school’ entirely with school provided equipment. If you have a model that doesn’t require a personal device and doesn’t require above grade level literacy skills, sure.