Nathan Holbert

Learning Scientist. Builder and designer. Player of games and toys. Dad. Director of @snowdaylearning. Associate Professor at TC. @nrholbert on Threads

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Our goal for this volume was to reveal how constructionism has expanded and changed since it was first introduced. This required inviting the brilliant educators, designers, and artists from all over the world that have been using-and pushing-constructionist thought for decades.

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@migrnty @FabLearn In other words, we do it if we care about our work having an impact. But doing so cuts into the time available to do the thing that lets us keep a job... It's quite twisted and problematic.

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This was such a fun conversation. Thanks to @haenyyoon for sparking the idea for the symposium! The #remixwakanda project I discussed is very much also @mbdando @_IsabelCorrea @JIJennings @ProfSARobinson @EricaNWalker @RuizSealey @deirdrehollman and the team at @snowdaylearning!

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DM me if you don't have access to the article but would like to read it

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Education isn't telling kids what's possible. Or demanding they acquire the knowledge you value. It's about creating space, about listening, and supporting learners as they bring that world into being. With all the anger, love, joy, and sadness that world building entails.

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@bennytheshap @guzdial @csteachersorg @CSforALL And for the record, I don't see vocational training as a bad thing at all! But CS in particular tends to bend heavily in that direction at the detriment of the "forAll" which I also believe to be extremely important.

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@guzdial If I was smarter, quicker, and more good looking I would have said, “Blockchain and Reported”

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@PauloBlikstein @thispettypace @Richard_L_Davis For reals though this is going to be great and I’m excited for you all! Congrats!

[Nathan Holbert @nrholbert]

@PauloBlikstein @thispettypace @Richard_L_Davis I’m kidding! I’m sure the writing will be brilliant and quick! Responding to the emails of your co-authors on the other hand...