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Young Makers with Peggy Healy Stearns
[In This Episode][Guest Bio][Additional Notes][Text Transcript]
In This Episode
* Can you learn to write software without programming experience?
* How is educational software unique?
* How important is technical confidence for young learners?
Join us for a look at technology through the lens of educational software.
Welcome to the Table Top Inventing Online Radio Show. Every week we interview successful individuals from across the career spectrum and share their stories. Hearing the stories of others who have been down a tricky path and navigated to success has a way of inspiring confidence that I too could find success.
Today’s guest, Peggy Healy Stearns, began developing and writing educational software on some of the very earliest personal computer systems. What was the road like? What lessons has she learned about the intersection between technology and education?
Buckle up for a fun journey through the development of some of the best selling educational software inspired by the advent of the personal computer.
Every now and then, I have a guest who completely educates me on the history and perspectives of a particular aspect of education. Peggy has seen educational software from one end to the other. There probably isn’t a trend in ed software in the past 30 years she hasn’t touched.
Sometimes it’s just good to reach out for someone else’s expertise, and I’m so glad I get the opportunity every week to be educated by some of the best minds in the country.
If you think you might like a little extra help inspiring your teens this summer, point your browser to the ttinvent.com website and find Inventor Camp. This summer at Inventor Camp, teenagers across the country will be inspired to try on the title “Inventor”. Your kids may need a little push to start, but just like Alex, after the first day at Inventor Camp, they’ll be hooked.
Parents AND students both tell us, “We can’t believe how much learning happened in just 4 days!”
We want to help you and your kids create the future!
Guest Bio
Peggy’s mission is to empower and inspire students, teachers and parents with compelling learning experiences and easy-to-use software that supports both formal and informal learning environments.
Peggy is an educator, author, and the designer of eight award-winning children’s software programs, including Stationery Studio® from FableVision and The Graph Club®, Neighborhood MapMachine™, and Community Construction Kit® from Scholastic / Tom Snyder Productions. She has designed extensive curriculum and resources to support classroom implementation. Peggy’s work has earned more than three dozen national awards.
Peggy is co-founder with Glen Bull of the Fab@School coalition and lead designer of Fab@School Maker Studio, an easy digital design and fabrication web app due out winter 2015-2016 from FableVision Learning. Peggy has 20 years experience at the K12 and university levels, was a district technology coordinator, and has presented seminars and conference sessions to thousands of educators across the country.
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By Steve Kurti, Inventor, Inventing, Education, Purpose of Education, Teen Success, Learning, Maker Ed, MakingYoung Makers with Peggy Healy Stearns
[In This Episode][Guest Bio][Additional Notes][Text Transcript]
In This Episode
* Can you learn to write software without programming experience?
* How is educational software unique?
* How important is technical confidence for young learners?
Join us for a look at technology through the lens of educational software.
Welcome to the Table Top Inventing Online Radio Show. Every week we interview successful individuals from across the career spectrum and share their stories. Hearing the stories of others who have been down a tricky path and navigated to success has a way of inspiring confidence that I too could find success.
Today’s guest, Peggy Healy Stearns, began developing and writing educational software on some of the very earliest personal computer systems. What was the road like? What lessons has she learned about the intersection between technology and education?
Buckle up for a fun journey through the development of some of the best selling educational software inspired by the advent of the personal computer.
Every now and then, I have a guest who completely educates me on the history and perspectives of a particular aspect of education. Peggy has seen educational software from one end to the other. There probably isn’t a trend in ed software in the past 30 years she hasn’t touched.
Sometimes it’s just good to reach out for someone else’s expertise, and I’m so glad I get the opportunity every week to be educated by some of the best minds in the country.
If you think you might like a little extra help inspiring your teens this summer, point your browser to the ttinvent.com website and find Inventor Camp. This summer at Inventor Camp, teenagers across the country will be inspired to try on the title “Inventor”. Your kids may need a little push to start, but just like Alex, after the first day at Inventor Camp, they’ll be hooked.
Parents AND students both tell us, “We can’t believe how much learning happened in just 4 days!”
We want to help you and your kids create the future!
Guest Bio
Peggy’s mission is to empower and inspire students, teachers and parents with compelling learning experiences and easy-to-use software that supports both formal and informal learning environments.
Peggy is an educator, author, and the designer of eight award-winning children’s software programs, including Stationery Studio® from FableVision and The Graph Club®, Neighborhood MapMachine™, and Community Construction Kit® from Scholastic / Tom Snyder Productions. She has designed extensive curriculum and resources to support classroom implementation. Peggy’s work has earned more than three dozen national awards.
Peggy is co-founder with Glen Bull of the Fab@School coalition and lead designer of Fab@School Maker Studio, an easy digital design and fabrication web app due out winter 2015-2016 from FableVision Learning. Peggy has 20 years experience at the K12 and university levels, was a district technology coordinator, and has presented seminars and conference sessions to thousands of educators across the country.