Program for Snap!Con 2021

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2021-08-01
10:45 PDT

Dan Garcia

Let's gather Middle School teachers (of students ages 11-13) together, curriculum providers, parents, tool builders, etc. to learn from each other and share resources! We gathered last year at SnapCon 2020 online, and enjoyed meeting each other. There are some exciting Snap! updates and features that would be useful for early learners of Snap!, we could also gather others during the...
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10:45 am - 11:15 am PDT
Room 1
Birds of a Feather

Richard Millwood

Turtlestitch is a Snap!-derived environment for creating artwork for embroidering on a machine. It has been a powerful motivator to all kinds of people to engage in programming. Founded by keynote speaker Andrea Mayr Stalder, it has been an exciting innovation to link Turtle geometry to the capabilities of embroidery machines and bri...
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10:45 am - 11:15 am PDT
Room 2
Birds of a Feather

Yuan Garcia, Brian Harvey

Significance and Relevance of the Topic: This is a continuation of the discussion at this talk about whether the user experience would be improved by game-like social features. We expect some controversy. :~)

Expected Audience: Game players, Snap! developers, people with opinions about social media.

Discussion Leader(s): @bh and @silverdragon1353 whose talk started the conver...
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10:45 am - 11:15 am PDT
Room 3
Birds of a Feather
11:15 PDT

Audrey Coats

Teaching CS in a high school can be a lonely job. Many of us are the only ones in the building, if not the district. Come make some new contacts, colleagues, friends that share your passion for computer science education at the high school (or even middle school) level. Bring your best practices or challenges that you can share.

Topic ideas: Teaching specific: Helping students tha...
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11:15 am - 11:45 am PDT
Room 1
Birds of a Feather

John Maloney

Submitted on behalf of John:

This BoF is for those interested in connecting Snap! to the physical world using robots, microcontrollers, sensors, servos, and other devices. There have been a number of physical computing presentations at SnapCon! 2021 and it would be great to have a chance to chat with others doing similar work.

We might compare and contrast the various approac...
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11:15 am - 11:45 am PDT
Room 2
Birds of a Feather