8. The word for tinkering - in Dutch - is “froebelen.”
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9. Hij is een “froebelen.”*
*Rough translation: “He is just a tinkerer.”
This is a phrase artists and crafts people in Holland use to describe people who do not produce very
much or produce anything of good quality or of value.
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10. Tinkering as a learning process.
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11. PL ANNI NG T IN KE RI NG
Do it o nc e , do it right I ter ate, it era te, i terate
Ta rge te d O p en -en d ed
Top down Bo tto m u p
S ch ool c u rr iculum F re e pl ay
De s ig n t he n build D es ig n a s yo u b u i ld
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30. Mitchel Resnick:
“In today’s rapidly
changing world, people
must continually come up
with creative solutions to
unexpected problems.
Success is based not only
on what you know or how
much you know, but on
your ability to think and
act creatively.”
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37. Low Floor - Easy access to ideas and creating
High Ceiling - Room for creating more complex ideas
Wide Walls - Space for developing a wide range of ideas
in a variety of disciplines
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40. www.picocricket.com
Meet the PicoCricket
Beamer
Send programs from your
computer to your PicoCricket.
Motor & Motor Board Display Resistance Sensor Sound Sensor
How much resistance is there How loud is the sound?
Make the motor move. Display numbers.
between the alligator clips?
Touch Sensor Light Sensor
When is the button touched? How bright is the light?
Colored Lights Sound Box PicoCricket
Light up any color. Make a melody or rhythm. Program it to control your creations.
d play
Plug in the parts, program, an
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