The exploits of "Kano-boy!"

It is Sunday in our home and my 10 year old son Tuvia is pacing the floor in excitement...

"I can't wait until tomorrow!" he keeps on saying.  

You see, Tuvia is going to a one week session at STAR Camps' "Coding with Kano," where he will be building his very own computer and then programming it!

  

The concept is simple.  The students build their own computer using the Kano platform (a RasberyPI and the Kano OS www.kano.me).  As soon as they have the hardware conquered and the OS loaded, they immediately start programming challenges such as making and modifying games like Pong, Snake, and even Minecraft.

What Tuvia finds so cool is that he will be able to build his own computer and bring it home when he is done.  To a STEM educator like myself, Tuvia's enthusiasm is like music to my ears!!  Could you imagine a 4th or 5th grade class taking a couple of hours for a few weeks to build and program their very own computers?  Think of the empowerment to this group of young learners!!

Yossie's 10 year old son Tuvia, holding his journal.

So, here is what I am going to do.  For the next week, Tuvia will be my guest blogger.  He will be taking a small journal to camp so that he can document his experience.  Every night, he will dictate to me what happened in class and what were the high and low points.  (I am going to ask the camp instructor to take pictures and send them to me daily...)  

Now, here is a bit of a "golden opportunity" for you, my readers... Send me questions for Tuvia to answer about his experience.  How did he like it, and so on.  You will have access to an actual 10 year old to get some invaluable data.  My mail is y.frankel@shalhevet.org  Pass this on to your colleges and let's see what can come out of this experience.

Yossie

Yossie Frankel

I.T. Director - Shalhevet High SchoolTechnology Specialist - CIJE

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