Jim CashinCode Like A GirlStrand A, Coding, and the new Ontario Mathematics CurriculumWhere’s the joy? Creating something, and sharing it, is an exciting and motivating endeavour. With the new 2020 Ontario Mathematics…4 min read·May 8, 2022--1--1
Jim CashWho Wants to Live Forever?Over 20 years ago, Ray Kurzweil published a book called The Age of Spiritual Machines. I’ve always been interested in science, science…5 min read·Jul 18, 2020----
Jim CashinScratch MathlandSaving micro:bit sensor dataThe BBC micro:bit contains various sensors for measuring temperature, light intensity, direction, movement, and so on. These sensors might…7 min read·Feb 10, 2019----
Jim CashinScratch MathlandScratch 3.0 has arrived!At long last, the new version of Scratch is now live at scratch.mit.edu. It launched officially on January 2, 2019. Scratch 3 is a…8 min read·Jan 21, 2019----
Jim CashinCode Like A GirlText-based vs. Block-based coding (Part 1)This post is the beginning of a curation and research project. I am putting in one place various statements, beliefs, arguments, for or…4 min read·Jun 24, 2018----
Jim CashinCode Like A GirlScratch vs. Swift PlaygroundsUltimately, for me, it comes down to a single key issue: In the limited time we have with children each day in school, what is the best use…6 min read·May 30, 2018--1--1
Jim CashProfessional consumption vs. creation(Originally posted on my blog)3 min read·May 6, 2018----
Jim CashPlay and LearningWhy is it that the older children get, the less play seems to be connected with learning? Personally, I think the two concepts are nearly…4 min read·Mar 5, 2018----
Jim CashLearning FactoriesHere is an excerpt from an interesting blog post called The Invented History of ‘The Factory Model of Education.’3 min read·Feb 4, 2018--1--1