Join us on May 7th from noon to 1pm to hear Karen Brennan, Assistant Professor of Education, Harvard University Graduate School of Education, discuss her research on K-12 science education, “Coding is for Everybody.”

When: May 7th @ 12:00pm-1:00pm (**note, this is a different time than our usual)
Title: Coding is for Everybody
Who: Karen Brennan, Assistant Professor of Education, Harvard University Graduate School of Education
Where: Knafel Building, CGIS, Bowie-Vernon Room, K262, 1737 Cambridge Street (**note: different location than our usual)

Coding is for Everybody

Abstract: Computers and computational media are omnipresent in modern life. But we experience computation primarily as consumers — pointing, clicking, dragging, and browsing — rather than as creators — designing, making, tinkering, and producing. In this session, Karen Brennan will discuss how communities, tools, and practices can support young learners to explore and gain fluency with computational creation.

Bio: Karen Brennan is an Assistant Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Her research is primarily concerned with the ways in which learning environments — in and out of school, online and face-to-face — can be designed to support young people’s development as computational creators.