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tags: mstu4052, tech week, specifications
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# Tech Week: SPECIFICATIONS

1. READ the Chapter from Howland which provides a baseline of helpful ideas and concepts.
2. CHOOSE a technology that you would use in this learning experience and integrate it into your design.
3. CHOOSE a supplementary reading or activities that gives classmates better understanding of your technology and/or how it relates to the important problem-solving / learning concepts. (Try to have the supplementary reading ready one week before the class.)
4. DESIGN a learning experience: A problem for learners to grapple with, framed in TFU style, that you would present to learners from selected subjects. You will present this in class and we will critique. Better if parts of your design can be seen, hands-on investigated, tested, experienced.

## NOTE on chapter readings:
- I don't think the chapter readings are meant to be literal. That is, just becuase a technology is or isn't included in the chapter, doesn't mean it isn't any good for that sort of problem-space the chapter dedicates itself to.
- I'm mostly interested in you reading about the concepts of how certain technologies relate to problem-solving spaces - so you can then extend these concepts and think of new ways, new technologies that can hit the problem-solving spirit and accomplish the end learning objectives.

## Formative Feedback
- In preparation for Technology week, I will be making time for each group (before they lead/moderate) so that you can talk to me about your ideas including your design.
- I strongly encourage you all to schedule an office hour meet with me so I can provide you with feedback on your directions, ideas, etc.

# GUIDING THEMES

- Week 7
- Chapter 8 - Modeling with technologies
- Technology: Micro:bit
- Supplement A: SKIM this article > Blikstein 2015 Toolkit
- Supplement B:
- SKIM https://microbit.org/guide, you don't have to buy one.
- Play with VIRTUAL micro:bit > https://makecode.microbit.org
- Try a few tutorials
- Browse Lessons: https://microbit.org/en/2017-03-07-javascript-block-resources/#lessons_a
- DESIGN CASE: I will bring in my idea of a problem to solve, presented via the TFU Framework, and we will critique Jin's design.
- ESSENTIAL QUESTION:
- How is "building" code and physical computing devices relate to modeling?

Grouping A:
- Chapter 7 - Writing with Technologies
- Supplemental Reading: Student choice
- Technology: Student choice
- Note: While the Chapter is on "writing" with technology, I think a parallel can be made to storytelling including visual.

Grouping B:
- Chapter 9 - Visualizing with Technologies
- Supplemental Reading: Student choice
- Technology: Student choice
- Note: Whether it's scientific, or social - I think having students grapple with visualizing the world in unique ways - making them do the work to come up with these visualizations is an opportunity to understand.

Grouping C: ... least sure about this one.
- Chapter 3 - Experimenting with Technologies
- Supplemental Reading: Student choice
- Technology: Student choice

Grouping D: ... least sure about this one.
- Chapter 4 - Designing with Technologies
- Supplemental Reading: Student choice
- Technology: Student choice