This is the tentative schedule as of Oct. 14, 2015
This will be a full-day workshop on Thursday, October 22 at the Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center.
Note: Because it is rare for so many members of this community to gather in one place,
some participants are planning to stay at least part of
Friday, October 23 to continue conversations started the previous day.
If you are planning to stay this day, please contact Franklyn Turbak.
8:00--8:30am (Salon IV):
Registration + poster and demo setup
8:30-8:40am (Salon IV):
Welcome from the organizers
8:40-9:20 (Salon IV):
Poster/demo session group #1
9:20-10:00 (Salon IV):
Poster/demo session group #2
10:00-10:30:
Group photo, followed by morning break & networking.
10:30-noon:
Parallel presentation/discussion session #1. Each session will begin with a four-minute
presentation for each submission, followed by a discussion of the topic area.
The Blocks Assessment Discussion page
was used to write down questions and notes during the talk.
There was no shared Google Doc for this whole-group discussion.
noon-1pm:
Lunch in the Conference Dining room
1:00-2:30pm:
Parallel presentation/discussion session #2. Each session will begin with a four-minute
presentation for each submission, followed by a discussion of the topic area.
The Blocks New Features Discussion page
was used to write down questions and notes during the talk.
The Blocks Pedagogy Discussion page was used to write down questions and notes during the talk.
2:30-3:00pm:
Mid-afternoon break
3:00-4:30pm:
Parallel presentation/discussion session #3. Each session will begin with a four-minute
presentation for each submission, followed by a discussion of the topic area.
The Blocks Language Design Discussion page
was used to write down questions and notes during the talk.
4:30-5:00pm:
Late afternoon break
5:00-5:45pm:
Discussion summary and next steps (Salon IV).
5:45-7:00pm
Downtime
7:00-9:00pm
Interested parties go out to dinner in groups.
Please use the Blocks and Beyond coordination document to coordinate these dinners.
Conversations will continue on this day among some participants.
Please use the Blocks and Beyond coordination document to sign up for meetings and learn where they will be held.
Thursday, October 22
Session 1A: Assessment of Learning with Blocks Languages (Salon IV)
Session 1B: Blocks, Text, and Structured Editing (Conference Room E)
Session 2A: New Features for Blocks Environment (Salon IV)
Session 2B: Pedagogy of Blocks Languages (Conference Room E)
Session 3A: New Domains for Blocks Languages (Conference Room E)
Session 3B: Blocks Language Design (Salon IV)
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Friday, October 23