The Digital Navigator
Let’s set a course!
Michael Luetjen
PK-5|8 CompSci Specialist
PineCrest School
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Water, water, every where,
And all the boards did shrink;
Water, water, every where,
Nor any drop to drink.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
@ishotthealbatross
1798
The Rime of the Modern Mariner
Tech, Tech, every where,
And Apps that all can tink;
Tech, Tech, every where,
Leaving us not to think.
Michael Craig Luetjen
@criticalclick
2015
What is a Navigator?
One who applies the art of
directing vessels upon the open sea
through the establishment of its
position and course by means of
traditional practice, geometry,
astronomy, or special instruments.
What is a Digital Navigator?
One who applies the art of guiding
learners upon the open sea of
technology through the
establishment of their position and
course by means of iteration,
innovation and collaboration.
What the learning vessel used to looked like
Here’s a quiz:
Where is the teacher?
Where is the student?
What the learning vessel looks like today
Here’s a quiz:
Where is the teacher?
Where is the student?
Where is the vessel?
Where to begin?
Where to end?
What happens in the middle?
Have you shot your Albatross?
Lets start with the right questions…
How does this _____ support the learning?
Does this _____ show an improvement to an
original concept/idea ?
Can my students show empathy, evolve or
interact with another via the ______ ?
Can this _____ show the students process of
ideation or iteration.
How will my students share their discovery
and facilitate the information with others?
Destination
Course
Innovation
Discover
Facilitate
Translate
Infusion
Manage
Chart
Ideate
Adaptation
Interact
Evolve
Develop
Lead
Interpret
Empathize
Prototype
Revise
Discern
Fabricate
Compare
Alter
Build
Ask
Share
Modificatio
n
Redefinition
Iterate
Adoption
Synthesize
Model
Entry
Use
Make
Substitution
Plan
Augmentation
Reflection
Position
What is Computer Science?
It is many things to many people.
Two very scary words.
It is not the study of computers.
Computer Science is the Study of Logic.
How do you teach computer science to pre readers?
The course I set for my students is Logic
Let’s embark on our journey!
Beware! There are dangers on these open waters...
“Teaching with the Enemy”
Language as currency
Consumer to Creator is great…
Consumer to Conductor is better
Attribution Page
Galley ship
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By Myriam Thyes (my own photograph, digitally worked by me) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/bysa/3.0) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons
Map
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By Pedro Reinel (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munchen) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Caroline