First Steps with the Raspberry PI | How-To Start and WHERE to Find Tutorials for Beginners

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Raspberry PI START

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How-To Start: requirements and where to buy the Raspberry PI

Being since years a BIG fan of Arduino and doing a LOT of projects with it, I was thinking about to start ALSO with the Raspberry PI. Here below my advice and thoughts….

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Tutorials in German:

• https://tutorials-raspberrypi.de/raspberry-pi-einstieg-wie-starte-ich/
• https://tutorials-raspberrypi.de/raspberry-pi-ssh-windows-zugriff-putty/

• Raspberry Pi 4 – Ersteinrichtung für Einsteiger

• Raspberry Pi: Das können die GPIO-Pins
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Video in German

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Tutorials in English:

• GPIO

• Beginner’s Guide: How to Get Started With Raspberry Pi

• Setting up your Raspberry Pi

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As actually there is a NEW version available, THE “Raspberry PI 4”, which ISN’T compatible mostly with other versions (as far as I understood…), AND that the “Desktop Kit” ISN’T available yet, I STOP here and waiting for WHEN it is available to make a decision IF I will START with it!!!

Keywords necessary for me to create this Blog post: Xmas gift, where to buy, tutorials, Raspberry PI, how to get started, Starter kit,

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L’auteur Gust MEES est Formateur andragogique / pédagogique TIC, membre du “Comité Conseil” de “Luxembourg Safer Internet” (LuSI), appelé maintenant BEESECURE, partenaire officiel (consultant) du Ministère de l’éducation au Luxembourg du projet  ”MySecureIT“, partenaire officiel du Ministère du Commerce au Luxembourg du projet ”CASES” (Cyberworld Awareness and Security Enhancement Structure).. The author Gust MEES is ICT Course Instructor, ”Member of the Advisory Board” from “Luxembourg Safer Internet” (LuSI), BEESECURE, Official Partner (Consultant) from the Ministry of Education in Luxembourg, project “MySecureIT“, Official Partner from the Ministry of Commerce in Luxembourg, project “CASES” (Cyberworld Awareness and Security Enhancement Structure). .

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LEARN from the BEST – Tutorials about Coding, Maker, MakerED, MakerSpaces / Arduino

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LEARN from the BEST

Well, after a couple of years online and checking Maker, MakerED projects on YouTube and elsewhere I encountered a LOT of projects WHICH DIDN’T work and later I found out the right addresses to follow WHERE I could say THAT’s the guys to follow to make sure NOT wasting time and efforts!!!

Here below a list of professional accounts and Blogs worth to follow:

• The guy with the Swiss accent “Andreas Spiess”:
  • https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu7_D0o48KbfhpEohoP7YSQ
• Random Nerd Tutorials “Rui Santos”
  • https://www.youtube.com/user/RandomNerdTutorials
• Bastelgarage (Switzerland):
  • https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC14eU3aFsoR1o_VCRmfYa3A

• educ8s.tv

  • https://www.youtube.com/user/educ8s

• How To Mechatronics:

  • https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmkP178NasnhR3TWQyyP4Gw
• Adafruit learning system:
  • Adafruit Learning system

The above listed ones are my favorites, I will update the list as soon as I find OTHERS!

Meanwhile you can check ALSO my curation:

• https://www.scoop.it/topic/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?&tag=ARDUINO

And IF interested ALSO my tutorials on my Blog:

• https://gustmees.wordpress.com/?s=arduino

And here my videos on YouTube:

• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_8ZjOR5-W5um8lvPKOM3VQ

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L’auteur Gust MEES est Formateur andragogique / pédagogique TIC, membre du “Comité Conseil” de “Luxembourg Safer Internet” (LuSI), appelé maintenant BEESECURE, partenaire officiel (consultant) du Ministère de l’éducation au Luxembourg du projet  ”MySecureIT“, partenaire officiel du Ministère du Commerce au Luxembourg du projet ”CASES” (Cyberworld Awareness and Security Enhancement Structure). . The author Gust MEES is ICT Course Instructor, ”Member of the Advisory Board” from “Luxembourg Safer Internet” (LuSI), BEESECURE, Official Partner (Consultant) from the Ministry of Education in Luxembourg, project “MySecureIT“, Official Partner from the Ministry of Commerce in Luxembourg, project “CASES” (Cyberworld Awareness and Security Enhancement Structure). .

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Maker Inspiration-WHERE to GET Information to Stay Informed?

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Well, you jumped in into the world of makers (OR want to do SO soon…) and you feel comfortable with it? You found out THAT it is important to learn about THAT movement as it brings out creativity and a BETTER understanding in EDUcation WHEN one touches the stuff and it is done by YOURSELF???!!! You learned THAT <===> #LEARNingByDoing <===> is VERY important???!!! THEN, of course you would like to stay informed about WHAT is going on around in the world of THAT movement, ISN’T it???

I would suggest you to read my following blog posts first, please, before I will give you some VERY interesting links to stay Up-To-Date:

• Maker Space | A New Trend In Education And A BIG Responsibility

• Coding, A NEW Trend In Education And A BIG Responsibility

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SO, NOW you have the necessary information about WHAT it is! Let us look NOW WHERE WE can find inspiration, news, tutorials, etc. for our interests:

• https://www.heise.de/make/ (in German)
• https://hackaday.com/ (in English)
• https://hackaday.io/ (in English)
• https://makermag.com/ (in English)
• https://www.hackster.io/ (in English)
• https://learn.adafruit.com/ (in English)
• https://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?&tag=ARDUINO (in English)
• https://gustmees.wordpress.com/?s=maker (in English)
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This list will GET updated as soon as I have found new resources…

Please, read ALSO:

• Electronics Books and Software for Makers-MakerED and MakerSpaces

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L’auteur Gust MEES est Formateur andragogique / pédagogique TIC, membre du “Comité Conseil” de “Luxembourg Safer Internet” (LuSI), appelé maintenant BEESECURE, partenaire officiel (consultant) du Ministère de l’éducation au Luxembourg du projet  ”MySecureIT“, partenaire officiel du Ministère du Commerce au Luxembourg du projet ”CASES” (Cyberworld Awareness and Security Enhancement Structure). The author Gust MEES is ICT Course Instructor, ”Member of the Advisory Board” from “Luxembourg Safer Internet” (LuSI), BEESECURE, Official Partner (Consultant) from the Ministry of Education in Luxembourg, project “MySecureIT“, Official Partner from the Ministry of Commerce in Luxembourg, project “CASES” (Cyberworld Awareness and Security Enhancement Structure).

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Digital Luxembourg Interviews-Hackerspaces-SYN2CAT-LEVEL2

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Hackerspaces-SYN2CAT-LEVEL2

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Today on 10-10-2016 I visited THE pioneer of the Hackerspaces in Luxembourg-City <===> https://level2.lu/ <===> and I was heartily welcomed by Georges KESSELER, the president of this Non-profit Hackerspace (ONG). As already mentioned, I said pioneer, THIS place was the first in Luxembourg. Georges proudly showed me the rooms with ALSO professional explications about the realized projects and what fore THIS place is..

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A “Hackerspace” is a place where people with similar interests in technology, science, art, culture, and making meet. Activities are not in the slightest restricted to only computer science, but also emerge from electronics, contemporary art, photography, and any and all other pursuits worth sharing. The hackerspace offers a turnkey infrastructure to its members where innovative projects that would not come to life in a garage, can find nourishment and support.

Read more:

• https://www.hackerspace.lu/about-us/

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There is ALSO a weekly CoderDojo in Luxembourg at the local HackerSpace every Thursday at 18:00. It is intended for 12-18 Year olds (but younger Kids are welcome too).

Learn more:

• https://www.hackerspace.lu/2015/01/12/coderdojo-luxembourg/
• http://www.scoop.it/t/luxembourg-europe/?tag=CoderDojo

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Learn more:

• https://www.bee-secure.lu/de/news/einweihung-von-%E2%80%9Elevel-2%E2%80%9C-in-bonneweg-treffpunkt-f%C3%BCr-hacker-und-t%C3%BCftler
• http://www.scoop.it/t/luxembourg-europe/?tag=HACK.LU+2012
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Check photos about the place below, please:

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Let us talk ALSO about WHAT THAT term of “Hacking” means actually as it is often misunderstood. “Hacking” doesn’t mean ONLY hacking a computer etc., even there is a difference between “Ethical Hacking” (White Hat Hackers) and “Criminal Hacking” (Black Hat Hackers). It refers ALSO to transform something from its ORIGIN meant use to a different one; so TODAY we speak about “Life-Hacks“, “Kitchen-Hacks“, “Cooking Hacks“, “Beauty Hacks“, “Electronic Hacks“, etc.

Some examples for BETTER understanding:

• http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifestyle/kitchen-hacks-31-clever-ways-organize-and-clean-your-kitchen.html
• http://www.cosmopolitan.com/food-cocktails/a6480/kitchen-hacks/
• http://hackedgadgets.com/category/electronic-hacks/
• https://lifehacker.com/5987998/top-10-things-you-can-upgrade-with-a-little-electronics-hacking
• http://hacknmod.com/
• http://mods-n-hacks.wonderhowto.com/
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The Interview

Concerning the questions and answers WE will use initials such as:

• [GM] for Gust MEES
• [GK] for Georges KESSELER

[GM] I first was asking Georges [GK] WHAT he would like to have as a message from the content of THIS interview. He told me that probably the MOST important would be to find NEW active members able to run projects together with others. As a reminder: The Hackerspace “LEVEL2” is working on the “Open Source Mentality“, read Linux community; there are NO Windows computers and/or devices present. THEY hack around the “RaspBerry PI” ALSO. It’s a “Learning-By-Doing” community, Geeks, and NOT a “Repair shop” for computers as certain people thought it is…

Questions:

• [GM] How many members do You have?
  • [GK] WE have about 60 members actually.
• [GM] WHEN did YOUR “ONG” Non-Profit Club got founded?
  • [GK] WE started about 2009 in STRASSEN and moved to Luxembourg-City in 2014 where WE are located now.
• [GM] WHAT’S the origin of YOUR name “SYN2CAT”?
  • [GK] Read it as “Syndicate”; it’s actually, as it is a Linux community, a derive from the “TCP protocol” where “syn” and “cat” are UNIX and LINUX commands and/or part from a protocol.

• [GM] WHAT’S the origin of the name “LEVEL2”?
  • [GK] Well, WE are located on the level two in the building 😉 AND ALSO as it is OUR second “Hackerspace” as THE one in STRASSEN closed!
• [GM] HOW do YOU get financed as a Non-Profit Club?
  • [GK] WE live through the membership fees and some donations.

[GM] Check ALSO the “FAQ’s” please:

https://wiki.hackerspace.lu/wiki/Join!

• [GM] You are located in the “House of Youth”, “Maison de la Jeunesse”<===> http://maison-jeunesse.lu/, this shows the confidence and importance THEY give to YOUR club. Do YOU have to pay any rent?
  • [GK] We get part of the rent sponsored…
• [GM] Well, lucky-wise some money that YOU don’t have to spend and which helps a lot to survive. SO, HOW are YOUR projects get financed THEN!?
  • [GK] There are different ways. For private (own) projects: you can use the infrastructure. For Community project you can get full financing: https://wiki.hackerspace.lu/wiki/Funding This funding method is also used for equipment acquisition (video projector, 3D printer)…
• [GM] Was YOUR initiative as a Hackerspace the ORIGIN of “Makerspaces” in Luxembourg?
  • [GK] YES! One of OUR members, Marc TEUSCH iniated them.

[GM] I have seen a video of Marc TEUSCH on a TEDxLuxembourg presentation WHERE You can find it on my blog <===> https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2014/08/20/maker-space-a-new-trend-in-education-and-a-big-responsibility/

[GM] Marc TEUSCH, WHO is teaching in ETTELBRUCK (Luxembourg) created FIRST Makerspace in Luxembourg (March 6, 2013):

• http://makerspace.ltett.lu/?p=120#more-‘

I made ALSO an interview with the responsible people of the EDUcation for “Makerspaces” in Luxembourg and I visited the The flagship makerspace of the national Youth Service SNJ“ “BASE 1” at Forum Geesseknäppchen in Luxembourg-City. Please check below:

• https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2016/04/05/luxembourg-education-interviews-5-creativity-and-maker-spaces-beecreative/
• https://gustmees.wordpress.com/2016/04/05/luxembourg-education-interviews-1-the-luxembourg-edu-system/

 

Projects done:

• https://wiki.hackerspace.lu/wiki/Projects
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Related links, events, Hackerspaces in Luxembourg:

• https://wiki.c3l.lu/doku.php
• http://www.linfo.org/cat.html
• https://wiki.hackerspaces.org/Luxembourg
• https://blog.haxogreen.lu/
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L’auteur Gust MEES est Formateur andragogique / pédagogique TIC, membre du “Comité Conseil” de “Luxembourg Safer Internet” (LuSI), appelé maintenant BEESECURE, partenaire officiel (consultant) du Ministère de l’éducation au Luxembourg du projet  ”MySecureIT“, partenaire officiel du Ministère du Commerce au Luxembourg du projet ”CASES” (Cyberworld Awareness and Security Enhancement Structure). The author Gust MEES is ICT Course Instructor, ”Member of the Advisory Board” from “Luxembourg Safer Internet” (LuSI), BEESECURE, Official Partner (Consultant) from the Ministry of Education in Luxembourg, project “MySecureIT“, Official Partner from the Ministry of Commerce in Luxembourg, project “CASES” (Cyberworld Awareness and Security Enhancement Structure).

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The author Georges KESSELER (a.k.a. Gunstick) is president of syn2cat asbl, moderates the club’s monthly Lët’z Hack radioshow and is also involved in the recently created HaxoGreen asbl organizing an outdoor hacker event every 2 years. He is a big fan of retro computing and chiptunes having lived himself the era of Amiga and Atari ST and acquired a multitude of skills through self teaching from 3D design over workbench skills to micro-controller programming. In his rare spare time he invites fellow hackers to join into his muscle hacker (think: yoga) sessions or goes on vacation for some extreme roller coaster rides. He likes to give other people insight in his vast know-how on a very large spectrum of subjects. From circus arts over astronomy and laser graffiti to geocaching. You can find him on Facebook and twitter.

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Keywords necessary for me to create this blog post: Digital Luxembourg, Hackersapces, makerspaces, origins, Linux, Unix, ONG, Open Source mentality, democracy, RaspBerry PI, pioneers, Maison de la Jeunesse, Haxogreen, related links, radio stations,

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A Holistic View Of WHAT Will Influence EDUcation In The Future

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WHAT Will Influence EDUcation In The Future?

Through ICT the Real-World and especially the Virtual-World (both are influencing each other…) are changing quicker then WE can learn about, BUT WE must adapt to it and so must EDUcation! Therefore Universities must do research about the How-To to adapt and teaching about it… Luxembourg, a small country in Europe is doing so in September 2016, read more:

• University launches Luxembourg Centre for School Development

Luxembourg has already a “strategy to promote media literacy” as I got told in an interview, see image below please and click on the image to access the article.

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There is ALSO Finland WHO made a radical change to its EDUcation-Sytem, check below please: Finland uses <===> Phenomenon based learning

• My curation about EDUcation in Finland

Meanwhile, before research finishes its studies, WE can already have a look on WHAT is NEW in Technology and WHAT probably would be of interest for EDUcation, as well as NEW Pedagogy Theories and NEW Trends:

• NEW Theories of Pedagogy
  • My curation about Pedagogy
  • The different ones in detail:
    • Theories of Learning
    • Social and emotional learning
    • Deeper Learning
    • Blended Learning
    • Flipped Learning and Flipped Classroom
    • Hybrid Learning
    • Connectivism
    • Collaborative Learning and Collaboration
    • ===> Collective Intelligence
    • Constructivismus
    • Student Centered Learning
    • Engagement
    • Emotional Intelligence (EQ)
    • Digital Intelligence (DQ)

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• Growth Mindset
• Self-directed Learning (Autodidact)
• Differentiated Instruction
• Personalized Learning
• Learning By Doing
• Learning To Learn
• Competency based Learning
• My blog about Autodidact
  • LEARNing To LEARN For MY Professional Development | I Did It MY Way

• • • My curation about Heutagogy
• New Theory of Andragogy (Adult Teaching AND LEARNing)
  • My curation about Andragogy
• My blog post about Andragogy
  • Andragogy | Adult Teaching: How-To Teach ICT!? | PracTICE

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• Critical Thinking
  • My curation about Critical Thinking
• Proactive Thinking
  • My curation about Proactive Thinking
• NEW Technologies
• Curation
  • My curation about curation
• My blog posts about Curation
  • Learn Every Day a Bit-With Curation

  • Curation: Tips And Tricks With Scoop.it-Rescoop And Tags

  • PracTICE: Learning To Learn-Example 1

• Professional Knowledge Management

• Augmented Reality
  • My curation about Augmented Reality 1
  • My curation about Augmented Reality 2
• Virtual reality
  • My curation about Virtual Reality 1
  • Virtual Reality and Ethics
• Internet of Things
  • My curation about Internet of Things 1
  • My curation about Internet of Things, Privacy and Cyber-Security

• Ethics
  • My curation about Ethics
• Gamification and games
  • My curation about Gamification

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• Social Media and its influence
  • My curation about Social Media
  • My curation about Twitter 1
  • My curation about Twitter 2
• My blog posts about Twitter and Twitter Chats
  • How-To use Twitter with success for Education and more…
  • What YOU should know about Twitter-Chat’s
  • After Analyzing My Online Presence On Social Media Twitter Since 2009/Reflecting It…
  • Update Twitter Chats: WHAT To DO BETTER!?

• Blogs and blogging
  • My curation about blogging
• My blog posts about blogs and blogging
  • Creating Your First Blog Post With WordPress | Step By Step Guide
  • Blogging: Is It Difficult!? I Guess Not At ALL! Follow My Advice
  • What YOU should know about Blogging

There will be a focus on Creativity as it was neglected too long in schools.

• My curation about Creativity
• My curation about Sir Ken ROBINSON
• My blog posts about Creativity PracTICE
• Special tools to foster creativity:
• ThingLink
  • My curation about ThingLink
• My blog posts about ThingLink:
  • PracTICE: Creativity Examples With ThingLink
  • Design The Learning Of YOUR Learners, Students | Ideas
• Mindmaps tools
• Mindmaps, the use in EDUcation

Because of the internet and Social Media there is NOW ALSO a new way of learning through collaboration, Global Collaboration, Peer-To-Peer Learning, mentoring, coaching:

• My curation about Global Collaboration
• My curation about Collaboration
• My blog posts about Global Collaboration
• Professional Development, called also “Teacher Training” (in Luxembourg)
  • My blog posts about Professional Development:
    • Professional Development: WHY EDUcators And TEACHers Can’t Catch UP THAT Quickly AND How-To Change It
    • LEARNing To LEARN For MY Professional Development | I Did It MY Way
    • Is My Professional Development Up-To-Date?
• Coaching and mentoring instead of teaching:
  • My curation about coaching
• My coaching blog posts
  • EDUcation-Collaboration And Coaching | The Future

AND as there is a global change in the way of HOW WE think about EDUcation, there are NOW ALSO <===> #TEACHerPreneurs:

• My curation about Teacherpreneurs
• Coding
  • My curation about coding
• My blog posts about coding
  • Coding, A NEW Trend In Education And A BIG Responsibility
  • Responsibility Of Programming | Coding
• Makerspaces
  • My curation about Makerspaces
• My blog about Makerspaces
  • Maker Space | A New Trend In Education And A BIG Responsibility

There are ALSO drones and robots which could get easily integrated into Makerspaces and/or labs:

• My curation about drones
• My curation about robotics

• Entrepreneurship
  • My curation about Entrepreneurship
  • Entrepreneurship in Luxembourg

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WHEN WE talk about “Entrepreneurship“, then WE MUST ALSO talking about “Blockchain and Bitcoin” as THEY are a Game-Changer in the future, check below please:

• My curation about Blockchain
  • My curation about Blockchain in Luxembourg
• My curation about Bitcoin
  • My curation about Bitcoin in Luxembourg

AND as WE are using ICT: internet with iPad, tablet, smartphones, laptops, PCs, Macs, small computers such as Arduino, Raspberry PI and Co, the “Internet of Things” WE MUST ALSO have basics knowledge of “CyberSecurity“, check below please:

• WHY Is It A MUST To Have Basics Knowledge Of Cyber-Security In A Connected Technology World!?
• My blog posts about CyberSecurity
• My other blog about CyberSecurity in English
• My other blog about CyberSecurity in French
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WE need ALSO to know about “Privacy“, “Digital Footprint” and “BIG DATA“, check below please:

• My curation about Privacy 1
• My curation about Privacy 2
• My blogs about Privacy
  • Privacy In The Digital World-SHOULDN’T We Talk About It!?
  • Smartphone pictures pose privacy risks
  • Often Asked Questions: Are There Cyber-Security Dangers With Apps And What’s About Privacy?
  • Digital CitizenShip: Social Media AND Privacy
  • Social Media-Students take care
• My curation about Big Data
• My curation about Digital Footprint
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In Europe, from the EU, there is already a manifesto for ModernEDU (eSkills), check below please:

• Let Us Talk About eSkills. | WHAT Is It?
• My blog post about WHAT I would expect:
  • If I Would OWN a Company, WHAT Skills Would I Expect From MY Workers In 21st Century!?

 

And shouldn’t WE talk ALSO about “AI”, Artificial Intelligence? 

• My curation about “AI”, Artificial Intelligence
• My curation about “AI”, Artificial Intelligence 2

 

And last but not least Apps. I put Apps on the END of this list as Apps are ONLY facilitators, it is Pedagogy FIRST! 

• My curation about Apps
• My blog posts about Apps
  • Specialized Magazines For Apps
  • Often Asked Questions: Are There Cyber-Security Dangers With Apps And What’s About Privacy?

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With ALL the above mentioned possibilities, how can WE already NOW make a concept of LEARNing?

With ALL the above mentioned possibilities, how can WE already NOW make a concept of LEARNing? Please check my blog post below:

• LEARNing Path For Professional 21st Century LEARNing By ICT PracTICE Concept

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What is nearly for sure is THAT most courses will be PracTICE orientated, check my blog posts below, please:

• STOP Theoretical Testing and Test For Future Skilled and Educated Workers-Test The PracTICE!

• My blog posts about ICT PracTICE
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And here WHAT probably will be the future, check below please:

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How can WE get informed more about!? I advice YOU to read following (multilingual) books and to follow the mentioned persons below:

• 21st Century Learning and Teaching: Multilingual Books Recommendations

MUST read books to understand WHAT #ModernEDU is, see PIC below please.

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• People to follow:
• Sir Ken ROBINSON
• Frank SONNENBERG
• Carol DWECK
• John HATTIE
• Daniel GOLEMAN
• Howard GARDNER
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. MY experience described in ONLY some phrases: Give the LEARNers, students (whatever age) the freedom of LEARNing without squeezing THEM into a FRAME and concentrate on guiding them as a coach by analyzing THEIR behavior and show them the How-To to become self-directed learners, autodidacts. SHOW THEM ALSO up from the beginning WHAT THE <===> LEARNing Path <===> will be with design of it and explain THEM that they could design themselves it with a short introduction on the How-To. THEY will learn the ICT-PracTICE which will help them once out of the <===> #SchoolCocoon <===> to be ready for Life-Long LEARNing and to be able to adapt very quickly in the workforce! WHEN YOU show the LEARNers, students <===> WHAT the profit is for THEIR private life <===> YOU will engage them very quickly 😉 AND DON’T teach THEM more as necessary, propose them some links to go further ONLY for those who want!! . WHAT’S my message and WHY did I create this blog post!? Well, I will encourage all youth and also adults, seniors, oldies to become <===>Life-Long LEARNers <===> and staying Up-To-Date with their knowledge, especially concerning their skills in ICT, called NOW <===> #eSkills <===>! In the modern world YOU will change YOUR job probably +/- 12 times in YOUR working career, it is very rare to stay life-long in the same job and/or same company!!! SO… The workforce is looking for people with ICT skills which YOU mostly didn’t learn at school, right!?  YOU won’t have (mostly) the time to learn by visiting courses, right!? START to become Life-Long LEARNers by LEARNing on YOUR OWN pace, by becoming <===> Autodidacts <===> Self-Directed LEARNers. YOU are able to, I did it, so can YOU!? 😉 I found a job because of my ICT eSkills and I am STILL LEARNing on a daily base routine for being Up-To Date with my <===> Professional Development <===>, even being retired NOW! THE pleasure of LEARNing! I did THE <===> ICT PracTICE <===> and THAT’S WHAT the workforce needs!!!  Due to my eSkills I could share my knowledge AND expertise ALSO with the below mentioned as well as to a broad range of visitors from around the globe!  Check out my blog posts: Success Story of Life-Long LEARNing | Best PracTICE | ICT eSkills For Jobs Blog posts in English from Gust MEES (LUXEMBOURG/EUROPE) … AND check my profile below as well, at the bottom of this blog post please! 😉

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Keywords necessary for me to create this blog post: Augmented Reality. #AR, Virtual Reality, #VR, Gaming, Coding, #MakerED, Personalized Learning, Coaching, Instructional Coaching, Teacherpreneur, Enterpreneurship, Problem based Learning, #PBL, Social Media, Twitter, Blogs, blogging, Curation, Google Hangouts, Apps as facilitators, NEW Pedagogy, Critical Thinking, Proactive Thinking, Cyber-Security, ICT related, Quality, Team Teaching, Team Learning, Collaboration, Global Collaboration, sharing, Learning To Learn, preparation for Life-Long Learning, Professional Learning Networks, Professional Knowledge Management, Parents involved in EDUcation of kids, MORE communication, SchoolCocoon will be MORE open, nearly everything will get taught through the use of ICT, #eSkills, Competency based learning, Blended learning, Pedagogy & #EdTech, Mindmaps, ThingLink, Infographics, Apps as facilitators,

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L’auteur Gust MEES est Formateur andragogique / pédagogique TIC, membre du “Comité Conseil” de “Luxembourg Safer Internet” (LuSI), appelé maintenant BEESECURE, partenaire officiel (consultant) du Ministère de l’éducation au Luxembourg du projet  ”MySecureIT“, partenaire officiel du Ministère du Commerce au Luxembourg du projet ”CASES” (Cyberworld Awareness and Security Enhancement Structure). The author Gust MEES is ICT Course Instructor, ”Member of the Advisory Board” from “Luxembourg Safer Internet” (LuSI), BEESECURE, Official Partner (Consultant) from the Ministry of Education in Luxembourg, project “MySecureIT“, Official Partner from the Ministry of Commerce in Luxembourg, project “CASES” (Cyberworld Awareness and Security Enhancement Structure).

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Coding, A NEW Trend In Education And A BIG Responsibility

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Before Starting With Coding / Proactive THINKing!

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Before Starting With Coding WE MUST know first the IMPORTANCE and the big RESPONSIBILITY about ===> Coding <===! Responsibility while Coding, sounds STRANGE, isn’t it!?

Well, I think the BEST way to explain YOU WHY ===> Proactive THINKing and RESPONSIBILITY is a MUST <=== in Education, is to show YOU some examples on WHAT happens WHEN code goes wrong!

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Related links:

• Software Horror Stories
• List Of Software Bugs

• Isaac Newton: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction

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AND as YOU know me, mostly some #FUN video in it 😉

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Remember about the basic Physics!? Any action has a counter-action OR ===> Isaac Newton: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction <=== Might be GOOD to remember THAT and to tell it to YOUR students (learners) 😉

And WHAT about ===> Copyright!? <=== DON’T FORGET to tell YOUR students, learners, about it as well. The above mentioned is A MUST as it will develop ===> Critical THINKing and Proactive THINKing <===!

SO… NOW as WE discussed about WHAT NOT TO DO, let’s GO for trying out how WE can give courses about ===> Coding <=== 😉

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Coding Introduction

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Coding is the 21st Century skill. Coding enhances creativity, teaches young people to cooperate, to work together across physical and geographical boundaries and to communicate in a universal language. Technology is part of our life, and coding brings it closer to you!

Check ALSO, click the image below, please, to go to the proposed resources from the “EU“:

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Another Initiative In Europe: 

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In Europe Five-Year-Old will learn ALREADY about Coding, check article below, please.

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.Read more (A MUST) by clicking the image.

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Play The Cyber Security Lab To Learn About Coding AND Cyber Security

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Interesting Kits are ALSO the KANO, check below, please.

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Interesting Kits are ALSO the Raspberry PI and Arduino, check below, please:

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Learn more:

• http://www.pcworld.com/article/2598363/how-to-set-up-raspberry-pi-the-little-computer-you-can-cook-into-diy-tech-projects.html#tk.twt_pcworld
• Arduino Projects In The Classroom
• Arduino And Raspberry PI Projects
• Arduino And Makers World
• http://www.pcworld.com/article/2155941/development-kits-make-it-easier-for-the-doityourself-crowd.html
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Coding events in Luxembourg (Europe):

• http://events.codeweek.eu/view/214/hackerspace-open-monday/
• http://events.codeweek.eu/view/210/hack4kids/
• http://events.codeweek.eu/view/211/hacklu/
• http://events.codeweek.eu/view/215/wearable-wednesday/
• http://events.codeweek.eu/view/209/coderdojo-luxembourg/
• http://blog.coderdojo.lu/
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Concerning Wearable-Wednesday’s, here below some tips:

• https://www.adafruit.com/blog/2014/08/27/screen-printed-copper-paint-wearablewednesday/
• https://www.adafruit.com/blog/2014/08/20/zebra-piezoresistive-fabric-wearablewednesday/
• https://www.adafruit.com/blog/2014/07/02/diy-data-gloves-wearablewednesday/
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WHAT Kits To Use For Coding?

Well, YOU have the possibility to use Kits without the use of a computer and Software-Kits who run on the computer, as well as special software for the kids and games from where the kids can learn coding.

Let’s START with the Kits,see non-exhaustive list below, please:

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• https://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140626083718-231915843-8-free-learning-materials-for-arduino-learners
• http://t.co/RcE5gnbOs5
• http://www.freetronics.com/
• http://www.makershed.com/
• https://learn.adafruit.com/
• https://www.sparkfun.com/categories/233
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Learn more:

• http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/08/three-video-games-that-teach-programming-through-game-play/
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iPad Apps for Programming/Coding

Check following links, please:

• http://www.tecoed.co.uk/downloading/ipad-apps-for-coding-and-programming-ks234
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Follow ALSO on Twitter ===> https://twitter.com/CodeWeekEU <===

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I Need NEW Ideas, WHERE To GET Them!?

Well, with the internet that is very easy, one needs ONLY to make some research on here THEY are 😉 Look especially on YouTube Channels…

• https://www.youtube.com/adafruit
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And WHEN going to ===> #DeepTHINKing <=== YOU might like the following 😉

1.  Ideas for a more secure Internet-part2/IT-Security Scouts

2. Ideas for a more secure Internet-part1/National Security Day as a Family Day

3. Ideas for a more secure Internet-part3/Dangers of storage devices

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Some more ideas below…

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Some more ideas below with LEGO…

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WHAT about Girls In Tech (Coding)?

Concerning <===> Girls in Tech <===> did YOU know that there were already a LOT of celebrities (today) in programming (coding) in history?

Learn more:

• Ada LOVELACE
• Women in STEM
• 5 female coders you have probably never heard of who changed the world
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Keywords necessary for me to create this blog post: Awareness, Responsibility, Cyber-Security, accidents because of wrong code, naivety, ignorance, wrong self-estimation, selfish, egoism, NO empathy for OTHERS when making a mistake, risks, risk of failure, Privacy, life attitude, ETHICS, moral, Copyright, Commercial ETHICS, FUN-Society,

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