This listening lesson focuses on content related to the importance of equipping students with technological literacy and focusses on skills related to listening for main idea and specific detail, and taking notes from a lecture.
View this TED talk by tech educator Mitch Resnick as he outlines the benefits of starting advanced programming instruction at an early age. After, complete the exercises in the lesson document.
Mitch Resnick: Let's teach kids to code
Coding isn't just for computer whizzes, says Mitch Resnick of MIT Media Lab - it's for everyone. In a fun, demo-filled talk Resnick outlines the benefits of teaching kids to code, so they can do more than just "read" new technologies - but also create them.