{"id":16005,"date":"2019-03-04T12:45:35","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T20:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/?p=16005"},"modified":"2023-10-27T03:25:33","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T10:25:33","slug":"lisa-sato-inspires-students-to-get-creative-with-code","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/lisa-sato-inspires-students-to-get-creative-with-code\/","title":{"rendered":"Lisa Sato Inspires Students to Get Creative with Code"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Lisa Sato Inspires Students to Get Creative with Code<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>&#8220;Best way to start the morning: coding&#8221; -Lisa Sato <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/maimaisato\/status\/938088360509194240\">via Twitter<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<hr>\n<table style=\"height: 242px; border: 1px solid black; margin-left: 10px;\" width=\"208\" align=\"right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Connect<\/strong><\/em><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 15px;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/maimaisato\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-15620\" src=\"https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20190208140028\/Twitter_Logo_Blue.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"41\" height=\"41\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20190208140028\/Twitter_Logo_Blue.png 400w, https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20190208140028\/Twitter_Logo_Blue-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20190208140028\/Twitter_Logo_Blue-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20190208140028\/Twitter_Logo_Blue-250x250.png 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 41px) 100vw, 41px\" \/>@maimaisato<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 15 px;\"><strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/pennteach.blogspot.com\/?_sm_au_=iVVt1vf4jcH6PPWF\">Blog: Authentic STEM<\/a><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 15px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ksmithschool.eesd.org\/index.cfm\"><strong>Katherine R.Smith Elementary School<\/strong><br \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding-left: 15px;\"><strong>San Jose, CA<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n<p>For twenty years, Lisa Sato has been inspiring students. In 2018 she celebrated her 20<sup>th<\/sup> year teaching and her 4<sup>th<\/sup> year teaching 6<sup>th<\/sup> grade at Katherine R. Smith Elementary. A Tynker Blue Ribbon Educator, Lisa recognizes the importance of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/\">learning to code<\/a>: In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hMT_Wt3G6vM\">video<\/a> she made, Lisa expresses the idea that we need coders to help us solve the problems of the future in many areas, including pollution, medicine, and climate change. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><!--wp:html--><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"float:left;margin-right: 20px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hMT_Wt3G6vM\" width=\"374\" height=\"210\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><!--\/wp:html-->\nThat\u2019s why, in Lisa\u2019s classroom, students celebrate<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/maimaisato\/status\/938088360509194240\"> Hour of Code<\/a> and use coding as a core element of projects that span subject areas. One of her students\u2019 favorite projects is the penny arcade, a product of the PBL (Problem-Based Learning) framework that\u2019s in place at Katherine R. Smith Elementary. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/maimaisato\/status\/999489056571453440\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"929\" height=\"889\" src=\"https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20190304120154\/Sato_PennyArcade.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16007\" style=\"width:305px;height:292px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20190304120154\/Sato_PennyArcade.jpg 929w, https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20190304120154\/Sato_PennyArcade-150x144.jpg 150w, https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20190304120154\/Sato_PennyArcade-300x287.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20190304120154\/Sato_PennyArcade-768x735.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 929px) 100vw, 929px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/maimaisato\/status\/999489056571453440\/\">Via Twitter<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Arcades represent the days when people had to go to a physical location to play their favorite games. They fostered gaming communities&#8211;you could go to an arcade, play different games with your friends, and compare scores and game experiences. Today, most people can simply open up their computer or smartphone to play a game. Perhaps we\u2019ve lost some of the fun, some of the human interaction, that can come with playing games at an arcade. &nbsp;Lisa Sato\u2019s penny arcade project with her students seeks to capture that element of fun that can happen when people interact with machines and each other. That\u2019s exactly what students did when they hosted their very own penny arcade and played Greek myth-themed games made with Tynker! <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When it comes to choosing a coding platform that will best help her students get the skills to both solve challenges and create fun games, Lisa says that Tynker has been the best fit for both teachers and students she\u2019s worked with: \u201cEveryone comes out with a feeling of accomplishment. Other teachers I&#8217;ve worked with love how easy it is to use. Teachers don&#8217;t have to be the expert. &nbsp;Students and teachers can work together to problem solve and the tutorials are wonderful tools.\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even as Lisa enjoys her career and helps students have meaningful learning experiences in the present, she also looks ahead to the future. On her <a href=\"https:\/\/pennteach.blogspot.com\/?_sm_au_=iVVt1vf4jcH6PPWF\">blog<\/a>, she discusses ways she hopes STEM industries will continue to evolve, advocating for more gender and ethnic diversity in those fields. She writes that social media platforms can be catalysts for change as individuals in STEM fields \u201c[share] what they know and the excitement that goes with it&#8230;could very well increase representation in [STEM].\u201d And in another post, Lisa muses: \u201cI\u2026wonder what it will take to increase female representation in robotics. [When] will our robotics leagues become more culturally and ethnically integrated?\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re excited to see how Lisa is integrating coding into subject areas and envisioning a more inclusive future in tech! <br><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"737\" height=\"204\" src=\"https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20180914080826\/Screen-Shot-2018-09-14-at-10.08.09-AM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13348\" style=\"width:572px;height:158px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20180914080826\/Screen-Shot-2018-09-14-at-10.08.09-AM.png 737w, https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20180914080826\/Screen-Shot-2018-09-14-at-10.08.09-AM-150x42.png 150w, https:\/\/images.tynker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20180914080826\/Screen-Shot-2018-09-14-at-10.08.09-AM-300x83.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 737px) 100vw, 737px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/lisa-sato-encourages-her-students-to-see-the-importance-of-coding\/?utm_content=bufferf4265&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer\"><em>Read<\/em><\/a><em> about how Lisa won an Infosys grant!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tynker.com\/blog\/video-games-in-ancient-greece-a-pbl-success-story\/\"><em>Learn more <\/em><\/a><em>about Project-Based Learning (PBL) at Katherine R. 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