What's new in Snap! 11 - Data - Extensions - Neural Networks - my closing keynote address at #SnapCon25 in Heidelberg is now online: youtu.be/U9W04TEMBUk?... check the notes for all project links and program along my examples of instrument and gesture recognition.

It was such a pleasure to welcome Mark Guzdial at SAP today, learn about the latest University of Michigan PCAS developments and discuss CS pedagogy wrt neural networks in Snap. Thanks for bringing your ukulele, Mark! You saved my live demo to train a neural model to distinguish musical instruments!

I will be in Tokyo, Japan, from Sep 24 - Oct. 4 for the NII Shonan Meeting #233 (shonan.nii.ac.jp/seminars/233/) with a few days before and after. If you’re around and would like to chat about Snap! / educational blocks based computing DM me!

Ich habe Gemini gebeten, mir einen Kassenzettel für einen fiktiven Einkauf der sieben Zutaten für einen guten Kuchen aus dem Kinderlied "Backe, backe Kuchen" zu generieren. Long Story short: Gemini hat's nicht hinbekommen und schließlich aufgegeben: g.co/gemini/share...

At #Snapcon25 Andrea and Joek share their reflections on the #TurtleStitch10 meet up in #Tilburg. We celebrated 10 years of #creativecoding in #turtlestitch - which is built on #Snap, created by @jmoenig.bsky.social #computing #embroidery www.turtlestitch.org

Enjoying @jmoenig.bsky.social keynote at #Snapcon25 showing how #Snap functionality can be used in a natural way for humans. #computing #maths

I have just now released Snap! v11, featuring an alternative way to build your own blocks: Instead of writing an algorithm you can let a neural network figure it all out directly from a dataset of examples. Can't wait to show y’all next week at SnapCon in Heidelberg! snap.berkeley.edu/run

Ich bin total aufgeregt und freue mich riesig auf die Jahrestagung der Schweizer Medien- und Informatik Lehrenden nächste Woche hoch droben auf der Rigi. Noch ist mein Keynote-Vortrag ein schöpferisches Chaos, aber ein paar schlaflose Nächte und ein inspiratives Wunder, dann wird das hoffentlich ;)

I have been thinking about a reporter-version of “broadcast and wait” for a long time… Now coming to Snap! v11 going live at Snap!Con 2025 in less than a month! www.snapcon.org/conferences/...

A nice reunion in Olot with @tonimorenorey.bsky.social and @jmoenig.bsky.social Un bonito reencuentro en Olot con @tonimorenorey.bsky.social y @jmoenig.bsky.social

Controlling multiple CoCube robots with Snap!

Building Blocks for Neural Networks, now in Snap! v11 public beta test: snap.berkeley.edu/versions/dev...

#MediaComp meets #AI: I’m training a self-built deep neural network in Snap! on a bunch of 100-sample chunks from 2 recordings so it learns to distinguish between my flute and my harmonica when I play them into my laptop’s microphone. Gonna teach this to kids this fall 🤩

Deep Learning and Backpropagation are coming to Snap! v11 this fall: Preview of a simple 2-layer neural network solving the XOR problem

As I’m exploring artificial neural networks and deep learning in Snap! I got distracted by these gorgeous apothecaries’ weights I found in a garage sale nearby. There must be a pedagogical reason for me to buy these, right? RIGHT? 😀 snap.berkeley.edu/snap/snap.ht...

Liebe Teilnehmende am online Hochschuldidaktikseminar "Hinter den Kulissen von Generativer KI", Jadga und ich freuen uns heute bei SAP auf einen buchstäblich "märchenhaften" Nachmittag mit Euch! www.hochschuldidaktik.net/veranstaltun...

Nachdem das mit dem Calliope mini @calliopemini.bsky.social und der Steuerung über Bluetooth in Makecode bei mir nicht so klappt, hier eine easy Variante mit MicroBlocks @microblocks.bsky.social und AppInventor @appinvfound.bsky.social youtu.be/UOsU_BjFm-c

ACM has honored 5 outstanding individuals for their exceptional contributions to the computing community. From advancing CS education to shaping assistive robotics, these leaders have helped build a more inclusive and impactful field. Thank you for your service!

Congratulations, Dr. @tamaraniac.bsky.social !

Last week I presented a sneak preview of Snap! v11 first-class colors at ROBOLOTCon 2025. If you’re curious and want to get a head start please watch the demo www.youtube.com/live/ScgoLTD... and follow along in the public beta: snap.berkeley.edu/versions/dev/

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The talk I gave about Generative AI with Snap! at the Espai Crater in Olot, Spain last Friday night is now online (in English): youtu.be/By1lT-xjHzc?...

I made this during my stay in Olot using MIT App Inventor. You can draw on a grid and the x, y and hex value of the color is send to a microcontroller in real time. I used a great color picker extension to change the colors. The microcontroller is of course using @microblocks.bsky.social.

This is what live coding is all about. 🎵🎶 ⌨️ MicroBlocks and Snap! during Robolot 2025 youtu.be/2gQkrdHsG-c?...

Tonight I'll be giving a talk about programming a generative AI in Olot, Spain, at the Espai Crater, as part of my Faberllull residency. I'll be talking in English - live translated to Catalan - and programming in Snap! Come by and say hi! www.olotcultura.cat/agenda/acte/...

@tonimorenorey.bsky.social and a lot of other people make the Faber week in Olot possible. Thank you for the gifts from you and Keyestudio.

I'm thrilled to travel to Olot to participate in the @faberllull educational robotics and programming residency faberllull.cat/en/residenci... - in times like these let's celebrate curiosity across borders and encourage the next generation to wager kindness!

Wir freuen uns riesig auf die Neuauflage unseres Hochschuldidaktik-Seminars “Hinter den Kulissen von Generativer KI” morgen Vormittag: www.hochschuldidaktik.net/veranstaltun... - schnappt euren Laptop und einen Kaffee und findet gemeinsam mit uns heraus, was buchstäblich als nächstes kommt!

Welch ein Geschenk: Dr. Annika Eickhoff-Schachtebeck und Prof. Dr. Kerstin Strecker haben im Klett Verlag ein 127 Seiten starkes Themenheft für die Oberstufe zu Künstlicher Intelligenz und Machinellem Lernen herausgebracht, mit allen Programmierbeispielen in Snap! www.klett.de/produkt/isbn...

let Snap! blow your mind taking #MediaComp to the next level:

Come to Heidelberg this September for #SnapCon25! and tell us your ideas, show us your projects, share with us your insights and materials, spread the wisdom, the gimmicks and the awesomeness! The call for contributions is now open: www.snapcon.org/conferences/...

Combining first-class colors with hyperdimensional programming (aka linear algebra) is going to make project ideas like custom graphic effects so much more accessible for beginners in Snap!

Coming soon: #DataScience meets #MediaComp: Analyzing the frequency distribution of colors in an image in Snap!

I’m working on adding first-class colors to Snap! - here’s a sneak preview of how you’ll be able to compute color gradients.

Girl power with Snap! at SAP today!

A passionate group of teachers, designers and creators of educational tools, from all over the world will meet at Olot (Spain) to promote creative learning experiences in programming and robotics for education based on STEAM and Maker projects. faberllull.cat/en/residenci...

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Good Morning, Snap!Chat: Text to speech to text, snap.berkeley.edu

We've just released Snap! v10.7 letting you control the visible afterglow of running processes so you and your students can better follow along the execution of a project. snap.berkeley.edu

So I can now share the video that goes with this post @jmoenig.bsky.social @kgiori.bsky.social

Thanks! With only a few minutes to try it it works perfectly. I can’t wait to get right into it and add some physical devices to control and converse with. It also spelled my name correctly - that must be related to synchronization with other data on my computer???

We've just released Snap! v10.6 featuring an additional library of Text-to-Speech/Voice-to-Text blocks snap.berkeley.edu

New block coming up in Snap! soon:

Ich freue mich riesig auf die GI-Tagung zur Schulinformatik an der FU-Berlin übermorgen! Bin gespannt auf @seegerer.bsky.social 's Einblicke in Quantencomputer und wahnsinnig aufgeregt, meinen Senf zum Großen Blick auf die Informatik dazuzugeben. www.mi.fu-berlin.de/inf/groups/a...

I've written up some notes on the #SIGCSE2025 discussion about privacy and accessibility legislation for educational software in a follow-up blog post: academiccomputing.wordpress.com/2025/03/02/f...

The U.S. has fallen.

We’ve just released Snap! v10.5 featuring sound recording capabilities on iOS devices and a new block for getting tilt sensor data from your phone or tablet. Here’s what you can do with it: youtu.be/xhorXbgdvzQ

Tilt sensor extension for @SnapCloud coming up this weekend! What will you make with it on your phone or tablet?

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