CoolThink@JC - mainstreaming Computational Thinking Education at scale

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Paul Yau
CoolThink@JC, a programme that aims to induce a change of practice in HK's education sector, develops an integrated computational thinking education model that spurs changes on classroom, school and system levels. Expecting over 70% of all publicly funded primary schools adopting CoolThink curriculum in formal computing lesson.

Audience:	Curriculum/district specialists, Principals/head teachers, Teachers
Skill level:	Beginner
Attendee devices:	Devices useful
Attendee device specification:	Smartphone: Android, iOS, Windows Laptop: Chromebook, Mac, PC Tablet: Android, iOS, Windows
Topic:	Computer science & computational thinking
Grade level:	PK-5
Subject area:	Computer science, STEM/STEAM
ISTE Standards:	For Educators: Leader Shape, advance and accelerate a shared vision for empowered learning with technology by engaging with education stakeholders. For Students: Empowered Learner Students understand the fundamental concepts of technology operations, demonstrate the ability to choose, use and troubleshoot current technologies and are able to transfer their knowledge to explore emerging technologies. Computational Thinker Students formulate problem definitions suited for technology-assisted methods such as data analysis, abstract models and algorithmic thinking in exploring and finding solutions.

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Purpose & objective

Being a project that aims to induce a change of practice in HK's education sector, CoolThink@JC develops an integrate computational thinking education model that spurs changes on Classroom, school and system levels. The speaker will walk through the design and rationale behind the project and share the implementation experiences.

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A principled approach to designing computational thinking concepts and practices assessments for upper elementary grades: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08993408.2020.1866939?forwardService=showFullText&tokenAccess=E9YSFWINN27DTWTPYZYZ&tokenDomain=eprints&doi=10.1080%2F08993408.2020.1866939&doi=10.1080%2F08993408.2020.1866939&doi=10.1080%2F08993408.2020.1866939&target=10.1080%2F08993408.2020.1866939&journalCode=ncse20

Evaluation of the CoolThink@JC Pilot: A computational thinking initiative in Hong Kong primary schools (by SRI International): https://www.sri.com/education-learning/case-studies/computational-thinking-initiative/

CoolThink@JC Case Study: https://www.coolthink.hk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/CoolThink_Case-Study_202012.pdf

Computational Thinking Education (by Prof Siu-Cheung Kong & Prof Harold Abelson): https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-13-6528-7

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Paul Yau, HKJC

CoolThink@JC - mainstreaming Computational Thinking Education at scale

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