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Cultivating a Culture of Computational Thinking |
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Emily Nestor Dr. Brooke Morgan
In order to provide all students with opportunities to engage in computational thinking, Talladega County Schools created a framework for embedding these competencies into K-12 classrooms. Learn from Talladega County leaders as they share components of their framework including teaching guides, assessment pieces and professional development resources.
| Audience: | Coaches, Curriculum/district specialists, Principals/head 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-12 |
| Subject area: | Computer science, STEM/STEAM |
| ISTE Standards: | For Students: Computational Thinker
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The purpose of this session is to provide participants with an overview of Talladega County School's Computational Thinking framework and the steps that were taken to create this framework. Participants will also be provided with examples of the framework components as well as computational thinking resources.
https://digitalpromise.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/dp-comp-thinking-v1r5.pdf
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11528-016-0087-7
https://www.learntechlib.org/p/151572/
https://www.iste.org/explore/computational-thinking/computational-thinking-extend-problem-solving-beyond-computer
Emily Nestor has been in the education profession for 14 years. She began her journey as a classroom teacher and then transitioned into the role of Technology Integration Specialist. She currently serves as the Educational Technology Specialist for Talladega County Schools in East Central Alabama. Within this position, Mrs. Nestor provides specialized support to improve instruction and technology integration across all 17 schools within her district. Her ultimate goal is to help educators transform their classrooms by making learning meaningful, differentiated, and engaging - all through the use of technology.
Dr. Brooke Morgan serves as Coordinator of Innovative Learning and Elementary Education for Talladega County Schools. Dr. Morgan has over 24 years of experience with 19 of those years being in school and district administration. She is a graduate of Auburn University and also has obtained post-secondary degrees from Jacksonville State and Samford University. She is the recipient of the Marbury Technology Innovation Administrator Award given by the ALSDE and the Outstanding Curriculum Leader Award given by the Alabama Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. Dr. Morgan serves as the Project Lead for the CT Pathways Collaborative (Digital Promise, NSF).
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