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Do You Want to Build a Snowman? |
Explore and create : Creation lab
Alicia Verweij Heidi Williams
Integrate computer science, computational thinking and content-area standards into an engaging and fun lesson on building a snowman! Participants will walk away with a better understanding of what content integration of CS and CT looks like in an elementary classroom.
| Audience: | Coaches, Curriculum/district specialists, Teachers |
| Skill level: | Intermediate |
| Attendee devices: | Devices useful |
| Attendee device specification: | Smartphone: Android, iOS, Windows Laptop: Chromebook, Mac, PC Tablet: Android, iOS, Windows |
| Participant accounts, software and other materials: | Computer or tablet to: access websites compose documents Smartphone: A computer with USB port to: |
| Topic: | Curriculum planning & evaluation |
| Grade level: | PK-12 |
| Subject area: | Computer science, STEM/STEAM |
| ISTE Standards: | For Coaches: Learning Designer
Designer
Computational Thinker
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| Additional detail: | ISTE author presentation |
Concept (Know) -
Educational content knowledge
CS/CT Unit- framework
Scratch - block based programming
Practice (Do) -
Draw and share a snowman
Walkthrough CS/CT Unit - framework
Snowman project in Scratch - block based programming
Change in Pedagogy - Action Item -
(Performance Expectation)
Creation of an integrated CS/CT Unit
Concept (Know) - 10 minutes (Google Slides)
Educational content knowledge
CS/CT Unit- framework
Scratch - block based programming
Practice (Do) - 20 minutes (Google Slides - Scratch website - Padlet - Jamboard)
Draw and share a snowman
Walkthrough CS/CT Unit - framework
Snowman project in Scratch - block based programming
Change in Pedagogy - Action Item - 60 minutes - (Google Docs - Flipgrid - playing & creating with a variety of computer science tools and robots)
(Performance Expectation)
Creation of an integrated CS/CT Unit
A K-6 computational thinking curricular framework: pedagogical implications for teaching practice (https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10494820.2021.1986725)
Angeli, C., & Valanides, N. (2019). Developing young children’s computational thinking with educational robotics: An interaction effect between gender and scaffolding strategy. Computers in Human Behavior.
Bers, M. U., González-González, C., & Armas-Torres, M. B. (2019). Coding as a playground: Promoting positive learning experiences in childhood classrooms. Computers & Education, 138, 130–145.
Hall, J., & McCormick, K. (2019). Designing and developing play-based computational thinking environments for preschool children [Conference session]. 2019 Association for Educational Communications & Technology, Las Vega, NV, United States
Alicia Verweij is a seasoned educator, passionate about teaching children to think critically, problem-solve, and function in an ever-changing digital world in preparation for future careers. She is committed to collaborative, engaging learning techniques and assisting educators in implementing them. As a teaching veteran, she holds a Master of Education in Educational Leadership, a B.S. in Business Management, an Alternate Route Education Certification, and an endorsement in Gifted Education. Over the course of her career, she has been the recipient of numerous grants and awards based on her success in the classroom.
Heidi Williams is a passionate coding and computational thinking advocate. She has over 30 years of experience in K-12 public education as both a teacher and administrator. She currently serves as a computer science curriculum specialist for Marquette University's PUMP CS grant in Milwaukee, WI. Williams has shared her passion for integrating coding and computational thinking into the curriculum at local, state, regional and national conferences, and many have leveraged her expertise for conference presentations, coding coaching, professional development and K-12 scope and sequence alignment of computer science skills throughout the curriculum (nofearcoding.org)
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