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Computational Thinking Activities in the Elementary Classroom

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Location: La Nouvelle Ballroom, Table 4
Experience live: All-Access Package

Participate and share : Poster

Lacy Behl  
Morgan Decuir  

Want to go from low-tech or no-tech to using coding and tech tools to enhance your lessons? This poster session is for beginners looking for innovative ideas, resources, and tools to create activities to supplement your current curriculum!

Audience: Teachers
Skill level: Beginner
Attendee devices: Devices not needed
Participant accounts, software and other materials: QR code reader to obtain access to our Google Drive with many lessons for FREE
Topic: Computer science & computational thinking
Grade level: PK-5
Subject area: Computer science, STEM/STEAM
ISTE Standards: For Educators:
Designer
  • Use technology to create, adapt and personalize learning experiences that foster independent learning and accommodate learner differences and needs.
For Students:
Computational Thinker
  • Students break problems into component parts, extract key information, and develop descriptive models to understand complex systems or facilitate problem-solving.

Proposal summary

Purpose & objective

The purpose of the poster session is to give other teachers ideas of low cost, high tech activities to supplement their lessons. We will be giving copies of our lessons in order for teachers to start computational thinking activities right away.

Supporting research

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1sBQKCjVmVfs0jhz6kYupwalGkPG7RpLNSADX6_1fWfg/edit?usp=sharing

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Presenters

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Lacy Behl, West Baton Rouge Parish Schools

Educator and Technology Facilitator

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Morgan Decuir, WBR Parish Schools

Morgan is a Kindergarten through 4th grade STEM teacher in her hometown of West Baton Rouge Parish, where she was born and raised and her career in education started. Every day in her classroom, she strives to ensure that her students have hands-on, engaging, and meaningful learning experiences. She currently incorporates technology in many of her lessons on a daily basis for her little learners to equip them with 21st Century Skills to use now and for their future, all while strengthening their foundational skills needed for lifelong learning.

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