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Strategies for Effective and Inclusive CS Teaching

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Pennsylvania Convention Center, 111AB

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Allen Antoine

EPIC Director, CS Education Strategy

University of Texas at Austin
@mathematic_AL
@mathematic_AL

Allen Antoine is the Director of Computer Science Education Strategy for EPIC (Expanding Pathways in Computing) at UT Austin’s Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) where he provides leadership in Computer Science education to manage rapidly expanding diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives and represents EPIC programs at a state and national level. He regularly gives keynote presentations, consults, and leads workshops, covering a wide variety of STEM, School Culture, Equity and Inclusion, Culturally Responsive Teaching, Inquiry-Based Learning, and Computer Science topics.

Vanessa Jones

Professional Learning Manager

Computer Science Teachers Association
@vkajones

Vanessa Jones is a CSTA Equity Fellow and a Professional Learning Manager for CSTA where she works with a team to help design, create, and publish CS specific professional development. She was a Technology Design Specialist for the Austin Independent School District in Austin, TX. She is a facilitator for Code.org's programs. Ms. Jones is an online facilitator and course designer for the University of Texas at Austin -Expanding Pathways in Computing (EPIC) course Strategies for Effective and Inclusive Computer Science Teaching.

Andrea Wilson Vazquez

Deputy Director of the ECEP Alliance

University of Texas at Austin (TACC)
@wilsandrea

Andrea Wilzon Vazquez, MA.ESL. is the Education Director at Code Savvy, a Minnesota based non-profit that provides computer science education professional development and coaching to school districts and organizations. She is a 2022-2023 Computer Science Teaching Association Equity Fellow, a partner on the NSF Coaching for Equity project, and course facilitator on the Strategies for Effective and Inclusive CS Pedagogy Course with UT Austin. Andrea was formerly an innovative instructional coach, makerEd and Computer science educator, teacher of English learners.

Session description

Our interactive session will explore identity, unconscious bias, underrepresentation, social justice and advocacy for computer science (CS) education. This session will help prepare you to reflect, plan and act in order to expand effective and inclusive CS teaching.

Purpose & objective

Participants will be able to define and explore equity and social justice as they relate to education, teaching, and the K-12 CS classroom.

Explore the racial, ethnic, gender or socio-economic demographics of CS programs and their impact on student participation, access, and experience.

Practice techniques for creating an equitable CS classroom through examination of personal identity, beliefs and unconscious biases, as well as curriculum choices, messaging, and outreach to parents and students.

Learn valuable techniques for leading, participating in, and growing with a community of practice that fosters self-reflection and courageous conversations surrounding CS and its relationship to culture.

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Outline

Welcome and Introduction- 5 mins

Equity IceBreaker and Share Out 5 mins

Use Post It Notes to Doodle and Answer the Question of What Is Equity? (Use Wipebooks) 10 mins

Have a Few People Share Out/Explain Their Doodle and Then Post It on Our What is Equity Sticky Board - 5 mins

Make an Art Museum of Equity Images and Do a Four Corners Approach to It (Laminated Posters at Rice) 5 mins

Social Justice 5 mins

Overview of Strategies for Effective and Inclusive CS Teaching Course
History of the Course 5 mins

Twitter Intro and My HP Computer is Racist Convo 5 mins

Identity Markers and Intersectionality 12 Corners 10 mins

Unconscious Bias Group Discussion Harvard Bias 5 mins

Walk Through Video as a Look Into Module Three 5 mins

Algorithmic Bias (Autocomplete & Image Search Bias) 10 mins

Wrap Up Questions and Course From Sign Up
Facilitator Materials, Student Materials. 10 mins

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Supporting research

Our work is supported with funding from Google , NSF and the Siegel Family Endowment.

2022 State of Computer Science Education Report.

At the Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education's conference, Dr. Cynthia Blitz, Ph.D., Vivian Allen, and David Amiel published a work that focused on recruiting diverse learners to high school computer science.

https://cesp.rutgers.edu/sites/default/files/pictures/782-Blitz.pdf

Science Justice and Science Capital, and Spitzman & Balconi (2019)

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Session specifications

Topic:

Computer science & computational thinking

Grade level:

PK-12

Skill level:

Beginner

Audience:

Coaches, Curriculum/district specialists, Teachers

Attendee devices:

Devices useful

Attendee device specification:

Smartphone: Android, iOS, Windows
Laptop: Chromebook, Mac, PC
Tablet: Android, iOS, Windows

Subject area:

Computer science, STEM/STEAM

ISTE Standards:

For Educators:
Leader

Advocate for equitable access to educational technology, digital content and learning opportunities to meet the diverse needs of all students.

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.

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Strategies for Effective and Inclusive CS Teaching

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