Change display time — Currently: Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) (Event time)

Real Talk: Let's Talk About Culturally Responsive CS Classrooms

,
Pennsylvania Convention Center, 122B

Listen and learn: Ed talk

Save to My Favorites

Presenters

Krystal Chatman

Instructional Technology Facilitator

Jackson Public Schools
@kchatbio
@instagram.com

Krystal is an Instructional Technology Facilitator from Jackson, MS serving 19,000 students and 2000 educators in the largest urban district in the state. She is committed to supporting teachers as they strive to integrate technology in and out of the Computer Science classroom with equity and confidence. She is a 2022-2023 CSTA Equity Fellow and loves to find innovative and unconventional ways to help teachers build avenues where under-represented students see themselves as Computer Scientists.

Shaina Glass

Director of Education

CSTA (CS Teachers Association)
@SVicGlass
@SVicglass

Lilibeth Mora

College and Career Program Manager

Vallejo City Unified School District
@LilibethMay9

Advocate for CS equity & inclusion and college & career readiness for ALL studentsAdvocate for CS equity & inclusion and college & career readiness for ALL students

Cindy Wong

Technology Teacher

P.S.41Q
@techwithcindy

Cindy is a K-5 technology teacher and the author of a children’s book, “Clara Perseveres.” She loves engaging her students in lessons on computational thinking, digital applied skills, and digital citizenship. She believes that all students should have digital access and computer science lessons. Cindy is also a Certified Google Trainer and Innovator. She has presented at ISTE19, CS4All TeacherCon, CSTA, and #NYCSchoolsTech Summit and awarded the NYC DOE Excellence in School Technology Award Winner 2021 and the FLAG Award Finalist 2022.

Session description

CSTA equity fellows will discuss takeaways on creating spaces that foster belonging for racially/linguistically diverse learners. Through discussing their yearlong equity-focused projects, they will share actionable ways teachers can address issues of equity in computer science classrooms while affirming student identities and creating inclusive classroom environments.

Purpose & objective

- Examine the Equity Fellowship program as a means to develop leadership in equitable teaching practices
- Explore several year-long equity focused projects facilitated by Equity Fellows implemented within K-12 Computer Science education
- Plan for incorporating equitable teaching practices within the K-12 classroom

More [+]

Outline

Introduction and creation of shared goals (5 min)
Overview of Fellowship (10 min)
Fellow Flashtalk (mini ted talk) (15 min)
Equity Fellow Project Share (20 min)
Questions (5 min)

More [+]

Supporting research

https://identityincs.org/
https://csteachers.org/documents/en-us/2730df36-1cb1-422b-ba2f-afe033750b2e/1/
https://csedresearch.org/a-new-model-for-inclusive-computer-science-education/

More [+]

Session specifications

Topic:

Equity and inclusion

Grade level:

PK-12

Skill level:

Beginner

Audience:

Curriculum/district specialists, Teachers, Technology coordinators/facilitators

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.

Collaborator

Demonstrate cultural competency when communicating with students, parents and colleagues and interact with them as co-collaborators in student learning.

Facilitator

Create learning opportunities that challenge students to use a design process and computational thinking to innovate and solve problems.

Disclosure:

The submitter of this session has been supported by a company whose product is being included in the session

Real Talk: Let's Talk About Culturally Responsive CS Classrooms

, Pennsylvania Convention Center, 122B

Presenters

Session description

Purpose & objective

Outline

Supporting research

Session specifications

People also viewed

,
Pennsylvania Convention Center, 122B