Participate and share: Interactive session 
Recorded Session
The purpose of the session is to share curriculum development tools for use by educators beyond the teachers of Project Future, for whom they were developed. These tools support meaningful and sustainable computer science learning opportunities that are responsive to the challenges, constraints and opportunities of elementary schools. Participants will be able to locate these resources and build a curriculum design process around them. They will gain familiarity to connect components of the unit template with relevant supports like Understanding by Design, Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy, and Universl Design for Learning.
The outline of our session will be to
- provide a general overview and justification for the emphasis on integration in K-5 curriculum
- share some insights and examples from our experience collaborating with elementary teachers through Project Future
- showcase some sample projects which display novel integrations of CS into other content areas
- provide some time for teachers to explore these samples through curriculum artifacts and the unit plan
- give an overview of the design phases and how these are represented in the unit planning template, review checklists and rubrics
- provide for review and discussion of resources
- share about our process of mobilizing the resources, lessons learned, and provide time for implementation consideration/planning
Curriculum integration for Computer Science is a burgeoning area of innovation and research. Promising steps into mutually beneficial relationships include Bootstrap (mathematics), Project GUTS (science) and Unruly Splats (physical education/SEL) as well as the CS Connections series from Code.org and a two part book series published by ISTE. Likewise the CS+X movement has made the case for CS integration as a path to access in higher ed. In the elementary curriculum space, the tools we’ve developed for curriculum integration are further supported by principles from Understanding by Design, Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy, and Universl Design for Learning.
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