K-12 CS can't just mean hanging out online. Week 2 introduces CS disciplinary content knowledge as a priority in K-12 CS education, focusing on the effort to define computational thinking. We will spend the class doing several short lessons in Scratch designed to teach basic CS concepts, and then using this experience as the jumping-off point for a discussion of various tensions over what computational thinking ought to mean. (Don't worry! This activity will be differentiated to support students with any level of formal computer science experience.)

Act	Activities
I	CT in Scratch: Student projects
II	CT in Scratch: Lab
III	Discuss the readings: Synthesize notes and questions

Week 2 Slides

Critical Computational Literacies

Dr. Chris Proctor

LAI 686, Spring 2022

Week 2: February 8, 2022

Notes: I should introduce myself

Act I

CT in Scratch: Student projects

Act II

CT in Scratch: Lab

Act III

Discuss the readings

Act I

CT in Scratch: Student projects

4:10-4:55pm

Check out a few projects from Chris's former life as a 6th grade CS teacher. Consider how CT manifests in these projects. As you explore, add notes here.

An assessment in which students were asked to write the code to generate shapes.
A demo for an adventure game.
A demo and student project using gravity.

Notes: Give a brief orientation to Scratch. Inside/outside of projects. Mention that folks might want to make an account.

Computational Literacies Lab

Agenda

Week 2 Slides

Critical Computational Literacies

Act I

Act II

Act III

Act I

CT in Scratch: Student projects

Act II

CT in Scratch: Lab

Act III

Discuss the readings

Gathering notes

Next week

Computational literacies