Schedule
| Week | Date | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1/26 |
1. Course overview.
Assigned: Media Quicksheet: Scratch |
| 2 | 2/2 |
2. Media: Scratch.
Media: Scratch. |
| 3 | 2/9 |
3. Standards: NY CS&DF.
Due: Media Quicksheet: Scratch Assigned: Media Quicksheet: Unfold Studio |
| 4 | 2/16 |
4. Standards: K-12 CS Framework.
Media: Unfold Studio. |
| 5 | 2/23 |
5. Curricula: Exploring Computer Science.
This class we will focus on Exploring Computer Science, an introductory high school course supported by a curriculum and professional development program. Our focus will be on (1) whether ECS, or something like it, might be useful in your future; and (2) what we can learn from the ECS curriculum and PD model for our own classrooms. Due: Media Quicksheet: Unfold Studio Assigned: Media Quicksheet: Processing |
| 6 | 3/2 |
6. Curricula: Mathematical approaches to CS.
We will discuss Beauty and Joy of Computing, Bootstrap: Algebra, and, for old time's sake, The Little Schemer. Media: Processing. |
| 7 | 3/9 |
7. Curricula: AP CS Principles.
Due: Media Quicksheet: Processing Assigned: Media Quicksheet: NetLogo |
| 9 | 3/16 |
9. Curricula: AP CS A.
Media: NetLogo. Due: Media Quicksheet: NetLogo Assigned: Media Quicksheet: Your choice |
| 8 | 3/16 | 8. Spring break. |
| 10 | 3/23 |
10. Implementation: Scope and sequence.
Early childhood, elementary, and middle-school CS. Assigned: Your computing future |
| 11 | 3/30 | 11. Implementation: Interdisciplinary CS integration. |
| 12 | 4/6 |
12. Implementation: State support and professional development.
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| 13 | 4/13 | 13. Implementation: Design of a UB-BPS high school focused on computing. |
| 14 | 4/20 |
14. Implementation: Your future as a CS educator..
Share future plans. |