Schedule
| Week | Date | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6/24 |
1a. Course overview.
Assigned: Media Quicksheet: Scratch |
| 2 | 6/28 |
1b. Media: Scratch.
Media: Scratch. |
| 3 | 7/1 |
2a. Standards: NY CS&DF.
Due: Media Quicksheet: Scratch Assigned: Media Quicksheet: Unfold Studio |
| 4 | 7/5 |
2b. Standards: K-12 CS Framework.
Media: Unfold Studio. |
| 5 | 7/8 |
3a. 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 | 7/12 |
3b. 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 | 7/15 |
4a. Curricula: AP CS Principles.
Due: Media Quicksheet: Processing Assigned: Media Quicksheet: NetLogo |
| 8 | 7/19 |
4b. Curricula: AP CS A.
Media: NetLogo. |
| 9 | 7/22 |
5a. Implementation: Scope and sequence.
Early childhood, elementary, and middle-school CS. Due: Media Quicksheet: NetLogo Assigned: Media Quicksheet: Your choice |
| 10 | 7/26 |
5b. Implementation: Interdisciplinary CS integration.
Video: A Powerful Partnership Technology and Language Instruction, Chris Proctor and Antero Garcia in conversation with Tom Liam Lynch. NCTE.
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| 11 | 7/29 |
6a. Implementation: State support and professional development.
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| 12 | 8/2 | 6b. Implementation: Design of a UB-BPS high school focused on computing. |