1. Course overview
Week 1 (January 26)Assigned: Media Quicksheet: Scratch , CST review
- Welcome to LAI 516: Infrastructure for K12 CS. Sorry to be getting the course started a few days late.
- Course content focuses on the idea of Infrastructure. Goal: understand the context of your practice; lead in design. We'll discuss four layers of infrastructure:
- Standards
- Curricula
- Media
- Implementations
- Course structure: Twice-weekly meetings on Zoom. The only written assignments are quick sheets for media.
- To-do items now:
- Please fill out this When2Meet with your weekly availability.
- Read the NY CS&DF Standards by early next week.
- Watch the Week 1b video on Scratch.
CST review
- Read: The guide's introduction, "About the test," and "Study plan," including the gap tables.
- Practice: Take a diagnostic: 30 unseen items across competencies 0001-0004, about 45 minutes. Use the results to mark which sections you can skim.
- Connection: Set up the review alongside the course overview.