3. Standards: NY CS&DF

Video notes

• Logistics
  • Meeting times will be Mondays and Fridays, 3:30pm-4:30pm.
  • I'll post videos twice a week, on Sundays and Thursday. Please try to watch the video ahaed of the meetings.
  • Posted pages to read for K12 CS Framework.
  • Next video I will discuss the K12 CS standards and Unfold Studio
• Standards
  • History: CSTA & ISTE standards
  • Theoretical questions about the nature of comptutational thinking and computational literacy are visible.
    • Relationship between CT and programming
    • Can CT work as a bridge to other contexts?
  • This is a US-centric discussion; quite a bit of international work happening as well.
  • NY CS & DF Standards
• Disucssion: What role should standards have in our practice?

Readings

NYSED. (2020). Computer Science and Digital Fluency Learning Standards. (pp.20-38)

CST review

• Read: The rest of "From Python to typed pseudocode," followed by 0002.f and 0002.j.
• Practice: Indicators 0002.f and 0002.j. Trace by hand before checking.
• Connection: The CS&DF standards you read this week name many of these constructs.