Module 3: CS teaching strategies

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LEARN

Module 3 Resources

• Module 3 Slides (Joining asynchronously? Check out the video recording for the CS Teaching Strategies from the 2021 CS Institute)
  
• Creating Equitable CS Experiences Handbook
• CS Institute 2022 Resources (please add your favorite CS resource!)

Take a Deeper Dive

Watch:

• Debugging strategies with Dr. Luther Tychonievich (UVA)
• Tips for Introducing Computing with Colleen Lewis (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

Read:

• Check out strategies from Getting Unstuck from the Creative Computing Lab at Harvard
• Unspotted Bugs (read aloud picture book to use with K-2)
• Pair Programming Toolkit

Listen:

• Supporting diverse learners in K-8 computational thinking with Jean Salac (podcast)

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DO

Explore CS Lesson Repositories

K-8

• Charlottesville CS Community (GoOpenVA)
• Code.org
• Creative Computing Curriculum (Harvard)
• CS Concepts (Kim Wilkens)
• CS First (Google)
• CS Teachers in Virginia (GoOpenVA)
• CS Unplugged activities (Bootup)
• CS Unplugged (curriculum integration ideas
  
• Maker Projects (Kim Wilkens)
  

PreK-2

• Coding as Another Language (Tufts)
• Creative Computing (CSinSF)
• Hello Ruby
• ScratchJr projects (BootUp)

3-5

• Act 1 (intro to Scratch for 4th grade students)
• Action Fractions (3rd & 4th grade)
• Coding & Innovation using Microbits
• Creative Computing (CSinSF)
• CS integration lessons on invasive species (4th grade science)
• Elementary Computing for All (ECforAll)
• Scratch projects (BootUp)
  

6-8:

• Bootstrap: Algebra
• Computational Thinking Curriculum (App Inventor)
  
• Developing AI Literacy (MIT)
• Exploring Computer Science
• Hello Processing
• Getting Unstuck (Harvard)
• Intro to CS (CSinSF)
• Intro to CS (MakeCode)
• MyCS (CSinSF)
• Science Modules (Project GUTS)
• Your Voice is Power (Amazon Future Engineer)

No matter which lesson you choose for remixing, please use the  Lesson Plan Template to share it. Check out the video tutorial and lesson plan cheat sheet for more info. Here are some examples of CS-infused lessons using the template:

• Hungry, Hungry Robots
  
• Scratch: Sharks in Space or Plotting Points in the Coordinate Plane
• Temperature Sensor using Microbit
  

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CONNECT

• Connect & Share about your experience with this module
  
• Join monthly Community Calls (TBD)
  
• Join Design Lab Playdates (TBD)

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REFLECT

Reflection is an important part of the computer science education journey. Use your Reflection Journal to keep notes (you can make a copy of our Reflection Journal template here).

• What similarities and differences do you see between CS teaching strategies and other teaching strategies that you already use?
• What CS teaching strategy resonated most with you and why?
• How do you see yourself using it in your class and how will you know if it worked?
• What challenges do you think you might encounter using this strategy?

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