Session 1 (January 24): Envisioning a Computer Science Program

 Guest Presenter: Michele Roberts

• Indiana K - 12 Computer Standards

• Binary Bracelets

• Computational Thinking Article 

• CREST Visioning Guide

• iLearn Released Items Repository

• Michele Robert's BOX (see your e-mail for personal invite)

• Word Wall

• Preparing for the Computer Science Content on the iLearn Exam 

 

Session 2 (February 28): What is Coding?

Guest Presenter: South Bend Code School

• Prayer:  A Prayer for Computers

• Scratch: scratch.mit.edu

• Common Sense Digital Citizenship:  https://www.commonsense.org/education/

• Be Internet Awesome: https://beinternetawesome.withgoogle.com/en_us 

• CS First: https://csfirst.withgoogle.com/s/en/home

 

Session 3 (March 21)

Guest Presenter: South Bend Code School

• Sequencing Standard: Sequencing and Selection/Branching/Conditionals

• Sequencing Standard (blank):  Iteration/Looping/Repetition and Functions/Abstraction

• Tim Martin's presentation on the IN ILearn CS Standards: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yL54Y-4Ivzn8xTua1nnypRGGUTjgG7aD/view

 

Session 4 (May 2)

Guest Presenter: South Bend Code School

•  Indiana: Standards and Aligned Activities

• Program for Webdesign (free): https://atom.io/

 

Session 5 (May 23)

Guest Presenter: South Bend Code School

• Lesson Plan Template

• Computer Science Standards: Vertical Alignment

• Vocabulary: Full List

• Vocabulary: By Topic

 Teacher-Created Lesson Plans

• Lesson Plan (Robot Arm, K)

• Lesson Plan (Arranging Information, 1st)

• Lesson Plan (Sequences, 2nd)

• Lesson Plan (Sequences, 3rd)

• Lesson Plan (Sequencing, 4th)

• Lesson Plan (Looping, 3rd - 5th)

• Lesson Plan (Data and Information, Middle School)

• Lesson Plan (Functions and Variables, 8th)

 

Session 6 (November 15)

• Jigsaw:  Notes Sheet

• Group 1: Inclusion

• Group 2: Collaborate

• Group 3: Interpret

• Group 4: Abstract

• Group 5: Develop

• Group 6: Improve

• Group 7: Communicate

• School Team: Goals Template

• Evaluation: Link

 

Bonus Material

Looking for some board games that support computer science?

• Robot Turtles: age 4+, 2-5 players
• LittleCodr: age 4+, 2 - 10 players
• CoderBunnyz: 4+, 1 - 4 players
• CoderMindz: 6+, 2 - 4 players

 

Other relevant articles/links:

• Why Computer Science?: Card Sort
• Why Computer Science?: CS Visions Article
• Computer Science Framework: CS for All Article
• Gift from Code School: Standards aligned with Activities and Technological Tools (Updated 1/24/20)
• Interdisciplinary Examples: Math and CS
• Mindmap (created by Coggle)
• Internet safety resource: Bark