CS Principles Lesson Writing Guide

THEMES, VALUES, PEDAGOGY

Themes and Values Equity, Access, Diversity Creative Engagement Authenticity – Real World Active – not passive Computational Thinking Appeal through content and pedagogy!

CS P Pedagogy Ideas Inquiry Peer Instruction Paired Work/Programming Intentional Method Flipped Model

8 STEPS TO A CSP LESSON

8 Steps to a CSP Lesson 1.Content: What do they need to know? – Learning Objective and Essential Knowledge Statements – Essential/Guiding Questions 2.Computational thinking: What do they need to learn to do? – Identify the skills/practices 3.Evaluation: How do I confirm they learned it? (Start with end in mind) – Assessment Rubric – Exemplar, Answer Key 4.Activity: How do they show they learned it? – Assessment details 5.Instruction: How do they get to the point of being successful? – Lesson Outline – Lesson Details - Teaching strategies, Activities (Handouts) 6.Resources: What do others need to implement this lesson? – Materials, Content Support 7.Misc: Wrapping up the lesson doc – Prerequisite knowledge – Title, Summary 8.Reflection: Was this a good lesson? – Evaluate lesson plan – Evaluate lesson delivery

8 Steps to a CSP Lesson 1.Content: What do they need to know? 2.Computational thinking: What do they need to learn to do? 3.Evaluation: How do I confirm they learned it? (Start with end in mind) 4.Activity: How do they show they learned it? 5.Instruction: How do they get to the point of being successful? 6.Resources: What do others need to implement this lesson? 7.Misc: Wrapping up the lesson doc 8.Reflection: Was this a good lesson?

1.Title 2.Time 3.Prior Knowledge 4.Overview 5.Objectives 6.Guiding Questions 7.Resources 8.Lesson Outline 9.Lesson Instructions 10.Assessment, Rubrics 11.Standards Lesson Plan Doc

1.Standards 2.Objectives 3.Guiding Questions 4.Assessment, Rubrics 5.Lesson Outline 6.Lesson Instructions 7.Resources 8.Title 9.Prior Knowledge 10.Overview 11.Time Order of Construction

What do they need to know? Pick Learning Objective, Essential Knowledge Statement, and CSTA standard Cover many in the same lesson experience Craft Essential/Guiding Question(s) – What question(s) need to be answered to lead a student to the essential knowledge statements? Example: EK a Sequencing, selection, iteration, and recursion are building blocks of algorithms. Selection uses a Boolean condition to determine which of two parts of an algorithm are used. EQ: How are different instructions in an algorithm selected?

What do they need to learn to do? Computational thinking – Identify the skills/practices – Come from the EK and EQ Example: EK a Sequencing, selection, iteration, and recursion are building blocks of algorithms. Selection uses a Boolean condition to determine which of two parts of an algorithm are used. EQ: How are different instructions in an algorithm selected? P2: Developing computational artifacts Cc. Use appropriate algorithmic and information- management principles.

How do I confirm they learned? Create Summative Assessment idea – Examples: Project, Essay, Test (selected response, short answer) How will they hand in the work? – Labeled screenshots that connect to rubric – Electronically? Self-grade/Peer-reviewed? Create rubric, exemplar, or answer key first (or in conjunction with handout)

How do they show they learned? Create the assessment handout Provide links to extra resources

How do they get to be successful? Lesson Outline Lesson Details – Teaching strategies – Activities (Handouts) Formative Assessment – Checking for understanding

What do others need to teach this? Materials – Software, websites Content Support – Links, Docs, Textbook references Title, Summary Title Summary – short paragraph

Lesson Evaluation Can I imagine what the students create? Do the assessments match the CSP objectives? Does the lesson appeal to a wide audience? Is my pedagogy tuned to the content and is it engaging?