Welcome to the 21 st Century: Computer Science for All Jenna Garcia District Manager Joe Kmoch CS Education Consultant October 27, 2015

Our Mission: every school every student opportunity

Through CS, students learn:  Mathematical and computational ideas  Strategies for solving problems  Effective ways to communicate  How to collaborate with others

Through CS students are becoming:  Creators  Innovators  Persistent problem solvers  Active participants in society

A Few More Considerations Related to CS

Debunking Computer Science Myths  Our kids should be learning to code. computer science  Computer Science education is on the rise. recovery from a 10-year decline.

Fewer CS majors than 10 years ago (and a shrinking % are women) Sources: National Science Foundation

Thank you

Debunking Computer Science Myths  Computer science is about technology. logic, problem solving, and creativity  Computer science is for boys. everybody

Debunking Computer Science Myths Every  The tech industry is desperately trying to hire computer programmers.

The Picture in Wisconsin

Debunking Computer Science Myths  Computer Science is vocational. foundational AUDIENCE POP QUIZ 1.What is photosynthesis? 2.What is H 2 O? 3.Solve: x 2 – 9 = 0 4.What is a for loop?

Dispelling myths about STEM (“Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math”)  There is a surplus of jobs in STEM computer science

Computer Science: 2% of STEM students Computer Science: 60% of STEM jobs Sources: College Board, Bureau of Labor Statistics, National Science Foundation

Code.org’s Curriculum

Multiple Entry Points  Hour of Code  K-12 programs  K-5 programs  CS in Algebra, CS in Science  High School Programs

K – 5 Curriculum  Short courses for elementary school  Free / open-source  Online “games” on any modern browser/tablet  Video lectures by Mark Zuckerberg, Chris Bosh, Bill Gates  Deeply aligned to Common Core Math + ELA, NGSS  Free professional development workshops nationwide  99% approval by teachers  Any district, school, or teacher can participate

K-5 Curriculum Structure  Two types of Activities  Unplugged  Plugged

Unplugged Activity: Loopy

Plugged Activity: Angry Bird  Insert image of young woman and link to  Also download the video Maze Intro so we have a backup if the internet is slow or non- existent

K-5 Workshops for Teachers  Active learning by the attendees  Almost no lecturing (you won’t fall asleep)  Uses the TLO (Teacher-Learner-Observer) model in all Code.org PD

K-5 Workshops for Teachers  In Milwaukee at Marquette University  All Day 8:30am – 4:00pm on a Saturday  Next one is December 12, 2015  Totally FREE  Over the past year we’ve trained about 250

How do I sign up for this FREE workshop? Navigate to: In K-5 Teachers block click on Find a Workshop

K-5 Workshops for Teachers  We also do on-site workshops  Entire staff of a school  Teachers from various district schools  Same all-day format or it can be adjusted  Doesn’t have to be a Saturday  We done 6 workshops in this manner

For Onsite K-5 Workshops for Teachers  Contact me –  We’ve done 6 workshops in this manner

High School Computer Science  Exploring Computer Science  Year-long introductory course  Units on problem solving, web development, intro to programming, data analysis, robotics  Computer Science Principles  Units on digital representation of info, the Internet, programming, data

High School Computer Science  Exploring Computer Science  Year-long introductory course  Units on problem solving, web development, intro to programming, data analysis, robotics  Pump CS NSF Project at Marquette University  Next cohort is July,

High School Computer Science  Computer Science Principles  Units on digital representation of info, the Internet, programming, data  Each of these units has a custom app developed by Code.org  Demo Lesson!!!

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