1. Benefits of a Computer Science Education Jessica Gorman Computer Systems (2008-2009)

2. What is the Scratch Program at Cardinal Forest Elementary School?
45 min class weekly
Origins of the Program
Gates
Allard
What do we do?
curriculum developing process
lesson agenda

3. What is Scratch? Scratch Developed by MIT Why Scratch? “kid friendly”
Drag and drop text
Multimedia/ visually focused

4. Developing a Curriculum
Topics
Integration of SOL topics
Science
History
Math
Coordinate system
Problem solving
Pseudo code
Splitting a problem into steps
Beginning comp sci skills
loops
Methods

5. Benefits of a Computer Science Education?
Research focus
Benefits of a comp sci a young age?
Type of child who benefits the most
Procedure
Distribute survey throughout year
Personality
Learning ability

6. (Expected) Results Possible benefits Problem solving Teamwork
Following directions
Abstract thinking