1. Computer Science Education
Crystal - Intro us?
Jessica Gorman and Crystal Noel
Computer Systems

2. Introduction
Every day, technology becomes more advanced and accessible
Little progress made at elementary school level
Goal: to implement computer programming to educate elementary and/or middle school students in math and science
Paul - This will be your slide.

3. What is the Scratch Program?
Cardinal Forest Elementary School
25 min weekly classes
Origins of the Program
Gates
Allard
Jessica

4. Program Content Curriculum developing process Student Projects
SOLs
Introduction to Computer Science
Student Projects
Lesson plans
Rubrics
Introduction to new skills
Blackboard
jessica
Very basic overview (go into detail later)
when you get to blackboard...go to the next slide. 

5. Blackboard
Jessica

6. What is Scratch? Scratch Why Scratch? MIT Media Lab Kid-friendly
Drag and drop text
Multimedia
Visually focused
Crystal
Go to Scratch and show example - just start a new project, do a freen flag and move to steps forever...easy

7. Developing a Curriculum
Topics
Integration of SOL topics
Coordinate System
Random
Problem Solving
Step-by-step process
Independent Projects
Computer Science Skills
Loops
Methods (Scripts)
Crystal
Why we chose to put the items in the curriculum that we did.

8. Time Line October- November: basic Scratch skills
December- February: teacher designed projects
March- May: game design and individual projects
Crystal

9. Shapes Project
Crystal
Screenshot of Shapes Project
pass out rubrics

10. Winter Wonderland Project
Crystal
Screen shot
pass out rubrics

11. Fish Game Project Jessica
Screen shot, pull up pdf of rubric and talk more in detail about the rubric

12. Research Topics Benefits of Computer Education
Designing Computer Programs in Elementary School
Computer Science for Young Minds
Jessica

13. Benefits of a Computer Science Education
Problem Solving
Teamwork
Dependability
Procedure
Observations
Surveys
Assessments
Jessica

14. Observations Student A: Student B: One of brightest students
Issues in the classroom, but not Scratch
Opportunity to learn skills
Student B:
Very intelligent, yet quiet
Kept to himself
Came out of shell to help others
Jessica

15. Surveys and Assessments
Assessments record knowledge retained
coordinate plane
random
broadcasting
Surveys measure
interest in computer science
social skills

16. Designing Computer Programs in Elementary School
Value in program design
Problem solving skills
Troubleshooting
Independence
Creativity
Crystal

17. Project Design ‘Make your own rubric’ activities Individual projects
Pac Man
Super Mario
Dodgeball
Animated Story
Crystal
show blank rubric, talk about soccer, show student examples of soccer
show drawings

18. Story Rubric
Crystal
Story rubric
show sample student projects

19. Observations Lack of structure negatively influenced behavior
Don’t see benefits of planning
Reluctant to think for themselves
Only productive when heavily directed
Learning to brainstorm
New creativity outlet
Jessica

20. Computer Science for Young Minds
Elements of an effective class
Well-defined, but lax
Teaching computer programming
Immersion
Unorthodox teaching methods
Video conferencing
Paul
Abstract overview of project

21. Development and Procedures
Curriculum-expanding on predecessor’s ideas
Improvements required
Videos with Scratch
Part of auxillary research
Created and used as teaching aids
Paul

22. Development and Procedures
Considered teleconferencing
Initially abandoned, then reconsidered and implemented
Paul

23. Problems Incompatibility Transportation Timing
Latest Scratch for Linux: 1.2
Required: 1.3
Few formal sources for Scratch
Transportation
No car
Timing
Different period
Paul

24. Results Students continue to learn Project successful
Different paces observed
Project successful
Difficulties reasonably overcome
Paul

25. Conclusion Computer as medium Students How young is too young?
Teaching
Students
The sooner, the better
How young is too young?
Maybe never
Paul

26. Future of Scratch Connections to other schools Videoconferencing
Model program
jessica
after this we will move into video conferencing with Mr. Allard (hopefully)