1. Wired Wednesday Professional Development
May 17, 2017

2. The Plan Introduction Tech Tip Highlights What is Coding?
Time to Explore
Sharing and Conclusion

3. What is a Backchannel?
In education, the backchannel is the conversation that takes place among students during a lesson or presentation.

4. What tools are available for use a backchannel?
Padlet
Google Groups
TodaysMeet
GoSoapBox
Socrative
AnswerGarden
Chatzy
FlipGrid
Chatterous
Backchannel Chat
Edmodo

6. Symabloo http://www.symbaloo.com/mix/vienna

8. Online Stopwatch

9. "TECH"ING IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL
Cindystech.weebly.com

10. Why teach coding? No dedicated state funding for CS PD
Does not require all high schools to offer CS 
No K-12 CS curriculum standards

11. Computer Science in Maryland
19,392 open computing jobs
(4.3x the state average demand rate)
2,923 computer science graduates

13. Why Teach Coding? Teaches thinking skills Unlocks creativity
Necessary 21st Century Skill
Need for diversity and multiple perspectives
Teaches problem solving
Practices teamwork
Empowers students
Builds confidence
Helps humanity

14. The Stations Backchannels Osmo Coding SOS Strategies Code.org Kiddle
Ollie
“Tech”ing It To the Next Level
Ozobot
ColorAlive/Color and Play
Osmo Tangram/Words
Makeymakey
Green Screen
Sphero
Online Stopwatch