1. Computational Thinking and Computer Science
Heather Saksa
Technology Teacher, CREC Montessori Magnet School

4. Explore Code.org Curriculum
studio.code.org

5. Try Code Studio
studio.code.org
Course 3
Artist - Puzzle 1

7. Conditionals with Cards
Choose 10 cards from your deck without looking.
Follow this program, taking turns as you draw cards:

8. Choose 10 cards from your deck without looking.
Put the rest of the cards back in the box.
Take turns pulling cards and follow this program: { { } { } }

9. What is Computational Thinking?
A Way Problem Solving (Seymour Papert, Jeannette Wing, Google for Education)
Decomposition
Pattern Recognition
Pattern Generalization and Abstraction
Algorithm Design
“Programming Thinking”
Logical Thinking
Persistence
Motivation

10. Start with an Hour of Code
What can you do? Start with an Hour of Code. Last year, we unveiled the Hour of Code: a grassroots campaign to recruit ten million students to try their hand at computer science — to break stereotypes and to remove the veil of mystery that surrounds the field. The campaign blew past its goal in days and has now reached 44 million students worldwide.

11. The Hour of Code is a first step in showing all students what computer science is all about and proven way to increase participation among underrepresented groups. Last year, 1 in 5 US students did an Hour of Code. Almost half of all Hour of Code participants were girls, 8% were black and 14% Hispanic. Computer science students on average are only 18% female, 3% black, and 8% Hispanic.

12. Hour of Code Tutorials
Free, online tutorials, that teach drag and drop programming
Branded characters plus “celebrity” lectures
Hour of Code 2014:
Frozen
Angry Birds
Plants vs Zombies
Bill Gates
Mark Zuckerberg
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Students of all ages can choose from a variety of self-guided tutorials, from kindergarten up. Tutorials work on any modern browser, tablet, smartphone, or even with no computer at all. Code.org’s own tutorial features Angry Birds, Plants vs. Zombies and video lectures from Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates.

13. 40,000 Teachers Participated
99% of participating teachers in Hour of Code 2013 want to participate again this year
And teachers were blown away by their students’ engagement and excitement.

14. Equity Videos Black Girls Code Ep #1: The Revolution will be mobilized
Black Girls Code: Bridging the Digital Divide a shorter piece on Black Girls Code.
She++ a film about getting more women to participate in computer science. The Advocacy page has a great video.
Articles
Google’s Report “Women who choose computer science—What really matters” Spoiler alert: it’s Social Encouragement, Self Perception, Academic Exposure, and Career Perceptions