Curriculum and Materials Selection and Refinement

In the summer of 2019, the Technology Instructor and Integrationist will develop the first quarter’s curriculum with a focus on Computer Science fundamentals. This will provide time to build lessons based on the Iowa Computer Science Standards and Iowa Core Curriculum (21st Century Skills, Universal Constructs, and Career Exploration).

Our plan includes having a Professional Development day once every quarter throughout the 2019 - 2020 school year. These days will provide opportunities to review and reflect on previous lessons while looking ahead to our robotics lessons that will be taught in the third quarter of school.

Data from the yearly student engagement surveys will help the Technology Instructor and Technology Integrationist make adjustments in the curriculum to better meet the students’ instructional needs.

In the following school year (2020-2021), we will utilize the same amount of days to focus on developing lessons for computer programming for the second quarter and Makerspace activities for the fourth quarter. We will also use this time to incorporate career exploration opportunities with input from the business partners.

Alignment to Iowa Computer Science Standards

We have aligned our PK-3 Curriculum to the Iowa Computer Science Standards to document the grade level where various standards are being taught. The document to that information can be found here .

Curriculum Resources

We have developed our computer science curriculum by using a variety of sources:

• Code.org
• Common Sense Media
• Dash
• Click here for a list of books purchased.

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Curriculum and Materials