April 19th and 26th PD Days

• Lesson: Decoding Visual Media

  • Google Drive Resources

  • Lesson Plan

  • Slides

Middle-school:

The Computational Thinkers: Introduction to Image Representation 

• Slides

• Student Activity Guide

The Computational Thinkers: Introduction to Order of Operations

• Slides

• Student Activity Guide

Presentation:

• MaKenzie Johnson: Counselors for Computing, an NCWIT Program

• Slides

CS First:

• Teaching materials

• Curriculum (all)

• Storytelling lesson

Python example - Parts of a Story:

• https://trinket.io/python/0d626825d9

Slides:

• Incorporating CS into your language arts or foreign language classroom 

• Sphero

  • Getting Started

  • Sphero CS/NGSS Design Lesson

• Microbits

  • Getting started

  • Science Lessons

    • Electrical conductors

    • Getting active

    • Energy awareness

    • Health tech

  • Brain in a bag activity

  • 20-questions activity

  • Locked-in activity

  • Black-Footed Ferrets

  • NASA Hour of Code: 

    • Programming in Pencil Code

    • Heat Flow Programming Challenge

    • Robotics: Creating a Roving Science Lab

    • Build a Relay Inspired by Space Communications

    • Catching a Whisper from Space

• Elementary Art

  • Intro to Coding and Animation is a module composed of two 45-minute lessons and has options for extending into other self-paced activities

  • teacher guide

  • Google CS First resources

  • MDE Standard alignment: 

    • 1.3.2.4.2 Document spatial elements of a dance phrase by drawing a picture, using symbols, or utilizing technology.

  • CSTA Standard: 

    • 1B-AP-10 ]Create programs that include sequences, events, loops, and conditionals.

• Middle School Art

  • Art & Artificial Intelligence is a module composed of 5 lessons ranging from 20-60 minutes.

  • teacher guide

  • MIT Day of AI resources

  • MDE Standards alignment:

    • 4.9.2.2.2 Investigate the impact of technology on design choices in a work.

    • 5.7.2.3.2  Describe ethical responsibility when sharing original artwork through the internet and communication formats.

    • 2.7.5.9.1.  Analyze how to safely, ethically and intentionally develop digital identity when creating and presenting media artworks, through systematic communications.

  • CSTA Standards:

    • 2-IC-20 Compare tradeoffs associated with computing technologies that affect people's everyday activities and career options.

    • 3A-IC-30 Evaluate the social and economic implications of privacy in the context of safety, law, or ethics.

• High School Art

  • Art, Programming, and Digital Images is composed of three 60-minute lessons.

  • teacher guide

  • Code.org resources

  • MDE Standard alignment: 

    • 2.9.2.2.1 Apply aesthetic criteria in developing, proposing, and refining artistic ideas, plans, prototypes, and production processes for media artworks, considering original inspirations, audience and constraints.

  • CSTA Standards:

    • 2-AP-14 Create procedures with parameters to organize code and make it easier to reuse.

    • 3A-DA-09 Translate between different bit representations of real-world phenomena, such as characters, numbers, and images.

• MS/HS Music

  • Your Voice Is Power

    • Introduction with videos

    • EarSketch Digital Audio Workstation

    • Course Overview - At-A-Glance

      • Module 1 - Intro to EarSketch

      • Module 2 - Layers of Injustice & Creating a Script with Comments

      • Module 3 - Layers of Music (Activism and Equity)

      • Module 4 - Creating Your Soundbank, Variables, & Tracks

      • Module 5 - Song Structure—Every Song (and Person) Plays a Part

      • Module 6 - Messages, Chorus, & Custom Functions

      • Module 7 - Spirit Bear Guide & Calls to Action

      • Module 8 - Code Your Voice

    • Teacher Training YouTube video (1.5 hours)

Elementary Teachers (K-4)

• Grade 4 (ex) Reading & Math

• Grade 3 (ex) Reading & Math

Elementary Paraprofessionals

• Scratch Jr & Scratch "Task Cards"

• Questioning Cards for Paraprofessionals

Additional UDL Resources (specific to CS) - includes videos of strategies from the UDL CS/CT table

Case Studies Discussed:

•  Helpful Strategies for Peer Collaboration during K-12 CS Instruction

• Helpful Strategies for Paraeducators during K-12 Computer Science Instruction

• Helpful Strategies for Meeting the Needs of All Learners in K-12 Computer Science Through Co-Planning and Co-Teaching

Handouts for Paras + Specialists to Use with Students (TO BE ADDED):

• Questioning cards for paras:

  • Growth mindset, 21st century skills

  • CT Approaches

• Guidance cards for paras:

  • Debugging strategies (slide #1)

  • Peer collaboration strategies (slide #2)