MS PLC #2
October 3, 2017
PLC Resources
PLC Resources
Hispanic Heritage Month
September 15 - October 15
Technolochicas (videos showing Latinas in technology) -- both English and Spanish!
Learn to Code with El Chavo (elementary)
Why I Code (features a Latina female in high school)
Google Plus- Best Practices Share
Scratch Student Project Checklist (Marsland, Lee and Peery)
Scratch/AI Bugs/Suggestions log (Mackenzie)
Logic Puzzles for sub plans. (Barrios)
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month, you can show some great, quick videos from Technolochicas that show Latinas and different careers related to tech and CS. All videos are available in both English and Spanish! (Twarek)
Demoing/fish-bowling groups or pairs working together and debriefing what was successful/what could have been better (Lee)
Mini lessons before handing out laptops is super helpful in curbing student attention! when they come into class (Kalligeros)
For Do Now. I have simple codes ready and allow student to run your code to see the output. Prize for the 1st student who can describe or draw the output. (Vong)
Create a Scratch Studio for each student project. Students have to comment and like at least one new project each day. (Remer)
Getting former students who passed your class to be a Teacher Asst. to help "lost" students, make copies for your class, support EL's, etc. (Loughran)
Make good use of the provided videos. The video is a huge asset for Sped and ELD students. (Vong)
Other Resources
Announcements & Reminders
We are working with the Department of Technology and Code.org to resolve the Code.org connectivity issues quickly. Thanks for your patience!
Want to show Flocabulary videos? Great! Ask us for a username / password to use.
Please ask teachers at your site to complete brief survey. (message to send)
You can check out Makey Makeys, Spheros, and Micro:Bits from the CS team!
Have all students complete surveys! bit.ly/presurvey-en / bit.ly/postsurvey-en
Consider starting or supporting a Technovation team at your school!