In the Classroom

• Create book review sites
• Online portfolios
• Community Communication

Classroom Management Tips

Colored solo cups provide visual participation cues.

• Blue = Cool
• Yellow = I have a question, but I can continue working
• Red = HELP
• Students turn cup to a different color to monitor progress.
  • Students, "Flip your cup to yellow if your screen looks like the teacher's screen."

TechSperts

• Student helpers to assist with troubleshooting and debugging
• Provide "techspert" badges

Why Teach Computer Science

Coders are the architects and the engineers of the digital age.

1. Learn basic logic
2. Programming is communication- test, reflect, and adjust
3. Introduced in elementary- it becomes part of learning
4. Kids become empowered in experience, and confidence
5. If you wait until Middle or high- usually an elective...many don’t have time...or are afraid of it
6. Not limited to any field of study- integrated into all
7. All can contribute---struggling readers, ESL can still collaborate- level playing field
8. Not limited to technology class- every subject

• Known as the “new literacy”
• Prepares kids for their world
• Collaboration- learn to listen and talk effectively, listen and rethink
• Creativity
• Persistence- failure provides an avenue for learning
• Prepares for more rigorous programming later
• “By year 2020 there will be one million more computer science jobs than there are students- “Code.org
• Currently Only 20% of software programmers are women
• 2013 as the U.K. passed a plan to educate every child how to code. In 2014, Barack Obama made history as the first U.S. president to program a computer. Yet critics claim that often only the more affluent schools offer computer science courses, thus denying minorities potential to learn the skills required by the 1.4 million new jobs that will be created during the next ten years. http://www.edutopia.org/blog/15-ways-teaching-students-coding-vicki-davis