Computational Thinking

Thinking like a computer scientist :

How do I formulate the problem

so it can be solved by a computer?

VIDEOS THAT EXPLAIN CT WITH EXAMPLES

CT example at Google https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1mNf6_YqZM

CT video from Google https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVVB5RQfYxk

Code.org lesson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=injJWiSA0pw

What is CT from CSTA and ISTE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFcUgSYyRPg

GOOD ARTICLES THAT EXPLAIN WHAT IS CT

Scratch website explaining CT

http://scratched.gse.harvard.edu/ct/defining.html

Computer Science Teacher Assoc (CSTA) CT resources

https://csta.acm.org/Curriculum/sub/CompThinking.html

https://csta.acm.org/Curriculum/sub/CurrFiles/CTExamplesTable.pdf

https://csta.acm.org/Curriculum/sub/CurrFiles/472.11CTTeacherResources_2ed-SP-vF.pdf

March issue of CSTA Voice - good article by Irene

https://csta.acm.org/Communications/sub/CSTAVoice_Files/csta_voice_03_2016.pdf

UK version on CT

http://barefootcas.org.uk/barefoot-primary-computing-resources/concepts/computational-thinking/

NGSS article on CT

http://static.nsta.org/files/ss1403_10.pdf

Jeannette Wing's ACM article that brought this phrase to focus

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/usr/wing/www/publications/Wing06.pdf

Mark Guzdial's Blog article that explains it well

http://computinged.wordpress.com/2011/03/22/a-definition-of-computational-thinking-from-jeanette-wing/

OTHER Articles

CT LESSON PLANS

NorthWestern site with lesson plans for CT in Science and Math

http://ct-stem.northwestern.edu/

http://ct-stem.northwestern.edu/lesson-plans/

Google CT online course

https://computationalthinkingcourse.withgoogle.com/course

Google CT resources

https://www.google.com/edu/resources/programs/exploring-computational-thinking/index.html#!home

Another resource that explains it

http://www.cs4fn.org/computationalthinking/