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ISTE 2012 presentation
ISTE Presentation
Curriculum
Based on ISTE’s NETS.S and ACM K-12 Computer Science Model
- Computer hardware
- Binary numbers
- Programming using Scratch
- Creating art through programming
- Designing and building Math/Science games
- Using Google sites as ePortfolios
ISTE Presentation Handouts
Building Math Games using MIT's Scratch :Lesson plan
Twitter #isteScratch (discussion of ISTE12 session)
Articles on creativity and programming
- Fostering Creativity and Innovation through Technology.
- ISTE's Learning & Leading with Technology, March/April 2012
- Why Should Fifth Graders Learn to Program?
- KQED MindShift, June 2011
Contact
Sheena Vaidyanathan
sheena@computersforcreativity.com
STEM through Creative Computer Science and Collaborative Game Design
[Concurrent Session : Lecture]
Wednesday, 6/27/2012, 1:15pm–2:15pm, SDCC 23AB
Learn to teach programming and game design with MIT's free Scratch software. Lesson plans from a successful STEM program that benefited approximately 500 students. Recommended by ISTE's SIGGS, SIGCT
Los Altos School District in Los Altos, San Francisco Bay Area, California offers all 6th graders a weekly C-STEM program. cSTEM teaches Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) subjects through the 3 C’s – Creativity, Collaboration and Computer Science.
Students learn the critical digital age skill of computational thinking through computer programming using MIT’s Scratch programming language.
Approximately 500 sixth graders across 7 schools attend the weekly program.
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