Educators facilitate learning by integrating computational thinking practices into the classroom. Since computational thinking is a foundational skill, educators develop every student’s ability to recognize opportunities to apply computational thinking in their environment.
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5.a Account for Learner Variability
5.a Account for Learner Variability
Evaluate and use CS and CT curricula, resources and tools that account for learner variability to meet the needs of all students.
5.b Empower Student Choice
5.b Empower Student Choice
Empower students to select personally meaningful computational projects.
5.c Vary Instructional Approaches
5.c Vary Instructional Approaches
Use a variety of instructional approaches to help students frame problems in ways that can be represented as computational steps or algorithms to be performed by a computer.
5.d Use Alternative Assessments
5.d Use Alternative Assessments
Establish criteria for evaluating CT practices and content learning that use a variety of formative and alternative assessments to enable students to demonstrate their understanding of age-appropriate CS and CT vocabulary, practices and concepts.
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This activity allowed me to really experience facilitating. The role of facilitation in education is to assist students both inside and outside the classroom. Educators provide guidance and supply resources so that students can practice inquiry and critical thinking through brainstorming and observing. This is a form of student-centered learning that works really well if student interest is present.
Educators facilitate learning by integrating computational thinking practices into the classroom. Since computational thinking is a foundational skill, educators develop every student’s ability to recognize opportunities to apply computational thinking in their environment.
💎Standard:5.D Use Alternative Assessments
Establish criteria for evaluating CT practices and content learning that use a variety of formative and alternative assessments to enable students to demonstrate their understanding of age-appropriate CS and CT vocabulary, practices, and concepts.
During this activity, I had it planned to assess students through Flip. After taking note of the available time along with student interest, I decided it would be best to take a more informal verbal assessment and facilitate an assessment through open-ended questions that require inquiry and CT skills. I was still able to gauge learning even with a change in time. Flexibility at its finest.
💎Standard: 5.A Account for Learner Variability
Evaluate and use CS and CT curricula, resources, and tools that account for learner variability to meet the needs of all students.
My activity had a lot of variability to accommodate for student reading level and engagement. My Hero Story uses AI to create a digital picture book that students can flip through. It had an audio system that could read the story to the students to assist those with lower reading levels and save time. The observation of the soil was sensory-friendly. Students could feel around in the tubs of soil and use magnifying glasses to observe the soil. The kids had a great time with this activity, and the posters were laminated, so I could re-use this activity in my own classroom one day!
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