Educators continually improve their practice by developing an understanding of computational thinking and its application as a cross-curricular skill. Educators develop a working knowledge of core components of computational thinking, such as decomposition, gathering and analyzing data, abstraction, algorithm design; and how computing impacts people and society.
5.1 a)Set professional learning goals to explore and apply teaching strategies for integrating CT practices into learning activities in ways that enhance student learning of both the academic discipline and CS concepts.
5.1 b)Learn to recognize where and how computation can be used to enrich data or content to solve discipline-specific problems and be able to connect these opportunities to foundational CT practices and CS concepts.
5.1 c)Leverage CT and CS experts, resources and professional learning networks to continuously improve practice integrating CT across content areas.
5.1 d)Develop resilience and perseverance when approaching CS and CT learning experiences, build comfort with ambiguity and open-ended problems, and see failure as an opportunity to learn and innovate.
5.1 e)Recognize how computing and society interact to create opportunities, inequities, responsibilities and threats for individuals and organizations.
Using code.org, it taught me how loops are a programming element that repeats a portion of code a set number of times until the desired process is complete. Learning to recognize and use enrich data to help solve specific problems. Repetitive tasks are daily in programming; loops are essential to save time and minimize errors.
5.1 b)Learn to recognize where and how computation can be used to enrich data or content to solve discipline-specific problems and be able to connect these opportunities to foundational CT practices and CS concepts.
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By using Lego Education 2.0, we made "ICE CUBE". I was able to use different CT and CS techniques. In this lab, we used WeDo 2.0 legos to learn how to create something out of the legos to make it move and make music. ( 5 .1 c)- Leverage CT and CS experts, resources, and professional learning networks to improve practice integrating CT across content areas continuously.
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Incorporating DroneBlocks into computer science and computational thinking education helps students build technical skills and cultivates essential soft skills such as resilience, problem-solving such as open-ended questions, creativity, and a growth mindset.
5.1 d)Develop resilience and perseverance when approaching CS and CT learning experiences, build comfort with ambiguity and open-ended problems, and see failure as an opportunity to learn and innovate.
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At the iCreate lab, I had the opportunity to explore a large format printer/vinyl cutter and was able to make stickers from it for our activity. Using these resources, we can apply teaching strategies for students to learn academic discipline and CS concepts.
5.1 a)Set professional learning goals to explore and apply teaching strategies for integrating CT practices into learning activities in ways that enhance student learning of both the academic discipline and CS concepts.
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