Day 1
01 Intros 02 CSD Overview 03 Break 04 Model Lesson 1 05 Lunch 06 Model Lesson 2 07 Lesson Assignments 08 Break 09 Lesson Planning 10 Unit 1 Wrap Up 11 Fac. Debrief
Day 2
12 Intro to Unit 2 13 Model Lesson 3 14 Break 15 Lesson Planning 16 Lunch 17 TLO 1 18 Break 19 TLO 2 20 Scavenger Hunt 21 Instructional Strategies 22 Fac. Debrief
Day 3
23 Community 24 Getting Buy-In 25 Break 26 TLO 3 27 Debugging 28 Lunch 29 TLO 4 30 Break 31 TLO 5 32 Scavenger Hunt 33 Unit 2 Wrap Up 34 Fac. Debrief
Day 4
35 Equity 36 Recruiting 37 Break 38 Unit 3 Intro 39 TLO 6 40 Lunch 41 TLO 7 42 Break 43 TLO 8 44 Scenarios 45 Unit 3 Wrap Up 46 Fac. Debrief
Day 5
47 Preparing for the Year 48 Assessment 49 Break 50 Planning 51 Lunch 52 Local Flex Time 53 Closing Ceremonies 54 End Early & Friday Facilitator Debrief

Session 38: Introduction to Unit 3

25 minutes

facilitator presentation

Purpose

Kick off Unit 3 by helping teachers see a little about what the unit is.

Objectives

  • Understand the high level goals of Unit 3.

Supplies & Prep

Room Setup:

  • Normal Breakout Room Set Up

Facilitator Supplies and Prep:

Teacher Materials:

Agenda

Unit 3 Kick Off (20 minutes)

Facilitation Guide

Unit 3 Kick Off (20 minutes)

Content Corner

Unit 3 is on pages 10 - 12 in the Curriculum Guide.

(5 min) Introduction to Unit 3

Using the slides and Curriculum Guide as a guide go over:

  • Structure of the unit
  • Concepts covered in the unit (including defining key terms used in the unit)
  • Types of lessons
  • Introduce Game Lab - The TLOs will do this so don't go into too much depth
  • The specific lessons that are introduced at this workshop
  • How is this connected to Unit 2 (communicating in a language for a computer)

(6 min) Programming For Entertainment

Discussion Goal

The goal here is to get participants to reflect more critically on why people seek out entertainment. Participants are likely to come up with "boredom" as a common answer, but push them to think more deeply about what their chosen form of entertainment actually does for them - what problem does it solve. Potential answers include:

  • Escape from difficult reality
  • Connection with others
  • Learning or experiencing new things
  • Sparking creativity

Discuss:

  • What is your favorite form of entertainment, and what problem does it solve for you?
  • How do you think your favorite form of entertainment is impacted by CS?

(3 min) Previously on... for next TLO

  • Using the slides, fill in the gap of the lessons or activities they would have seen between the last lesson and this one.
    • Remind teachers that yesterday we wrapped up Unit 2
    • Now we are starting Unit 3
      • Unit 3 Lesson 1 - We did some stuff from the lesson which introduces programming for entertainment during the unit kick off. Students also do some research.