Day 1
01 Welcome 02 Apps&Tools 03 Lesson Investigation 04 Pause 05 Lesson Reflection 06 Wrap Up
Day 2
07 Welcome 08 Conclusions and Connections 09 Pause 10 Equity 11 Wrap Up

Session 1: Welcome

13 minutes

facilitator presentation

Purpose

This session is intended to orient participants to the synchronous meeting and revisit topics from the asynchronous work. The primary goal is to make sure participants are unblocked from anything that came up for them during the asynchronous work so they are ready to fully engage in the content of the synchronous agenda.

Objectives

  • Misconceptions and existing questions have been asked and answered
  • Participants are thinking about how things are going and what they want to work on/get help with

Supplies & Prep

Workshop Modality:

  • Whole Group
  • Individual

Facilitator Supplies:

Teacher Supplies:

  • Computer with webcam
  • Video conferencing software

Agenda

Opening Logistics (6 minutes)

Question and Answer (5 minutes)

Overview (2 minutes)

Facilitation Guide

Opening Logistics (6 minutes)

(4 minutes) As Participants Join the Workshop

Producer Instructions: As people join, welcome them. If possible, test their audio/video quickly just by having them say “hi". Enter links to take attendance and access the day’s slides, in the chat frequently as people join so they can complete the activity.

As participants join the workshop, have them do the following:

  • Take attendance. (Visit the workshop dashboard to get your workshop attendance)
  • Have teachers add their information to the Attendance Slides to identify what participants are looking forward to and gauge the mood in the meeting.

(1 minute) Review Tech and Engagement Norms

  • Quick reminder of how to support a positive learning virtual experience both with technology and engagement norms.
  • Review suggested roles that participants can self-select when they are in breakout rooms.

(1 minute) Agenda Overview

  • Questions and answers from asynchronous work
  • Intro to Circuit Playground
  • Lesson Investigation of the Model Lesson
  • Lesson Investigation Reflection
  • Alternatives to Unit 6
  • Wrap up

Question and Answer (5 minutes)

(5 minutes) Question and Answer

Facilitator Prep for Question and Answer:

  • Review the “Questions from Asynchronous Work” chart in the shared slide deck. Answer any questions that have a clear answer.

  • Select questions from the chart that should be discussed as a whole group

  • Identify questions that can be presented to the whole group for ideas
    • Example question: “How can I guide students through the debugging process when they are clearly frustrated?”
    • Example response: “Does anyone in the group have an idea for addressing this situation?”
  • Identify questions that you do not know how to answer
    • Reach out to the facilitator community over slack
    • Send a message to facilitators@code.org

  • Identify questions that have a clear answer, but need a deeper explanation

    • Decide how you will articulate your response to the group

  • Once you have identified the questions you will include in this session and how you will address them, list them below in the order in which you will ask them. You might not get to all of them here, so list them in order of priority. Also think about how much time you will allow for each question in order to stay within the allotted time for this session.

Overview (2 minutes)

(2 minutes) Remarks

Remarks

Today we will focus on Unit 6: Physical Computing which is about students exploring the connection between hardware and software using the Circuit Playground and App Lab in Code Studio. The intent of this workshop and Module 8 is to support you in planning and teaching Unit 6 to students, in person, with the Circuit Playground (with the assumption that eventually schools will return to in-person classrooms in the future). However, distance learning presents challenges for teaching Unit 6.

We will look at alternative units to Unit 6, which were introduced in the asynchronous work, for you to consider with distance learning. We will also consider a third option for those who want to simulate using the Circuit Playground in a virtual setting with Microsoft MakeCode this year. We will discuss these suggested alternatives to help you identify what option might be best for you and your students.

Today we will become familiar with the lessons in order to prepare for the future when we can teach students Unit 6 in-person with Circuit Playgrounds. We should not plan on teaching Unit 6 without Circuit Playgrounds available to students.