CS Fundamentals Introduction

PDF of CS Fundamentals Introduction Agenda

Before Your Workshop

Review how things went during your Previous Workshop

• Review your feedback from teachers in the Workshop Dashboard to see what needs you can address and how you can continue to improve
• If you have a co-facilitator, talk about feedback for each other in how you can better prepare for the workshop together, how you run certain sessions, and other ways you can grow as individuals and a team
• Make a plan for actions you are going to take to improve

Logistics (Connect with Regional Partner if Coordinating)

Make sure you have a plan for getting:

• Supplies and materials
  • Make sure you look at which lessons you participants will explore, based on which model lesson option you select
• Food info (delivery times, contact info for caterer, etc)
• Time frame for use of venue (when can get in, when do you need to be out, etc)
• Make sure you have been added to the workshop on the workshop dashboard as a facilitator

Prepare for sessions

• Create a section for teachers to join via the join URL on their current teacher accounts. Assign that section to whatever course your plugged lesson is in
• Create local copies of all teacher-facing resources
  • CS Fundamentals Intro Workshop - Notes Template
    • Make bit.ly link to your copy of the shared notes document
  • CS Fundamentals Intro Workshop - Slides Template
    • Update slides to include information specific to your workshop
    • Bit.ly link to your notes
    • Break times
    • Lunch time
    • Your state snapshot from the /promote page
• Decide which lessons you will model. Throughout the workshop you will model two lessons (one unplugged and one plugged) and your participants will prepare one unplugged and one plugged lesson. In all cases, we want to show the progression of a concept from unplugged into a plugged lesson, so we’ve selected pairs of lesson progressions both for your model lessons (shown below) as well as for your participants. Note that the lessons your participants will prep and run will be based on your model lesson. You can read more about the set of lessons teachers will explore here

The guide for running the model lessons are linked in the table below. Click the link to the google document which gives the detailed breakdown of each model lesson option.

Morning Of

Create Necessary Materials

• Poster: In what context are you most interested in learning about CS Fundamentals?
  • k, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, teach all grades, not in the classroom (supporting teachers)
• Poster: Computer science definition
• Poster: Question parking lot
• Poster with bi.ly to shared notes document

Room Setup (using the supplies provided by regional partner):

• Power strips for teacher tables
• Reliable guest wifi - check this as early as possible
• Pods of 4 around the room with easy line of sight to the board/projector
• At each seat:
  • Curriculum guide, name tag, swag bag
• At each table:
  • Post its, markers, pens, scratch paper, candy
  • Table tent with a table number (needed for lesson assignments, also helpful during discussion)
• Posters up around the room:
  • In what context are you most interested in learning about CS Fundamentals? k, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, teach all grades, not in the classroom (supporting teachers)
  • Computer science definition
  • Question parking lot
  • Poster with bi.ly to shared notes document

Supplies

Goals

At the end of the workshop, teachers will know:

• The importance of CS for all students, and the teachers’ role in creating an environment where all students can learn equitably.
• How CS Fundamentals can be used as an avenue for getting CS to all students.
• What CS Fundamentals courses look like (lesson plans, online activities, unplugged activities).
• Which courses and lessons of CS Fundamentals are most appropriate for their students.

At the end of the workshop, teachers will have:

• A plan of action for starting to teach CSF.
• Long(er) term goals about how deep into the course they would like to try to get.
• Strategies for teaching CS Fundamentals lessons.
• A connection to the community of CS Fundamentals teachers.

Concerns?

If you need to raise concerns before or during the workshop about issues that require immediate attention (internet, health issues, etc.) you should contact your regional partner.