Day 1
01 Welcome 02 Intro to CSP 03 Break 04 Course & Exam 05 Previously on... 06 Model Lesson #1: U1L2 07 Lunch 08 Model Lesson #2: U1L3 09 Break 10 Binary Number Systems 11 Plugged and Unplugged Lessons 12 Understanding the Lesson 13 Wrap-up
Day 2
14 The Teacher's Role 15 Role in Assessment 16 Break 17 Implementation Plan 18 TLO #1: U1L7 19 Previously on... 20 Lunch 21 TLO #2: U1L9 22 Break 23 TLO #3: U1L10 24 Unit 1 - Connections 25 Assessment 26 Wrap Up
Day 3
27 Ourselves & Our Position 28 Break 29 Previously, On… Unit 2 30 TLO #4: U2L2 31 TLO #5: U2L3 32 Lunch 33 Addressing Unconscious Bias 34 Break 35 TLO #6: U2L4 36 Unit 2 Connections 37 Identity and Bias 38 Wrap-up
Day 4
39 Recruiting & Retaining Students 40 Break 41 Previously, On...Unit 3 42 TLO #7: U3L2 43 Previously, on… U3L3 - 4 44 Lunch 45 TLO #8: U3L6 46 Break 47 Previously on… U3L7 48 Model Lesson #3: U3L8 49 Unit 3 Connections 50 Belonging and Differentiation 51 Wrap Up
Day 5
52 Mapping Equity 53 Values and Assessment 54 Break 55 Assessment Approach 56 Code.org Platform 57 Lunch 58 AP Scavenger Hunt 59 Planning Your Year 60 Closing Ceremonies

Session 56: Guided Tour of the Code.org Platform

60 minutes

discussion-based

Purpose

In this session, participants get familiar with navigating the Code.org website, especially how you use it to manage a class.

Objectives

  • Participants will gain familiarity with managing the Code.org website from the “teacher” perspective.

Supplies & Prep

Room Setup:

  • Normal breakout room setup

Facilitator Supplies:

Participant Materials:

Agenda

Guided Tour of the Code.org Platform (60 minutes)

Facilitation Guide

Guided Tour of the Code.org Platform (60 minutes)

Facilitator Tip

If there are things you don’t know how to do, please model looking these things up at support.code.org. It is a well-documented list of questions that we want to encourage participants to use. It is also possible that you cannot do all of this during this time. Use the question parking lot for additional questions and address them in the closure for the day.

(4 minutes) Brainstorm

  • What questions do you have about the Code.org platform?
  • What things do you want to be able to do ?

1 minute: Think
1 minute: Pair
2 minutes: Share out

(1 minute) Describe the Destinations on the Guided Tour

At a high level, we will be talking about the following topics:

  1. Setting up and managing sections
  2. Viewing and Assessing Student Work
  3. Forum
  4. Bug Reporting

(10 minutes) Setting Up and Managing Sections

Note: As a facilitator, you will be leading participants from your laptop. There are minimal directions on slides since much of this is a live demo.

Walk though the following with participants:

(2 minutes) Creating a Class

  • Have everyone create a class and assign Unit 1 to the section they created.
  • Show the different log-in types and point out the integration with Google Classroom.

(2 minutes) Getting students to join a class

  • Have each elbow pair “join” their elbow buddy’s section that they just created.

(1 minute) See Sections

  • Have participants view the sections they have created and sections they are a part of.

(2 minutes) Change the Unit Assigned to Your Section

  • Have participants change the assigned unit to their classrooms.

(3 minutes) Finding and Hiding Units and Lessons

  • Have participants “hide” a set of lessons.
    • Demonstrate switching to “student view” using the pull out bar on the right-hand side
  • Demonstrate how to get to the lesson plans from the Code.org website
    • Show the curriculum.code.org website as another option (suggestion: bookmark the curriculum.code.org website)

(25 minutes) Viewing and Assessing Student Work

Remarks

(8 minutes) First we need to generate student work to see. As a student, in your elbow buddy’s section, go into the following spots and put in SOME response.

Facilitator Tip

It is recommended that you and your co-facilitator do this ahead of time so you can model what the responses look like in this practice section.

Levels:

  1. Multiple Choice - Unit 1, Lesson 2, Level 2
  2. Free Response - Unit 1, Lesson 7, Level 8
  3. App Lab Programming Level - Unit 3, Lesson 7, Level 6
  4. Submittable Level - Unit 3, Lesson 10, Level 2

(3 minutes) Have participants view the work their partner submitted in their section

  • Show how to export it to a .CSV file
  • Show how to give feedback on the submittable level

(2 minutes) Have participants view the sample solutions on the Unit 3 final project

(12 minutes) Have participants start a new project in App Lab (outside of any specific lesson - this can just be a one screen app with text on it, nothing fancy)

  • Then have them close the tab and try to find their project again
  • Emphasize that students can “free play” in App Lab but it does show ALL of the commands which can be overwhelming to new to CS students
  • Have participants “share” their new project with their elbow buddy
  • Have the elbow buddy re-mix the project and add something to the app.

(7 minutes) The Forum

(1 minute) Demonstrate getting to the forum from a lesson plan

(2 minutes) Describe the role of the forum in supporting teachers

  • It is moderated every day
  • It helps create a community
  • Describe how you have used the forum or seen it used if relevant
  • Remind participants that with the new version of the curriculum, the old lesson numbers are not relevant

(4 minutes) Encourage participants to poke around the forum for the remaining time. Suggested tasks include:

  • Find an assessment (or assessment idea) a teacher created to supplement a CS Principles lesson
  • Find a post where one teacher (not Code.org staff) helped another teacher. Give them a “heart”!

(12 minutes) Support.code.org and reporting a bug

(3 minutes) Have participants search for “pair programming” on support.code.org and describe what “turning on pair programming” looks like and does

(3 minutes) Share out answers as a room

(3 minutes) If there are questions that they still have, encourage participants to look them up at support.code.org

(3 minutes) Show participants where to report a bug

  • From a Code.org level
  • From a lesson plan

(1 minute) Wrap-up

Remarks

Most importantly, feel free to play around on the Code.org platform. It might take some time to feel comfortable navigating, but soon you will find your favorite tools and features on the site.