Day 1
01 Workshop Opener 02 Committing to Equity 03 Stretch 04 Parameters & Return Make & Inclusion 05 Stretch 06 Unit 7 Conclusions and Connections 07 Wrap Up

Session 4: Parameters and Return Make and Inclusion

20 minutes

lesson exploration

Purpose

This session allows participants the chance to deepen their understanding of parameters and return, or, if they are already familiar with the concept, better understand what students will see in this unit.

Finally, after the previous session, participants have started to consider and hear other ideas about creating an inclusive classroom. This session allows participants to build upon that thinking.

Objectives

  • Participants understand how to make choices when implementing lessons that support equity within the classroom.

Supplies & Prep

Workshop Modality:

  • Whole group
  • Breakout rooms

Facilitator Supplies:

Participant Materials:

  • None

Agenda

Looking at the Make Task (13 minutes)

Discussion (7 minutes)

Facilitation Guide

Looking at the Make Task (13 minutes)

Remarks

We are going to apply our definition of an “inclusive classroom” to a specific lesson plan. In this session you will have time to look at a lesson plan, activity guide, and Code Studio activities. We will then talk about what steps you can take during this lesson to create an inclusive classroom.

💷 Using the Context slide, provide participants with a brief context for the upcoming lesson.

Give participants about 13 minutes to do the task. After 13 minutes, ask participants to focus on the reflection questions and add their thoughts in their journals.

💷 Do This:

  • Open the lesson plan for U7L4. Skim the lesson plan, paying attention to the teaching tip.
  • Open the Activity Guide linked in the lesson plan. Skim the activity guide.
  • Open up the lesson on Code Studio and start doing Levels 1 and 2.
    • Note: It is not expected that you finish level 3, but instead you should be able to start the level and understand what challenges students might encounter when starting the level themselves.

💷 Reflection Questions:

  • What is your plan to intentionally create an inclusive classroom environment during this lesson?
  • Which students are you hoping to target with these plans?

Discussion (7 minutes)

(6 minutes) 💷 Breakout Room Share Out

Producer support: Prepare to put participants in groups of 3 in breakout rooms for 5 minutes.

Put participants in breakout rooms and have participants take notes in their designated slides using the following prompts:

  • What opportunities and challenges did you see to creating an inclusive classroom in this lesson?
  • Which students are you thinking of when you’re making decisions about how to implement lessons in your classroom?

As participants are writing in the slides, look for common themes or important ideas you want to discuss in the full group share-out. Specifically, look for:

  • Teachers who are planning on using the tools in the curriculum (such as the activity guide in the make lesson or debugging strategies in the practice lesson).
  • Teachers who have considered how students with specific identities may engage with the lesson/tasks more easily than others.
  • Teachers who have plans for supporting having high expectations of all students.
  • Teachers who have concrete plans for building relationships between students in class and between the teacher and student in class.

Producer support: Put participants in groups of 3 in breakout rooms for 5 minutes.

(1 minute) 💷 Wrap Up

Thank you for taking the time to look both at the content of the lesson and how to bring inclusion to your CS teaching practice. Both are integral parts to building your CS community.