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Read Robot Stories: Computer Science in Language Arts (and Vice Versa)
As teachers are asked to include more and more into their daily instruction, it’s easy to get overwhelmed! This can...
Read Scaffolding Student Creation of Computational Artifacts
Having students create their own computational artifacts can be an intimidating task. Learn about one approach to scaffolding a computer...
Read Scratch Encore: An Intermediate Scratch Curriculum Balancing Equity and Advanced Computing Content
As more and more introductory computer science courses are being taught in K–8 classrooms, there is an increasing need to...
Read ScratchEd Meetups: Participatory Professional Learning for Teachers!
Scratch is the most popular programming language for children, with over 46 million registered users. With Scratch, young people can...
Read Software That Runs on People: Computational Thinking in Board Games
Board games require players to follow algorithms, track variables, and execute controls in loops of taking turns. In this session,...
Read Speaking a New Language: Teaching CS to ELLs
As a trending area for students to explore, computer science includes an increasingly diverse group of learners. According to the...
Read STEM-Based AI Education in Professional Development for K-12 Teachers
AI represents a critical growth area for professional development programs for K–12 teachers, yet resources and training to support this...
Read Stop, Collaborate, and Listen: An Open Discussion on Inclusive Teaching Practices
Using tools for including all voices in decision-making, teachers, administrators and other school personnel will share ideas for supporting historically...
Read Strategies for Using Universal Design for Learning in K-5 CS
This workshop will provide teachers with hands-on, practical strategies for using the universal design for learning (UDL) framework to plan...
Read Strength in Numbers: Leveraging Collaborative Networks to Improve Your CS Teaching
In 2016, the US Department of Education reported that fewer than 600 computer science teachers were certified through state-approved certification...
Read Supporting Native Students in CS
About 90% of American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) students attend regular public school, with 8% attending school administered by...
Read Teaching 21st-Century Skills and Cyber–Street Smarts through Digital Forensics Science
Participants will be guided (through their own devices, by the highly experienced creators) into the Cyber Sleuth Science Lab, which...
Read Teaching AI Across K–12: What’s New?
AI is attracting increased attention due to its potential to enhance and/or disrupt our society. In August 2018, a group...
Read Teaching AP CS Principles with the Beauty and Joy of Computing
The Beauty and Joy of Computing (BJC) is a Computer Science Principles course that was developed at UC Berkeley for...
Read Teaching Data Science
Data science is a growth area in the application of programming beyond school, and few could argue that education has...
Read Teaching Ethical AI in High Schools
Artificial intelligence is a growing segment of computer science with significant ethical and cultural implications. This birds of a feather...
Read Teaching Techniques for Computer Science
This presentation will cover techniques for teaching computer science that are programming language– and tools-independent. The focus is on presenting...
Read The Unplugged Games You Didn’t Know Your CS Class Was Missing
Meaningful computer science learning happens when students feel comfortable taking risks in front of their peers. Over the last four...
Read Unplugged: Computer Science in the Early Grades
Structured play can provide opportunities to lay a strong foundation in STEAM skills that will be useful throughout a child’s...
Read Use-Modify-Create and Beyond: Planning Programming Lessons for All Kids
How and why are you planning your coding lessons? Learn about the Use-Modify-Create framework and how a focus on code...
Read Using a microbit with MakeCode
Absolute beginners are invited to experience a differentiated physical computing and computer science classroom that meets learners where they are....
Read Using a micro:bit with Scratch
Absolute beginners are invited to experience a differentiated physical computing and computer science classroom that meets learners where they are....
Read CS and Special Education: Improving Secondary Special Education Outcomes with Coding and Robotics
This mini-session will focus on using computer science concepts to enhance a variety of special education outcomes, engage special education...
Read Equitable Practices: Making Language Accessible in the AP CS classroom
Sheltered Instruction is a model from bilingual and ESL education that is widely used in mainstream classrooms to improve the...