K-8 Computer Science Curriculum, Resources and Training
The #CSinSF rollout has been a great success so far. In less than 3 years, we now serve over 50 schools in SF, reaching about half of K-8 students in SFUSD- about 10,000 students. Something that is clear- from Continue Reading
Fall 2017 was extremely productive for everyone on the #CSinSF team! My role as Computer Science Content Specialist allowed me to focus on Curriculum Development, Teacher Training, supporting Implementation at school sites, and my own Professional Learning. A look back Continue Reading
Overview of PD: Workshop focusing on using Design Practices in Computer Science courses Where: Thurgood Marshall High School Innovation Lab (Ilab) Who: SFUSD CS Teachers from 11 Middle Schools schools Why: … …Before we define What we are doing, lets Continue Reading
CSinSF Middle School PLC #1 The CSinSF initiative provides monthly collaborative training for all SFUSD middle school computer science teachers. We meet the first Tuesday of each month during the school year to eat, commune, learn about CS, and Continue Reading
CSinSF CS Discoveries Training 2017-18 will be the 3rd year of the CS in SF rollout, SFUSD’s initiative to provide all K-8 students with high quality computer science instruction. In support of this goal, the SFUSD CS Team held Continue Reading
Phoenix TeacherCon Day 1 Reflection “I’m hotter than a hundred degrees with my coat on Playing with a dynamite stick, where did I go wrong?” -Method Man, “Redbull” An exciting, and very hot, Day 1 at Code.org’s Phoenix Continue Reading
Updates to CS 2: App Inventor for 2017-18 Overview of 2016-17 Course In 2016-17, as part of the SFUSD’s K-8 CS rollout, 11 San Francisco Public middle schools added CS Course 2: App Inventor, which builds on the computer science Continue Reading