Blog Post
CS for All Teachers Ambassador Omar Shepherd's video series on AI
Submitted by CS for All Teachers on Fri, 05/13/2022 - 4:17 pm EDT
Save the Date for Day of AI!
Discussion
Evaluating Websites
Submitted by Rebekah Lang on Mon, 03/21/2022 - 1:49 pm EDT
April Fools Day would be a fun day to teach students how to evaluate websites for credibility.
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Exploring Computer Science through Physical Computing with the Raspberry Pi!
Submitted by Omar Shepherd on Fri, 03/18/2022 - 3:41 am EDT
Exploring Computer Science through Physical Computing with the Raspberry Pi
Discussion
Twosday Binary Fun
Submitted by Rebekah Lang on Sun, 02/20/2022 - 10:06 pm EST
This Twosday (2/22/22) could be a fun day to teach students about binary numbers (base 2)! One of my favorite elementary binary activities is binary bracelets from Code.org.
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Another Resource for Safer Internet Day!
Submitted by Michele Lombardi on Thu, 02/10/2022 - 12:04 pm EST
Just noticed a link to Google's new curriculum and interactive game for cyber safety, "Be Internet Awesome."
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Safer Internet Day
Submitted by Rebekah Lang on Tue, 02/08/2022 - 10:30 am EST
Today is Safer Internet Day!
Discussion
Teaching Flowcharts?
Submitted by Rebekah Lang on Wed, 02/02/2022 - 10:41 pm EST
Does anyone here teach flowcharts to elementary students? I recently had this thought that flowcharts could be a great way to introduce sequencing, selection, and iteration (the building blocks of an algorithm) to elementary students.
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A Tynker Coding Project for Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Submitted by Rebekah Lang on Sun, 01/16/2022 - 6:56 pm EST
Here is a Tynker coding project to honor Rev. Dr.
Discussion
Why Teach CS in Elementary School?
Submitted by Rebekah Lang on Tue, 12/21/2021 - 10:30 am EST
I'm starting to compile a list of resources to answer the question, "Why teach computer science in elementary school?" (Which leads to the bigger question, "Why should we invest resources into elementary school computer science education?")
Blog Post
They Loved Coding! Now What??
Submitted by Yolanda Payne on Mon, 09/27/2021 - 2:06 pm EDT
In a previous blog post, I wrote about my path to becoming a teacher of computer science and provided some tips to educators finding themselves in a similar situation of being “volun-told” to tea