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Lots happening in the Champaign Public Schools with regard to the Hour of Code this week. The best place to read about it is Charles Shultz’s wonderful blog, Citizen4
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Revised Collaborative Discussion Framework
As part of the project to write curriculum modules connecting mathematics and computational thinking, the Kenwood team has revised the Collaborative Discussion Framework to align with the Standards for Mathematical Practice (SMP). Of course, there will be more changes and we’ll post updates on the CTRL-Shift site.
Congratulations to Todd Lash
We just learned that Todd Lash has been asked to serve as the Grades K-6 Representative on the CSTA 2015 – 2016 Standards Revision Task Force. This is, no doubt, a recognition of his incredible work these past three years in leading the Computational Thinking effort at Kenwood Elementary School. Todd has also been part of of an active social media presence for #CSK8 #KenwoodStars #kidscancode @EdCampCU among others.
CS4H Pilot In the News
New Version of the CS4H Manual
For the past year, a group of faculty, students, and staff at UIUC have been working on an Introduction to Computer Science using Scratch. We call the project, CS4H. We have piloted it with 4-H club facilitators, students, and teachers.Responses so far have been positive, and we believe that young people and adults can just pick it up and start working with Scratch. The content is organized around key computer science concepts of Sequence, Iteration, Conditionals, Variables, and Modularization. Use the link below to download the pdf.
CS4H youth guide Aug7 (pdf)
In addition, Travis Faust has written up a colorful guide to the Scratch blocks.
ScratchDocBooklet (pdf)
New users of Scratch should find this guide a handy index.