Time: 30 mins
Welcome to our take-home professional development course, where you will create a physical
computing artifact based on a story from your life, design a visual narrative
of your story, add circuitry, program your LEDs to convey your story, and more!
This curriculum blends Indian education with computer science standards and can
be run in any classroom, as it implements math, science, ELA, social studies,
and visual arts standards for grades 4-6.
In this professional development, we will address:
- engaging CS pedagogical content through IEFA
- how to introduce CS to your students
- computational practices that work for all learners
- alternative methods of assessing student learning.
Before the lessons begin, take some time to review some materials concerning
computer science education.
CS in Montana
Guiding Framework
- Open Guiding Framework
- How do the four principles relate to each other?
- How do the four principles impact student identity?
- How do the four principles appear in your classroom already?