November 2022 PD
Deepening CS Integration
Duluth Public Schools PD
The goal of the Deepening CS Integration project is to have Duluth Public Schools K-12 teachers participate in professional development with the aim of enabling teachers to implement a computer science (CS) integrated lesson of 2-5 hours aligned to new MDE CS-integrated standards in their classroom.
On November 17 and 28, 2022, a group of 42 teachers and specialists from Duluth Public Schools gathered for hands-on activities and training on how to adapt lessons for their courses. Expand the items below to view digital resources from both nights, including links to slides and lesson plans.
Part 1: November 17 - What is Computer Science?
The goals for this day were for participants to be able to:
Explain what is Computer Science and how it relates to Computational Thinking
Write a program that uses an algorithm
Resources:
Hands-on Computer Science Activities
Algorithms and Programming Basics (PencilCode activity slides)
Part 2: November 28 - Integrating Computer Science
The goals for this day were for participants to be able to:
Identify key characteristics of a quality CS-integrated lesson
Identify pedagogical strategies to support students marginalized in computing
Be familiar with the CS lesson(s) for their subject area
Resources:
CS/CT Integration
Subject-area breakout lessons and materials
Arts
Physical Science - Graphing Motion with Spheros (lesson) (slides)
Biology: Viral spread simulation (Sphero of Influence website) (lesson) (slides 1) (slides 2) (worksheet)
Math
Image Representation (slides) (student activity guide)
Order of Operations (slides) (student activity guide)