Focusing on Problem-Centered Programming Instruction Stephen Hughes (Coe College) and J. Philip East (U North Iowa) shughes@coe.edu east@cs.uni.edu In 2013, Stephen and Philip began discussing what programming instruction might look like if it focused on the problems being programmed rather than … Continue reading →

Using Minecraft in the MS to Teach Programming: Bob Irving Bob Irving, Porter-Gaud School, SC birving@portergaud.com @birv2 www-bob-irving.com – Background – not CS teacher, was English teacher. Minecraft has taken the world by storm. Its quirky, 8-bit graphics and open … Continue reading →

Out of Your Seat Comp Sci: Coding Using the Kinect (Doug Bergman) www.innovativeteacher.org @dougbergman Doug Bergman, Porter-Gaud School, Charleston SC – K-12 In this session we looked at code and coding for kinetic movement in the Computer Science classroom using the … Continue reading →

TouchDevelop and the CCGA course- Michael Braun and Peli de Halleux Would you like to integrate coding into any grade-level classroom? Peli de Halleux of Microsoft Research and Michael Braun K-12 Computer Science Teacher  shared a revolutionary new web-based technology … Continue reading →

Josh Caldwell from code.,org, Kiki Prottsman (Kiki vs IT) and Evelyn Zayas tweet at @teachCode, #CodeorgPD The complete Course 1-3 curriculum book is located here:https://code.org/curriculum/docs/k-5/complete.pdf Course 1 – non-readers Course 2 – readers ( https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ztZYKsDpM-365DCyZ0Wr_1WyOCNMqZ91n_mtVmzZQmA/edit ) You will find helpful … Continue reading →

Sunday 12  July – Computer Science Teachers Association Workshop – Media Computation in Python Mark Guzdial and Barbara Ericson, Georgia Tech This session provided insight into a different approach to learning programming in Python by using it to directly manipulate (at content … Continue reading →