This presentation will focus on having students evaluate each others work, developing computer science skills through analyzing errors in code. Teachers will learn how to assist students in empowering themselves to conduct their own assessment of their work.
Hi everyone!
Sean and I are excited to unveil the first iteration of the CS Pedagogy Meetup. We alluded to this at the end of last year and were already experimenting w/ the format. The goal of the new name and format is to provide a space for CS teachers to share and exchange valuable pedagogical knowledge and practice from their classrooms. More specifically, at each meetup we plan on highlighting knowledgeable teachers and providing them a platform to present on a high leverage practice or set of practices they use in teaching CS.
To that end, each meetup will have a few presentations / workshops for attendees to choose from (starting with 4 sessions, 2 running concurrently). By the end of the year, well have a repository of lessons that cater to a wide audience with content/strategies that cover both advanced and novice material. The sessions themselves will be 75-90 min total, including Q&A. These talks will not just be slides / one way sharing of learnings. For each session, we want the educators to actively engage with the topic--the more interactive the better (production of artifact and/or engagement in an activity). Also attendees should be able to take at least one practice back from the session and implement it in their classroom.
For the inaugural CS Pedagogy Meetup, we are honored to have Dr. Cynthia Solomon, one of the creators of LOGO with us, along with other experienced educators. We are still finalizing all the topics, so check back :)
> Cynthia Solomon -Computer Cultures: Logo, Scratch and Beyond
I plan on looking at Logo and Scratch as two coding environments designed specifically for kids. They were both heavily influenced by Seymour Papert and his thinking about children, computers, and powerful ideas. Each has lead to its own computer cultures as formed by the interactions of teachers and learners. Creative, playful, imaginative experiences are likely. However, teacher influences on project choices and their views of the merits of debugging strongly influence what kids do and how they think about what they are doing.
> Eric Allatta -CSP Approaches and Strategies
Computer Science Principles (CSP) is a new Advanced Placement course designed to expand participation in computer science by expanding the breadth of computer science curriculum. Students read and write much more in CSP than in a traditional CS course. CSP also demands large stretches (23 hours) of student-structured class time. This workshop will focus on a variety of approaches and strategies that assist the teacher in preparing students for the success on the course assessments. Eric is a CS teacher at the Academy for Software Engineering (AFSE) and intrepid leader of the evening meetup series.
> Jason Bissonnette - Peer Evaluation and Error Analysis
This presentation will focus on having students evaluate each others work, developing computer science skills through analyzing errors in code. Teachers will learn how to assist students in empowering themselves to conduct their own assessment of their work.
Jason is a CS teacher at the Eagle Academy for Young Men. Here is a video of Jason talking about his involvement w/ TEALS. Jason is also part of the SEP program.
> Sean Stern - Reading CS: Explicit Strategies to Help EVERY Student Engage with CS Textbooks, Tutorials, and Guides
CS education at the secondary and post-secondary levels often assume students come prepared to independently comprehend technical CS texts like textbooks, self-guided tutors, and forums. However, only 1/3 of NYC public school students enter high school reading on grade level. To help ALL students engage with technical writing, it's imperative that teachers who use such texts (or wish to prep students for environments that will) provide students with active reading comprehension strategies. My talk focuses on my initial attempts to do so at the Academy for Software Engineering (AFSE)--a limited, unscreened NYC public high school in Manhattan--followed by a workshop where attendees attempt to build lessons around texts used in their own classrooms.Feel free to bring along a copy of a CS text used in your classroom for the workshop!
Sean is a CS teacher at the Academy for Software Engineering (AFSE) and the fearless leader of the CS Pedagogy Meetup! Here's a video from a previous meetup of Sean talking about transitioning from Scratch to other languages.
We will start PROMPTLY at 9:45am, so please arrive on time. Breakfast and lunch will be served.
Stay tuned for more info. If you would like to present or nominate someone, please get in touch :) The next iteration of the Pedagogy Meetup will be Nov 7th.
Cheers,
Cindy
