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Additional Curriculum Updates?
- ESL Updates
How are you doing with your ELLs and Bilingual students in your classes? Are they understanding the HTML Language or this still a challenge? Please continue to provide feedback on this (challenges and/or successes)
- Differentiated Curriculum ideas
How are you differentiating the Code.org curriculum in your classroom? Is paired programming helping? Do you need assistance scaffolding the curriculum? This feedback is needed as I am currently working with the Special Education Digital Director to get assistance with this for all students.
- Code.org forum
Do you use the Code.org Teacher Forums for assistance? Click here to see what other teachers have shared about the curriculum (advice, resources, guides, additional tips!)
Apps and Extensions for CS
Need help with these? Reach out to your campus Digital Learning Specialist for more assistance!
From the voices of OUR Students (Student Pre-survey results)
CS Training and Professional Development Opportunities
3D Printer Training
Note: There should be one 3D printer per campus. New campuses were not listed to receive one as they should have been ordered for the campus with all other tech inventory. Please let me know if you are at Jones, Mead or Garcia are are unaware of your 3D printer.
We need to know the best times and days to host this 3D printer training. The session should be 2-3 hours. There will also be multiple opportunities for training. No one should be using their 3D printers until they have attended training. If you are using it and something happens to the machinery--it will be the teachers' responsibility and liability.
Please complete this brief form to let us know the best times for you to attend training.
Raspberry Pi Professional Development
Here's a few sessions that are currently happening and we can go through them together if you would like.
Programming 101: An Intro to Python for Educators
(4 Weeks, 2 hrs/week)
How Computer Work: Demystifying Computation
(4 Weeks, 2 hrs/week)
Scratch to Python: Moving from Block to Text-Based Programming
(4 weeks, 2 hrs/week)
Object-oriented Programming in Python: Create Your Own Adventure Game
(4 weeks, 2 hrs/week)
Teaching Physical Computing with Raspberry Pi and Python
(4 weeks, 2 hrs/week)
Click the link below to learn more about each of these courses. They are all FREE and self paced but I would love for us to do this together. I can schedule a weekly meeting for us to go through this together. Starting in the Spring of 2019.
Let me know if you are interested!
Learn2Code.LIVE
CS Teachers Meeting
Wednesday, Oct 24, 2018, 04:30 PM
9999 Veterans Memorial Drive, Room 7
RSVPs are enabled for this event.
CS Upcoming VOLUNTEER Opportunities
Black Girls Code Volunteers Needed!
They are looking for Tech Teachers (no experience with Coding in necessary, AT ALL), or tech assistants (help with the class). Please check out the link and let me know if you do--- I can provide INVEST Hours as PD! Also, lunch is provided!
Please visit https://blackgirlscode.ivolunteer.com/bgchou_digitalmaking_tx__001 to sign up.
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Parker Elementary
Due Dates are Closer than they appear!
Completing the CS Board report helps and I can also help you! Posting on here I can create a blog post for YOU! Thanks for those who have already contributed!
Planning Team NEEDED!
Planning and logistics is coming together for this event. However, I am reaching out to all of you for more assistance. Would you like to help in the planning? This will be a virtual meeting for planning the details (unplugged activities, stations, and T-Shirt Design for the kids!) Email me if you are interested. A small team of 4 are needed.
Shaina Glass
Instructional Technology Department
Aldine ISD
Email: snglass@aldineisd.org
Website: cs4aldine.blogspot.com
Location: 9999 Veterans Memorial Drive, Houston, TX, USA
Phone: 713-539-8620
Twitter: @SVicGlass