{"id":803,"date":"2013-08-13T11:10:26","date_gmt":"2013-08-13T11:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/siteblog.aace.org\/?p=803"},"modified":"2013-08-13T11:10:26","modified_gmt":"2013-08-13T11:10:26","slug":"changing-the-learning-landscape-university-community-college-and-high-school-teachers-tackle-computer-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.aace.org\/changing-the-learning-landscape-university-community-college-and-high-school-teachers-tackle-computer-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Changing the Learning Landscape..University, Community College and High School Teachers Tackle Computer Science"},"content":{"rendered":"
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UMBC Google CS4HS Teacher Development Workshop 2013<\/h1>\n

“I have been going to computer science conferences for 28 years and this is the best one I have ever been to.”
\n– Arlington County Tech Ed Supervisor<\/h4>\n

August 4-7, 2013<\/p>\n

Changing the Learning Landscape, the Computer Science for the High School Initiative \u00a0CS4HS<\/span><\/div>\n
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CSTA<\/a>\u00a0has sponsored an initiative to transform education.\u00a0<\/span>*The Computer Science Teachers Association is a membership organization that supports and promotes the teaching of computer science and other computing disciplines. CSTA provides opportunities for K\u201312 teachers and students to better understand the computing disciplines and to more successfully prepare themselves to teach and learn.<\/div>\n
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There is a series of workshops that are called.CS4HS. I have attended one CSTA workshop before. It was excellent, so I wondered if the excellence has continued. It has.\u00a0
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What is CS4HS?<\/h2>\n

CS4HS was started as a joint effort between Carnegie Mellon University, UCLA, and University of Washington to help introduce high school and middle school CS teachers to new and exciting technologies. CS4HS bring these teachers together for a summer workshop with the goals of invigorating them about computer science and computational thinking, and to provide them with tools and networking opportunities to help them in the classrooms. Google provides funding to universities develop the workshop and is committed to having our local employees participate in workshop sessions.<\/p>\n

First, we attended the CSTA National Conference, Then we attended a local workshop.The national perspective gave us insight and networks.\"google10\"<\/a><\/p>\n

An Important National Outreach Initiative<\/p>\n

Two Workshops ( National CSTA Conference)<\/p>\n

Computational Thinking: from Game Design to STEM in one week<\/strong><\/span>
\nPresented by Dr. Alexander Repenning<\/strong><\/p>\n

Participants will be immersed in the Scalable Game Design (SGD) initiative that is developed at the University of Colorado, and funded by NSF. The SGD strategy is based on a path that introduces students to computational thinking through game design and then advances to the creation of STEM simulations. Through our approach of exposure, motivation, pedagogy, and education, the SGD approach has been successful at broadening participation in STEM across ethnic and gender barriers. Participants will learn about our approach, the latest research results and how to scaffold game design into a classroom with unique tools for “pre-bugging” and automatic evaluation. Hands-on activities include designing and creating 2D and 3D arcade games in both the AgentSheets and AgentCubes programming environments. Workshop materials will include a complete introductory curriculum, and links to additional curriculum and information. No prior programming experience is required!<\/p>\n

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Here is the Local Workshop<\/p>\n