March 10th, ‘22 Meetup
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Welcome!
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A quick catch up...
Your Leadership Team
Faythe Brannon
President
Bobby Oommen
Vice President
Jackie Moore
Secretary
Latanya McSwine
Treasurer
Norms for today’s meeting
Agenda
CS Supports and Resources
Charity Freeman
Discovery Partners Institute�University of Illinois
Email: charityf@uillinois.edu
Lessons from CSTA teachers
Programming Assignment
Mind-Reader
You know how computers can do fancy stuff these days, doing eye-tracking, pattern recognition?
Here’s a fun program.
Somebody Try it:
Try it!
Use the link posted in the chat to try it for yourself!
See the assignment description online at:�
https://studio.code.org/projects/applab/qBkkbxvc0UxKEm2ssN6A_v92KNDYvAJy_P7h3_IGuik
Need to Know
Variables
Assignment
Loop (e.g. while)
If statement
Random
Input & output
CSTA Presentation
Why teach low-level?
The Little Man Computer
Because that is how the GREATS taught computers!
(And by GREATS, I mean great as in great-grandparents and not great as in better than anyone else)
Resources
Raymond Kotty
Tyfyrt@gmail.com
Summer opportunities and needs
Wrap Up
Open CS Positions throughout Chicago
Going Forward...
Contact information
CSTA Chicago Chapter leadership team
lmcswine@gmail.com
Notes from Previous Meetings
Dec. ‘21
CS Ed Week & Semester in review
my CSHS did mini coding tutorials to our Ms | I have been doing an hour of code with my students the last couple of days too. It went well. | Microsoft MakeCode | MoralMachine.net; ethics and bias in AI (a MIT offering) | | ||
No access to code.org led to discovery of CSFirst | I like codehs but I feel it lacks the hands on approach and group work from code.org | I use the sandbox from CodeHs instead of using repl.it (sandbox does not require access via curriculum) | same block coding seems very elementary to our upperclassmen | Trolley Problem | |
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Nov. ‘21
Topic #2: CyberSecurity
TEACHER FACING Teachcyber.org curriculum & PD - “good balance of thinking and doing” Two pager | CIA triad - confidentiality, integrity, availability | TEACHER FACING Codehs cybersecurity curriculum | October - cybersecurity awareness month | TEACHER FACING teachingsecurity.org | TEACHER FACING staysafeonline.org |
issa.org | isaca.org | cisecurity.org | TEACHER FACING teachingsecurity.org | TEACHER FACING teachingprivacy.org | |
Teachercyber sample lesson 1 & 2 | https://www.hak4kidz.com/ | STUDENT FACING https://howsecureismypassword.net/ | STUDENT FACING https://threatmap.checkpoint.com/ | STUDENT FACING https://ctftime.org/event/list/upcoming | |
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Sept. ‘21
CSTA Chicago Chapter Goals for ‘21-’22
(click each goal to see detailed explanation)
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Goal #1: Regular Meetings
Goal #2: Leadership Development
Goal #3: Increasing Member Representation
Goal #4: Finances
Goal #5: Membership Communication
Aug. ‘21
Notes from SOPPA & CPS meeting (8.20.21)
Curriculum | Grade Band | Online Resources/Platforms | Teacher Access | CPS SOPPA approved | Notes | Suggested next steps |
Computer Science Fundamental (CSF) | K - 5 | Code.org | Yes | Pending | Elementary teachers are scheduled to teach the curriculum. It is a computer-based curriculum with limited unplugged activities. As of the 8/20 meeting, K-5 teachers that attended had not heard from the Office of Computer Science regarding contingency plans | CSF teachers: Let your administration and the Office of Computer Science know about your concerns. With the support of CSTA, schedule a meetup/PLC to discuss next steps. |
Computer Science Discoveries (CSD) | 6 - 8 | Code.org | Yes | Pending | A cohort of elementary teachers are scheduled to implement. Based on input from K - 5 teachers that attended and are in the cohort, there has been no discussion regarding implementation. | CSD teachers: Let your administration and the Office of Computer Science know about your concerns. With the support of CSTA, schedule a meetup/PLC to discuss next steps. |
Exploring Computer Science | 9 - 12 | CSDT.org | Yes | Unknown | Teachers are not sure whether or not essential websites used by students and teachers will be blocked in the future even though students are not required to log-in. | ECS teachers: Let your administration and the Office of Computer Science know about your concerns. With the support of CSTA, schedule a meetup/PLC to discuss next steps. In addition, vet all online resources/platforms. As a backup platform for HTML & Programming, teachers may need to consider using approved vendors such as CodeHS. |
W3 school.com | Yes | Unknown | ||||
Replit | Yes | Unknown | ||||
Scratch | Yes | Unknown | ||||
AP CSP | 9 - 12 | Code.org | Yes | Pending | High school teachers are scheduled to teach the curriculum. It is a computer-based curriculum with limited unplugged activities. As of the 8/20 meeting, HS teachers that attended had not heard from the Office of Computer Science regarding contingency plans | AP CSP teachers: Let your administration and the Office of Computer Science know about your concerns. With the support of CSTA, schedule a meetup/PLC to discuss next steps. As a backup plan for AP CSP, teachers may need to consider using approved vendors such as CodeHS and Snap (Beauty & Joy of Computing). |
Looking Ahead
Unplug Activities | Introduction to MicroBits | Trying unplugged activities in person! |
Having people share recap of conferences that we attend | Alternative curriculum | |
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