Code.

org CS Discoveries

Jenna Garcia
Midwest Regional Manager

ISTE Firehose
June 25, 2016
Who we are:
Code.org
Our Mission:
every school
every student
opportunity
 Why Computer Science?
Through CS, students learn:
Mathematical and computational ideas
Strategies for solving problems
Effective ways to communicate
How to collaborate with others

This leads to students becoming:

Creators
Innovators
Persistent problem solvers
Active participants in society
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Completing a
K-12 CS Pathway
Where does this fit in the Pathway?
Elementary school Middle School High School

K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Course 1 (CS Fundamentals)

Course 2 (CS Fundamentals)

Course 3 (CS Fundamentals)

Course 4 (CS Fundamentals)

Accelerated Course (CS Fundamentals)

CS Discoveries

Computer Science Principles

Notes
All courses are intended to be entry points to the pathway (exception:
Courses 3 and 4 in CS Fundamentals recommend completion of
Course 2)
Actual implementation may vary
Courses 2 4 in CS Fundamentals are often used by older students

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 Why are we building a new course?

Will complete our K-12 pathway

Our middle schools are requesting introductory computer science

curriculum similar in scope to ECS, but designed for late middle
school/early high school.

Offer a physical computing unit that is affordable to all schools

App Lab and Game Lab programming environments allows students to

switch back and forth seamlessly between blocks and text

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 Why CS Discoveries?

Demand
Equity and Access
Connection to AP CS Principles

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Course Overview
 Implementation

Problem Solving The Internet Programming

Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 3
Semester 1 Computers and Web Development Interactive Games
Exploration and Logic and Animations
Expression

Unit 4 Unit 5 Unit 6

Semester 2 The Design Process Data and Society The Internet of
Innovation and Things
Impact

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 Unit 1

Computers
and Logic

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 Unit 2

Web
Development

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 Unit 3

Interactive
Games and
Animations

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 Unit 4

The Design
Process

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 Unit 5

Data and
Society

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 Unit 6

The Internet
of Things

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CS Discoveries:
Tools
 Cool Tools

Mozilla Thimble GameLab AppLab Maker API

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GameLab Demo

Bouncy Sprites

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Maker API Demo

Demo of Code

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