ECS Materials
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16 Dec 2013 - 12:55
Hi! We are from Outlier Research and Evaluation at CEMSE at the University of Chicago (Outlier), home to a new CS10K project, Examining the Factors that Affect the Implementation and Sustainability of Exploring Computer Science (ECS) in Schools and...
Tags: Chicago CPS DCPS ECS history of computer science education LAUSD Los Angeles problem solving Washington DC Unit 2: Problem Solving
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27 Oct 2013 - 20:41
I have 60+ students in my class and struggle with a mechanism to get them to report out to the entire class. I don't have my own classroom and can't carry supplies with me like the large post-it sheets we use in PD sessions, but I do have a...
(Resource)
27 Oct 2013 - 12:30
The news provides lots of opportunities to connect ECS topics to the "real world." As we were starting the data collection lesson, a NYT article addressed the French response to revelations about the NSA collecting French citizens' phone...
Tags: ECS PS - 1-2 - Data collection and problem solving Unit 2: Problem Solving CS news External links
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16 Oct 2013 - 11:51
I was interviewed about the ECS course and how I teach it. Check out the podcast here and let me know what you think: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/techstoryteller/2013/10/16/leslie-aaronson
Tags: Curriculum ECS Unit 1: Human Computer Interaction General Discussion Teaching strategy Unit 2: Problem Solving Creativity Unit 3: Web Design Student activity Unit 4: Introduction to Programming Scratch
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11 Oct 2013 - 10:11
http://www.good.is/posts/want-to-facilitate-real-learning-free-yourself-from-the-expert-trap Here is a link to a blog post I wrote for GOOD.IS - I discuss how the inquiry model from ECS improved how I teach. Please read and let me know what...
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(Resource)
28 Jun 2013 - 11:28
Here is the Presentation Gordan and I used for Muddy City. Also the weblink for the Haiku version can be found at http://www.haikudeck.com/p/9SKOSeuLf4 Enjoy! Rachel
(Resource)
27 Jun 2013 - 23:58
I was asked to share the names of the Apps I used for our Muddy City Presentation. The presentation was created Haiku Deck. The whiteboard apps that I wrote in was Explain Everything. ($2.99) But a bunch of free whiteboard apps exist like...
Tags: ECS PS - 17 - Minimal spanning trees and graphs Algorithms Unit 2: Problem Solving External links
(Discussion)
26 Jun 2013 - 00:51
Binary Number Systems Instructional Resources, Concepts and Inquiry
(Resource book)
28 Mar 2013 - 20:13
Unit 3 Introduction and Daily Overview
(Resource)
15 Jan 2013 - 21:47
This is a one day activity I did with my ECS students. Anijo Mathew, instructor from the Institute of Design at the Illinois Institute of Technology faciliated the Lo-Fi prototyping activity which focuses on brainstorming, problem solving, design...
Tags: ECS Unit 2: Problem Solving Student activity Unit 4: Introduction to Programming Unit 6: Robotics
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