ECS Materials
(Blog Post)
3 Sep 2014 - 19:35
I decided to do something a bit different this year after seeing how important group work was with ECS. Instead of just having the students come in each class period and sitting down, I introduced sorting and communication through having them...
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(Blog Post)
2 Sep 2014 - 00:00
"Exploring Computer Science" boosts female student participation in L.A. school district to double the national average Jane Margolis is an educator and researcher at UCLA, who has dedicated her career to democratizing computer science education and...
(Group)
12 Jun 2014 - 15:32
This invite-only group is for those people in states and schools districts who are working to make ECS happen in their schools. Please email Gail Chapman or Helen Hu to invite someone to this group.
Tags: ECS
(Discussion)
3 Sep 2014 - 12:27
This lesson was really fun, it is one of my favorites. We had our papers to draw on and students had fun drawing and making lists and comparing the different ways to look at data. It took them a little while with the journal entry to know what to...
(Discussion)
19 Aug 2014 - 12:56
The kids really liked this project and had lots of fun researching different computers. One thing I would have done differently that would have made it better was to make sure to explain the Interview assignment from the previous day and focused on...
Tags: Computer Buying Computer parts ECS group projects interviews Q&A Unit 1: Human Computer Interaction Student projects
(Resource)
15 Aug 2014 - 19:13
http://www.themagpi.com/ This free monthly magazine is focused on the Raspberry Pi. There are many articles on SCRATCH programming and other languages too. The articles are brief and most are presented to inspire and teach computer science concepts...
(Discussion)
15 Aug 2014 - 13:51
I gave the first lesson today. I was very nervous how the students would react, but they really got into it and enjoyed the lesson. I had fun too. We had a morning assembly at my school today so I only had 65 minutes to complete the whole lesson. I...
(Resource)
13 Aug 2014 - 08:21
I have created a series of brief videos to help students learn HTML and CSS techniques. These videos may be helpful for anyone looking to delve deeper into web site creation: https://www.youtube.com/user/jeffreyleboeuf/playlists
(Resource)
5 Aug 2014 - 15:15
http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/arcgisonline This website allows teahers to learn about GIS mapping and how to use the online storymapping software. I am sure this is a Unit 5 topic, but since we do not complete all units in Utah, I would...
Tags: DA - 11 - Create maps with data ECS In progress LO 1.1.1 - Use computing tools and techniques to create artifacts Teaching strategy Data Unit 5: Computing and Data Analysis Python
(Discussion)
11 Jun 2014 - 10:12
Hello, I have read the required software/hardware requirement inthe ECS curriculum. There is no mention of anyone trying to teach some of the units of ECS with a ChromeBook or Microsoft Surface 2. Have any schools attempted to use these two devices...
Tags: Curriculum ECS Q&A
