Past events

Facilitator training workshop and Design workshop

Workshop Google Document

This is a week long training for Middle School Science and Technology teachers; and a simultaneous facilitator training and design workshop for returning teachers.  

Google Doc for workshop

Project GUTS is providing a week-long workshop for Middle School Science and Technology teachers, as part of Arizona's Computer Science PD week.  

Link to Google Doc for workshop

Teachers with GUTS Fall PD in Richmond VA

   Resource list

   Slide deck for the Fall PD

   Slide deck for the Winter PD

Facilitators for Fall PD RPS:

   Josh Bearman (jbearman@rvaschools.net )

Project GUTS will be offering a PD workshop for Virginia teachers in partnership with CodeVA.  Register and complete paperwork starting at 8:30, Monday July 16.  

Shared Resources Document for Code VA workshop (Google Doc)

Teachers with GUTS will be offering a curriculum design workshop for returning Project GUTS Cohort 2 teachers.  The workshop will be held the week of June 18, in Las Cruces, NM.

Google Doc for Workshop

This will be our 3rd Facilitator Summit where our corps of national facilitators comes together to prepare for future workshops and sharpen our skills.

Friday: arrival in afternoon/evening, check in at hotel.

Saturday: Full day of planning and preparation - Group dinner

Sunday: Full day of planning and preparation - BBQ at Constitution Marina

Monday: Half-day of closing discussion and goals for the year.

Cohort 2 Winter/Spring Workshop

Link to the workshop agenda

Link to the Troubleshooting in StarLogo Nova 2.0

Link to the Scientific Practices and Computational Thinking in Modeling & Simulation

This is Project GUTS' national PD open to any middle school science teacher in the US. 

Workshop Google doc link

The Teachers with GUTS cohort 3 workshop will be held as part of the NM CS PD Week, June 4-8, 2018 in Albuquerque, NM.  This workshop is open to NM teachers.

Link to workshop google doc

Project GUTS was invited to participate in the NM EPSCoR Interdisciplinary Innovation Working Group (I-IWG) workshop on New Mexico Computational Science Pathway: an Integral Part of NM’s Cyberinfrastructure for Research and Education.  At this workshop, participants will discuss computer science pathways in New Mexico (what currently exists in New Mexico? What populations are served by these? then begin to map out pathways, starting with K-12 through higher education and ending with employment.

Project GUTS will be participating in a panel discussion on CT integration at this year's To Code and Beyond conference in NYC on November 3, 2017. (See https://tocodeandbeyondrigorandjoy.splashthat.com/)

Houston Independent School District is hosting a two-day workshop facilitated by Irene Fong.

Chicago Public Schools will be offering two Project GUTS Professional Development workshops this summer.  The first 3-day workshop is hosted by Kris Beck and Lindsay McGowan.  The second 3-day workshop is hosted by Rodney Weems and Lindsay McGowan.

Chicago Public Schools will be offering two Project GUTS Professional Development workshops this summer.  The first 3-day workshop is hosted by Kris Beck and Lindsay McGowan.  The second 3-day workshop is hosted by Rodney Weems and Lindsay McGowan.

One day refresher workshop for TwiG Cohort 2 participants. 

Location: Centennial HIgh School

Link to Projects and Resources (Google Doc for workshop)

This summer, the Museum Institute for Teaching Science (MITS) will offer a one-week Summer Professional Development Institute in partnership with MIT Scheller Teacher Education Program. The July 31 – August 4, 2017 institute will provide an opportunity for middle and high school educators to use StarLogo Nova’s block programming platform and Imagination Toolbox curriculum materials to create computational models or simulations.

Project GUTS will offer a 3 day professional development workshop sponsored by CSNYC on August 28-30, 2017.  This workshop will prepare NYC teachers to integrate the CS in Science curricular modules into regular school day science classes. 

This is a NexTech sponsored CS in Science workshop being held at IUPUI Park / 100 Learning Center.

Google Doc for Indianapolis CS in Science

CSTA 2017 is the annual conference of the Computer Science Teachers Association. The main goal of the conference is to provide quality information/assistance--professional development--for computer science teachers and others who wish to include computing in their teaching.

Project GUTS will be hosting a booth at CSTA '17.  Please let Irene Lee (ialee@mit.edu) know if you will be attending and can spend some time at the booth.