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Dice and Data Activity for Virtual Instruction

Dice and Data Activity from Module 1 Lesson 4. Adapted for use in a synchronous instructional setting.

Trailblazers Activity for Virtual Instruction

The Trailblazers activity from Module 1 - Lesson 3 modified to be done in a synchronous virtual learning environment.

Developing a framework for computational thinking from a disciplinary perspective (2018)

Proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Thinking
Education 2018. Hong Kong: The Education University of Hong Kong.

Profile of a CT Integration Specialist (2017)

Computational Thinking Education 2017 conference

Preparing STEM Teachers to offer Computer Science for All (2017)

ACM SIGCSE 2017

Reclaiming the roots of CT (2016)

CSTA Voice 2016

Integrating Computational Thinking Across the K-8 Curriculum (2014)

ACM InRoads (2014)

Application of the Occupational Analysis of Computational Thinking-Enabled STEM Professionals as a Program Assessment Tool (2012)

Journal of Computational Science Education (2012)

Assessing Youth's Computational Thinking (2011)

AERA conference proceedings 2011

Computational Thinking for Youth in Action (2011)

This is an early paper of Computational Thinking that has a lot of traction. It's where we first describe the Use-Modify-Create trajectory.

What's Represented?

These exercises ask the learner to identify abstractions in the computer model as compared to a diagram or image of a natural phenomenon.

My Robotic Friends (cups activity)

This is the cups activity by Thinkersmith (later part of Code.org)

CS in Science Module 4: Chemistry slide presentation

These are slide presentationsfor CS in Science Module 4: Chemical Reactions. Teachers can download and modify this presentation for classroom use. Be sure to select the correct link below, for StarLogo Nova 1.0 (flash version) or StarLogo Nova 2.0 (HTML5/JavaScript version).

LC Cohort 2 Spring workshop

These are the slides from the March 10, 2018 workshop for Cohort 2

An Example of CT in the Workplace

This is an example of how a computer modeler uses various aspect of computational thinking while designing, creating and using a computer model as a tool to think with.

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