May 2020
STEMthusiasts community of practice: Facilitating a Design Session for Adults
The Ohio STEM Learning Network, Educational Service Center of Central Ohio, and our partners want to make sure that we nurture and feed STEM instructor needs for the continuation of design thinking, even in a remote environment. Join us in a community of practice forum where we look at best practices, share designs for engaged inquiry in a remote setting and augment your ability to promote creative problem solving during the COVID-19 school closures. Each week, we will bring you…
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Computer Science Fundamentals Introduction Workshop
Elementary school is the ideal time for students to first engage in Computer Science. Computer science is about creativity, problem solving and persistence. Students will create their own games, art, and digital stories. Lesson progressions start with "unplugged" activities that teach computational thinking skills without computers. The lessons then have students to go deeper with the skill in a "plugged" (computer based) activity. (YouTube: K-5 teachers and students talk about the program) Learn more about the curriculum here. This Intro…
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