Computational Thinking Across the Curriculum in Every Grade

This course is designed so that concepts learned, and resources introduced, can be applied the next day in any school setting. This course is self-paced so participants can set their own schedule!

It is designed to fit the needs of busy educators; one can stop and start this course anytime during the 90 day enrollment period.

You should expect to spend a total of 8 hours working through the course content and earn 8 PGP’s. Once you have completed all course modules you will receive your certificate of completion.

This PD was developed at the Region 8 ESC through funding from the Schwab Foundation in Fort Wayne Indiana.

Learning Intentions for this course are:

• Discover a thinking process that can be applied across the curriculum providing a process for authentic understanding of standards. 
• Understand that Computational Thinking (CT), is a cognitive process, important not just in high stakes testing, but also for success in that world after school.
• Understand that Computational Thinking is a process that looks at the way a computer thinks… or at least runs a program.
• Realize that CT is most important concept a student learns through coding and designing computer programs and that CT goes beyond learning computer programing code, it emphasizes the overall thinking process as essential.
• Discover how to support Computational Thinking in every subject area and grade level, and how it supports those deeper learning metacognitive skills.
• Develop awareness of how to support this important metacognition in school and see how it connects with important career skills.
• Explore a multitude of free resources that support Computational Thinking across the curriculum.