2013 Google CS4HS Teacher Training

The Google Computer Science for High School project is a program that brings technology and content (STEM, Language Arts) teachers (Scholars) from middle, and high schools together to learn about how to use game design for computer science education and for teaching computational/critical thinking, and problem solving literacy.

This year's training focuses on training a cluster of teachers from a single district - Aurora Public Schools, and supporting the district to implement research data collection on student impact and the quality of games created by them.

All teachers, regardless of which district you come from will leave the training with experience, confidence, and resources to teach students to design games and simulations in the fall semester. The teachers and students together participate in research, adding a critical body of data on how students respond to the use of game design in the classroom and what students actually learn during a research implementation.

Organization

 * 2013 CS4HS Schedule

Daily Feedback

 * Daily Scholar Reflection Form

Wednesday, 7/10/13
8:30 am


 * Install AgentSheets from Flash Drives
 * Installation Instructions
 * Check WIFI connection
 * Wifi is under ADMIN and the key is brokenhearted
 * Change the Wiki and Arcade password [How To]
 * Go to log into the wiki and change your password
 * Go to the arcade and change your password
 * When done play the Frogger demo by:
 * Once in AgentSheets application, use File/Open Project menu choice. Click on the Frogger project, then click the “choose” button
 * When done: help fellow Scholars

Complete and Turn In the Following Forms By the End of the Day


 * Teacher Agreement Page 3
 * Teacher Consent Form Page 3
 * W9 with SS# and Signature
 * Scholar Media Release
 * CU Graduate Credit Form

Forms for your classroom:


 * Parent Permission Form (English)
 * Parent Permission Form (Spanish)

9:00 am Introduction How and Why to Teach Your Kids to Code


 * NBC News for iPHONE
 * Learn to Code, Code to Learn from edSurge

More Code.org Videos What Most Schools Don't Teach 9:34 minute Full Length Version Code.Org Video 5:55 minute Version Code.Org Video 1 minute Teaser

9:30 am Scalable Game Design Strategy

Alex's Presentation in PDF format

10:00 am Frogger Part 1

Frogger Quick Reference Sheet (Handout_Frogger_English_2013.pdf)

How to Make Frogger on the Wiki


 * Grading Requirements, Assessment, Success Criteria, etc.(Section 10 on this page) has 2 links to examples of grading student games

12:00 pm Jennifer Dugan and Candice Musso Stories from the Classroom

2:30 Upload to the Arcade

How to Submit/Upload Your Project to the Arcade (AgentSheets and AgentCubes) Mrachek Middle School's Student Arcade Uploads

3:00 Ice-Breaker/Bridge Builder

4:00 Wiki Exploration

Scalable Game Design Wiki

4:30 CTP Computational Thinking Patterns

CTP Posters

Other Frogger Resources


 * Play the original Frogger game
 * Why Frogger First? by Fred Gluck

Thursday, 7/11/13
BLS


 * Bureau of Labor &amp; Statistics: CS Careers

8:30 am Game #2: Contagion/Virus:


 * Contagion simulation quick reference: (PDF version | Word version )


 * Stage 1: Basic Model - download sample project
 * Stage 2: Polling CTP - download sample project
 * Stage 3: Transforming small model to big model - download sample project
 * Stage 4: Artificial intelligence: diffusion and hill-climbing CTPs -- download sample project

12:00 Lunch Story from the Classroom

Benjamin Worrell presenting the Indy Art project at Carson Middle School, Colorado, USA, June 11, 2013 jWbPihpeZPo

1:00 pm Pedagogy and Start of Lesson Planning

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BouncingBall

2:30 pm Rules of Rules The rules of rules

3:15 pm Computational Thinking Jeopardy


 * CT Jeopardy Buzzer Form
 * Downloadable zipped file of Computational Thinking Jeopardy
 * Can use "Notepad" to edit text and add new youTube video
 * If your district/school does not accept youTube downloads, add "s" to http and it will work. If you have more strict filters, contact [mailto:ian.hermanyhorses@colorado.edu Ian].

4:15 pm Conversational Programming

Additional Resources Why Stem Simulations?


 * TED Video 12-year-old app programmer
 * Powerpoint with connections to Computational Thinking, Curriculum Standards, Forest Fire video
 * Ideas on using simulations in STEM classes
 * [|SHODOR Interactive Activities]


 * Frogger and STEM session PowerPoint slides

Friday, 7/12/13
8:30 am: Debugging and Trouble Shooting


 * Downloadable zipped file of sample projects for practice debugging
 * Companion PDF description of practice debugging projects

10:45 am: Finish/Enhance Projects


 * Counters and Clocks Wiki Page

12:00 pm: Lunch Stories from the Classroom, Karine Laidley AMSA Video (br&gt; Karine Laidley explains how she is using Computational Thinking Patterns. Her school is part of the CSTA, in Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA. She outlines how the school has adopted Scalable Game Design and has her students demonstrate a number of projects, June 12, 2013. MDDzD9tR4Do

1:00 pm: Data Gathering Using Predator-Prey Model

2:00 pm: Introduction to Design


 * Design Helper Tool
 * Design Planner Document

2:30 pm: How to Conduct Research


 * Powerpoint Describing Research Expectations (Webb)
 * Research Process and Implementation in the Classroom
 * Implementation Dates: update the Fall 2013 Implementation Schedule form.

3:15 pm: Lesson/Unit Planning


 * Wyoming Frogger Lesson Plans, Handouts,Tutorials
 * Western Wyoming Community College's Newest Frogger Lesson Plan by Carla Hester-Croff
 * Sandy Wilder's Frogger and Pacman Lesson Plans

4:30 pm: CU and Google Survey


 * CS4HS 2013 Post Institute Survey

Other Resources


 * Play the original Sokoban game

Pictures
Everybody is welcome to contribute: if you have a cell phone, you have a camera ;- ) (Alex)