I am switching from elementary education to middle school teaching with coding, so I had a few ideas I wanted to share, still orienting and looking into things myself! I have been looking at the CSD curriculum so I may have missed some things as well.
- There were some awesome videos about cool tech start-ups, but kid inventors would be great to showcase as well, especially in an intro class, below is an example video from a TED talk:
[Richard Turere: My invention that made peace with lions | TED Talk]
- Have you heard of the Barron prize for humanitarian and environmental projects?
It would be great to see some coding projects on there too!
- Have you heard of Project Zero thinking routines from Harvard’s School of Education? See, think, wonder is a good one to start a class discussion and it is pretty easy for anyone to comment on. It might be fun to add! [See, Think, Wonder | Project Zero]