Helpful Links

• Iowa and Computer Science Education - Full page for CS education related things in Iowa
• Iowa CS Standards - The main document we will use for this activity

 

Instructions

1. Download and view the CSTA K-12 CS Standards which Iowa has adopted as it's CS Standards.
2. Examine the high level overview of the standards on pages 3-6
• While you should obviously focus on column 3A  I am asking you to read Columns 1 and 2 as well so you have a sense of the progression in K-12 Computer Science.
3. Let's dig in and focus on the "Algorithms and Programming" standards which are really the focus of this class.
   • Read through 3A-AP-13 through 3A-AP-23 (pp 27-29)
   • For each of these 18 standards I want you think through what you have learned so far in your studies.  Answer the following questions:
     1. Do you feel like you observed this standard in the way your courses were taught?
        • If "yes" - When and/or how
        • If "no" - What kind of activity do you think this course could have utilized to better address this standard? 
        • [Note, I realize that for one or two of these if the answer is "No" it may be hard for you to answer this question since you may not know what the standard is saying.  But for many others I think you will understand the standard even without direct instruction and I think you can imagine/envision activities that would have addressed this standard. Please give this question an honest attempt at an answer.]
     2. Do you feel like you have enough introduction to this standard to think about incorporating it into your classroom?
        1. If "yes" -  What kinds of activities (in addition to the ones you observed in our classroom) do you feel would address this standard.
        2. If "no" - Why not [Again, this is tightly tied to the No in part 1 but it is actually a different question.

 

Evaluation

Your team deliverable should be emailed to me at the end of class.