Maryland Higher Education Summer CS Intensive
July 18-20, 2023 at Hood College, Frederick, Maryland
8:30-4:00 each day (T, W, Th) lunch provided.
Goals
- Learn about the ideas, successes, and challenges of others who have integrated CS into preservice education
- Discover how Maryland districts are integrating computer science into the classroom from preschool through high school.
- Engage in hands-on robotics, unplugged, and computing activities common in Maryland's PK-12 schools.
- Examine existing computer science, engineering, and cybersecurity resources for primary and secondary content areas, early childhood, and special education.
- Create actionable plans to reach all future educators with customized resources to meet the needs of specific courses in collaboration with colleagues.
Tentative Agenda:
Tuesday 7/18
- 8:30-9 Overview of resources & Maryland goals
- 9-11 Current implementers share their resources, successes, and challenges
- 11-11:30 Computational thinking: pedagogy and content.
- 11:30-12:30 LUNCH
- 12:30-1:30 Issues of equity in computer science. Including those who are most often left out.
- 1:30-4:00 Small work sessions to customize existing resources for individual program use. Discuss vertical alignment of experience for preservice students
Wednesday 7/19
- 8:30-9:15 Statewide celebration of CS education - auditorium - agenda
- 9:30-11:30 Sharing how Maryland programs are incorporating CT/CS. Coding in elementary education. What is being done in elementary-high school. STEM and technology. Integration into the arts, ELA and reading.
- 11:30 - 12: 15 LUNCH - connect with PK-12 teachers working in their districts
- 12:15 Group Photo in front of the cafeteria
- 12:15-1:15 Ice Cream Social. Meet the teachers in your area.
- 1:15 - 2:30 Rotations: Hands-on activities with robots, unplugged activities, and computing commonly used in Maryland PK-12 schools
- 2:30 - 4:00 Emerging technologies as a common literacy across all subject areas: artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, data science, etc. What should educators know about data, AI and cyber?
Thursday 7/20
- 8:30-9:00 Investigate good pedagogical practices for CS, how CS provides opportunities for SEL.
- 9:00-10:00 Elementary and Middle school teachers share the CS they do in the classroom
- 10:00-11:00 Divide up into groups by institution or common courses to plan.
- 11:00-12:00 Work in content/course specific development teams to review existing resources
- 12:00- 1 LUNCH
- 1-1:30 Share plans for future work
- 1:30- 3:15 Work in content/course specific development teams to recommend resources to improve, modify or develop
- 3:15-4:00 Gallery Walk of results
Why attend?
- We value your time and experience and want to pay you for your participation.
- You will be well positioned to apply for much larger grant funds after completing this cycle.
- This is an excellent opportunity for connecting and collaborating with colleagues.
- Maryland NEEDs teachers who understand how to teach computer science well to support diverse students across K-12. This nationally recognized subject area is way behind yet becoming a requirement in almost every state.
Take action
- Fill out an application to register for the summer PD event.
- Apply for a mini-grant to receive a stipend with the support of your institution (plus funding to offset travel/accommodation/materials of instruction costs)
- Note: limited stipends of $900 are available for those who want to apply as an individual. Only institutional applicants will receive funding for travel/accommodations and resources.