Resources
All the latest updates, podcasts, tools, and online guides to help facilitate your computer science classroom experience, in-person or online.
A Revaluation of Computational Thinking in K–12 Education
In this episode Jared O'Leary unpacks Kafai and Proctor’s (2021) publication titled “A revaluation of computational thinking in K–12 education: Moving toward computational literacies,” which summarizes three key framings of computational thinking and proposes computational literacies in place of computational thinking.
Helping New-to-CS Educators with Ashley Waring
In this interview with Ashley Waring, we discuss Ashley’s experiences with integrating CS in the classroom, lessons learned providing professional development for new-to-CS educators, what Ashley learned helping write Alabama’s CS standards and providing support after the rollout, language and oppression in standards development, why focusing on a college degree as an end goal might not be as important as focusing on lifelong learning, and more.
2021 State of Computer Science Education
In this episode Jared O'Leary unpacks the report titled “2021 state of computer science education: accelerating action through advocacy,” which is an annual report on the state of K-12 CS in the United States that was authored by The Code.org Advocacy Coalition, Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA), and the Expanding Computing Education Pathways Alliance (ECEP).
Amazon Partnership to Fund Computer Science Education
Amazon Funding Computer Science Education for 30 Elementary Schools in DeKalb County School District Benefitting More Than 10,000 Students
Unpacking Various Entry Points into Innovative Teaching with Jorge Valenzuela
In this interview with Jorge Valenzuela, we discuss the importance of engineering in STEM, situating computational thinking within a problem, getting started with computational thinking and computer science, project-based learning, incorporating social and emotional learning (SEL) in the classroom, Jorge’s approach to professional development, and much more.
Other Resources
Integration Studios
In addition to the integration suggestions in our lesson plans and our discussion forum, our Scratch account has several studios that demonstrate the potential for integrating projects with Scratch.
Complete List of Lesson Plans
Use this document to quickly access all of our ScratchJr and Scratch lesson plans and coder resources.
Unplugged Resources
This spreadsheet is a curated list of more than 100 unplugged lesson plans and resources for elementary coders.
Remote Learning Resources
We’ve compiled some resources to help districts, teachers, and families cope with the rise of school closures around the nation.
