introduction to the cs10k community for teachers
DESCRIPTION
An introduction to the CS10K Community (developed by the American Institutes for Research Networked Learning Group) for teachers participating in NSF funded professional development projects focused on Computer Science Principles and Exploring Computer ScienceTRANSCRIPT
CS10K Community Activating Your Membership
Why an online community for CS10K?
• Sustained engagement to support your teaching
• Recognize successes and honor challenges
• Contribute to a national movement – To broader participation in
computing – To better prepare students for
the challenges of the future
Online Community Research
What Creates Value for Educators
Initial value• Effective leadership and
moderation• Appropriate resources • Robust tools for finding
what you need and getting questions answered
Deeper value• Effective leadership and
moderation• Structured activities• Tangible products• Leadership opportunities
Community Activities
• Accessing and sharing expertise – Peers nationwide – Outside experts
• Finding, sharing, and co-creating resources– Finished and in progress – Within and across projects
• Confronting challenges of practice together – Key instructional moments– CSP Portfolio tasks – Recruiting students and communicating with administrators
Confronting the challenges of practice & co-creating resources Groups
– Project groups – Inquiry and working groups – Public groups (e.g., CS in the Wild)
Accessing expertise Events and one-to-one connections
– Webinars– Chats– Time-bounded
asynchronous discussions
– Member profiles
Finding and sharing resources Search and annotation
– Anyone can upload and tag in relationship to curriculum and development status
– Faceted search – Rating and comments
Going public, but only when you’re ready
• You control with which groups you have a discussion
• You control who gets to see resources you post
• You decide with whom and how you want to connect and in what you participate
Tour
Collective wondering
How might you use the community to support your learning and performance? What could you
contribute (now or later)?
Collective wondering
What might prevent you from participating actively? What kinds of support would be
helpful in overcoming those barriers?
Collective wondering
What topics would you like to see groups and resource development focus on? On which
would events with guest experts be helpful?
Questions?
