**Food and beverages served at 4:30pm**
This 12 hour mini course will eliminate any fears of not
knowing where to start with coding! We will start with
the basics of how to think like a computer and first solve
puzzles that are fun and challenging without a computer
in order to recognize how we, as humans, naturally go
through the process of computational thinking; observing
patterns, trends, and regularities in data (decomposition),
identifying the general principles that generate these
patterns (abstraction), develop step by step instructions
(algorithm), and devise tests for finding and fixing errors
(debug).
The learning experiences are designed to teach the
teacher about coding and are appropriate to be easily
modified for students of any grade K-8. We will address
many of the new NYS Computer Science and Digital
Literacy Standards’ concept areas. We will look at how
to implement NYSSLS engineering standards through
design challenges. Finally, we will learn and practice the
basics of block based coding through code.org and pull it
all together with a fun, hands-on, and creative make and
take with Makey-Makey.
