
Professional Development Workshop
No programming experience necessary!
NEW to Scratch Encore:
Tuesday, August 20th & Wednesday, August 21st
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Hyde Park Campus, Chicago, IL
RETURNING to Scratch Encore:
Thursday, August 22nd
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Hyde Park Campus, Chicago, IL
To register for Summer 2019 PD, please fill out this Online Application Form
Cost:
Free of charge*
CPDU hours provided
* Workshop sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Participants who are accepted into our research study will be be provided a stipend to compensate their time in the workshop.
What:
PD workshop for Scratch Encore, an intermediate programming-based computational thinking curriculum designed for
5th-7th grade learners designed to be ethnically and socioeconomically inclusive. The curriculum instructional materials are designed for instructors with varying experience levels.
What is special about Scratch Encore?
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All materials and PD are free of charge.
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The curriculum provides a variety of activities that teachers can choose from based on topics that are engaging for their students.
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We provide complete lesson plans, including discussion prompts, reflections, extension ideas, and assessments.
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It is designed with research-based pedagogical approaches, including the Use->Modify->Create learning sequence for each content area and TIPP&SEE, a brand-new learning strategy developed by our lab to help students navigate the Scratch interface efficiently.