itp-dwd/2020-spring

Create template for each week

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catarak commented

For reference:

catarak commented

Week Title

Essential Questions

Questions that lead to meaningful exploration of CS concepts and practices. Examples:

  • How can programming represent your ideas and beliefs?
  • How might we use math to express ourselves creatively?
  • How might we use computing to impact our community?
  • What information is my computer sharing about me or my online activity?

Introduction

Please provide a narrative of what the unit is about, and why we should learn it that is simple enough that a student could read and understand. Example: "In this workshop we will be using ... to explore ... so that you have a better understanding of how ...

Outcomes & Goals

This can be easily answered by completing these example sentences:

  • In this workshop we will be… (soldering, setting up a RPi home network, making a wearable that communicates with….)
  • Students will walk away with a deeper understanding of…

Topics

This section can have many subheaders (h3's). This should list all of the topic areas, (e.g. Git, Using the command line), with links to guides and references.

Pacing / Duration

Number of total hours the class session will take. Please try to take into account transition time between instruction and hands on exercises if any prep is necessary.

  • Break down of the class schedule example:
    • :15 Overview, context, examples and vocabulary
    • :20 Instruction & hands on exercise
    • :15 Wrap-up discussion & sharing, reflection or journal and next steps

Materials Needed

What hardware, software, or other materials will students or teachers need for lessons.

Exercises To Do Before Class

What materials (readings, tasks, exercises) should students complete before class to be prepared for the lesson.

Vocabulary (example)

  • Program: A procedure, or set of instructions, that performs a specific task when executed by a computer.
  • Programming Language: The human-readable commands and syntax (or grammar rules) used to write programs.

Studio Exercise Descriptions

Descriptions of each exercise or phase of class. Similar to pacing but with more description of steps.

References

Include any sources cited, but not directly linked in the unit.

joeyklee commented

oh! yes, I do love this template. I'm very in favor of using this to structure the weeklies.

joeyklee commented

@catarak - I added this template to the Wiki: https://github.com/itp-dwd/2020-spring/wiki/Curriculum-Template

I'd say this is resolved/decided. Let's close this issue and work from the wiki template for updates?

Thanks for this research + great ref!

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