Creative Coding

Lessons and Strategies to Integrate Computer Science Across the 6-8 Curriculum

By Josh Caldwell

ISBN: 9781564846747

Published: June 2018

Length: 138 pages

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This book is part of the ISTE Computational Thinking and Coding in the Classroom Series.

For math, science, English language arts and social studies teachers, this book provides the guidance and tools to start integrating coding into classes to complement and strengthen existing instruction.

Access to high-quality computer science instruction has grown by leaps and bounds in recent years. Thanks to this movement, more students start middle school with some foundational knowledge of computer science and coding. This new set of creative skills empowers students to express themselves in powerful ways, but students still need opportunities and support to develop and hone those skills. Creative Coding provides the resources teachers need to help their students do just that.

This book also includes:

• Lessons and projects to help students apply computational thinking and coding skills in core academic classes.
• Examples from classroom teachers in different content areas to support student learning.

This book helps classroom teachers in several core content areas develop activities and projects to encourage computational thinking and coding skills, and to build bridges between those skills and practice.

Audience: 6-8 educators

About the Author

Josh Caldwell is a K-8 education program manager for Code.org where he develops curriculum that brings the beauty of computer science to K-8 students. He’s also an open source advocate who works with individuals and small businesses. Caldwell was previously a middle school teacher who developed and taught computer science (CS) and robotics courses that focused on using project-based learning to connect CS to students’ interests and local issues.