Week 14 Work Time - CSTA Standards

Go to the website:

https://www.csteachers.org/page/standards

Look at each of the Standards suggested for 4th and 5th graders by following these steps:

1.  Click on Standards in the banner; you should then see:

CSTA K-12 Computer Science Standards, Revised 2017

2.  For Level, select "1B (Grades 3-5 / Ages 8-11)"

3.  Select each of the Concepts and read about the Standards that pertain to that Concept:

1. Algorithms and Programming (most of the standards)
2. Computing Systems
3. Data and Analysis
4. Impacts of Computing
5. Networks and the Internet

Please discuss each question in a small group (e.g., 3 students), but you do not have to come to agreement at this time; you should each fill in the survey questions yourself in Canvas and can give different answers.

We recommend the following structure for your small group discussion:

1.  One person (the leader for this standard) reads the standard from the csteachers.org website outloud.  For example, for "1B-AP-08" they read outloud "Compare and refine multiple algorithms for the same task and determine which is the most appropriate." 

2.  The leader asks if everyone understands the standard.  If someone wants more information, everyone can click on the "side arrow" and expand the standard to see:

"Different algorithms can achieve the same result, though sometimes one algorithm might be most appropriate for a specific situation. Students should be able to look at different ways to solve the same task and decide which would be the best solution. For example, students could use a map and plan multiple algorithms to get from one point to another. They could look at routes suggested by mapping software and change the route to something that would be better, based on which route is shortest or fastest or would avoid a problem. Students might compare algorithms that describe how to get ready for school. Another example might be to write different algorithms to draw a regular polygon and determine which algorithm would be the easiest to modify or repurpose to draw a different polygon."

Everyone can read this expansion on their own.

3.  Then the leader answers the question by saying whether or not they covered this standard (to at least some reasonable extent) in their club and if they did cover it, briefly describes how.   If the leader does not think that standard should be covered in the club, they should say why.  

4.  Then the other group members can either agree or explain why they disagree.

5.  Everyone decides for themselves how they will answer in Canvas for that standard (Beware: Canvas randomizes the order for the drop-down answers.)

6.  Move on to the next standard with a different leader.

After each concept, you will be asked to very briefly explain any standards that you think we should NOT cover in our clubs.