Computer Science Education Week 2022

Coming to you live from The Science Museum of Virginia be sure to tune into the live stream of our CS Ed Week Launch! event live stream to hear from speakers about how they are using computer science to #ConnectTogether all across Virginia! Available to any educator to share with their classroom or any supporter to tune into, we will be streaming the event live from this event page and on our youtube channel! Register to receive a reminder email day of by clicking the Educator Registration! button above.

Storytelling is a powerful learning tool in every classroom for engaging the imagination and core content. In this guided module, participants will be introduced to beginning programming concepts and learn how to tell stories using Twine. This low barrier activity will inspire you to bring early programming concepts to your teaching in any subject area!

This CodeVA Integration through Storytelling using Twine course will take place over ten business days as a self-paced, modular learning opportunity. Content will be made available through Canvas, all work will be asynchronous, and participants will have access to CodeVA facilitators for questions and help.

Unplugged to Plugged is a webinar connecting conceptual unplugged CS lessons to skills-based plugged CS lessons within core content. Participants will examine the process of bridging the gap from abstract concepts of unplugged activities to the actual execution of computer science skills in plugged activities for integrated lessons.

Amazon Future Engineer just launched a new way for elementary to high school students to explore STEM careers. Check out their interactive virtual field trips—now on #Kahoot! Students can meet the engineers behind Amazon’s latest technology, build their computer science vocabulary, and find out how software development and robotics make amazing innovations possible. Check it out here!

What is Computer Science?
What is CS is a live showing of a pre-recorded webinar that that introduces the importance of teaching computer science in Virginia K-12 schools. Participants will learn about the unique landscape of CS in Virginia, engage with important CS focused resources, and learn about the VA Computer Science SOL strands.

What is Computer Science Integration?
What is Integration is a live showing of a pre-recorded webinar that will help teachers explore computer science and learn how to integrate the VA CS SOLs into core curriculum with students. Participants will engage with CodeVA created resources designed to help classroom teachers integrate computer science.

CS Unplugged
CS Unplugged is a live showing of a pre-recorded webinar that introduces teaching CS concepts through small to large scale unplugged activities. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of why concept work is important for student accessibility as they learn about CS in the classroom setting.

Digital Learning versus CS Standards of Learning
The Virginia Department of Education will host a live showing of a pre-recorded webinar that will provide educators guidance on the implementation of the 2017 Computer Science Standards of Learning and the 2020 Digital Learning Integration Standards. The session will provide attendees with a deeper understanding of these two standards and relevant resources to ensure implementation. The goal of the session is to ensure attendees can distinguish between these standards-understanding both similarities and differences and identify classroom applications of both standards.

Come aboard the Orion spacecraft as a virtual crew member this fall! On this free virtual tour, students can go behind the scenes at Johnson Space Center and discover the inner workings of new, special space technology heading to the moon during NASA’s Artemis I mission. Take this interactive, virtual tour on Kahoot! to gain a deeper understanding of the Deep Space Network, artificial intelligence, payloads, solar radiation, telemetry, and more! Play the kahoot here!

Educators—or virtual tour guides, don’t miss the standards-aligned Teacher Toolkit to help facilitate this interactive learning experience. After the tour, complete the Teacher Survey [UTM] and receive free space celebration items for you and your classroom.

Computer Science Integration will help teachers explore Computer Science and learn how to integrate the VA CS SOLs into core curriculum with students.

Participants will gain a deeper understanding of the computer science conceptual strands and focus on methods to help identify overlapping topics and concepts. Through this training, educators will design integrated lessons for their classroom using CodeVA’s Computer Science Integration Guide and explore pre-made lessons with our facilitators skilled at integrating Computer Science into their own K-8th grade classrooms.

This CodeVA Computer Science Integration course will take place over ten business days as a self-paced, modular learning opportunity. Content will be made available through Canvas, all work will be asynchronous, and participants will have access to CodeVA facilitators for questions and help.