Coding in K8 Classrooms: Empowering Creativity Every Day
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The workshop discusses the importance of coding in K-8 education to foster creativity and prepare students for future-ready skills, emphasizing that parents and educators recognize creativity as a critical skill for success. Participants engage in activities and explore research findings on how coding can enhance creativity and other essential skills. Resources for further learning are provided to help integrate coding into the curriculum effectively.
Coding in K8 Classrooms: Empowering Creativity Every Day
- 1. Coding in K8 Classrooms: Empowering Creativity Every Day Dr. Julie Evans & Dr. Kari Stubbs @JulieEvans_PT @SpeakUpEd @karistubbs @brainpop #ISTE19
- 2. CREATING 21ST CENTURY LEARNERS ~ Mitch Resnick, Scratch Co-Creator Today’s workshop discussion and activities ▪ Welcome and getting to know you! ▪ Let’s code! ▪ Research findings on coding and creativity ▪ How to incorporate coding within the K-8 curriculum ▪ More coding! ▪ Reflection time ▪ Extend your learning with additional resources
- 3. CREATING 21ST CENTURY LEARNERS ~ Mitch Resnick, Scratch Co-Creator Welcome and getting to know you! @JulieEvans_PT @SpeakUpEd @KariStubbs @BrainPOP #ISTE19 #ISTE2019
- 5. Let’s talk about future-ready skills
- 6. Views of 20,985 parents nationwide from Speak Up 2018-19 Let’s talk about future-ready skills
- 7. Talking about creativity . . . Creativity has a big fan base in parents: Subgroups of parents of school-aged children Creativity is an important skill for students to develop to be successful for the future % of parents who agree Parents in urban communities 73% Parents in rural communities 73% Parents in low income communities 74% Parents with children in K-2 73% Parents with children in Gr 3-5 72% Parents with children in Gr 6-8 72% Parents with children in Gr 9-12 71% No differences based upon community or family income or grade level!
- 8. And with district administrators also! Most important skills for students to develop to be “future-ready” include: ▪ Critical thinking and problem-solving (91% of administrators agree) ▪ Being able to work with diverse groups of people (84%) ▪ Teamwork and collaboration (81%) ▪ Creativity and “out of the box” thinking (75%) ▪ Technology skills (73%) Talking about creativity . . .
- 9. Creativity as an essential workplace skill: World Economic Forum says by 2020 creativity will be the 3rd most important skill desired by companies, closely following problem solving and critical thinking, up from 10th in 2015. Talking about creativity . . .
- 10. “Creativity is as important now in education as literacy and we should treat it with the same status.” Sir Ken Robinson, Educator and Author Creativity as a new literacy: Talking about creativity . . .
- 11. But what kinds of learning experiences can help students develop creativity skills? One innovative approach is allowing students to have choices about their learning “When they start creating, I want my students to have choices as to what tools they use and to take learning into their own hands. Even when I guide them through something, they need to take ownership to make the game their own. This is really about teaching kids about how to learn, not just about now to make something based upon my instructions.” Steve Isaacs, Middle School Teacher
- 12. Role of coding in future-ready skill development (esp. creativity)
- 13. Role of coding in future-ready skill development Best ways for students to develop college and career ready skills: Parents increasingly see the value of coding as a good way for their students to develop workplace skills!
- 14. Role of coding in future-ready skill development
- 15. Best ways for students to develop college and career ready skills: And district administrators agree also! 51% of district leaders in large school districts endorse coding to support student skill development Role of coding in future-ready skill development
- 16. Because students will … Students in grades 6-8 who agree Parents who agree School principals who agree District administrators who agree Community members who agree Develop creativity skills 58% 46% 65% 50% 48% Learn how computers work 51% 51% 47% 28% 45% Develop critical thinking skills 49% 63% 78% 77% 63% Be prepared for programming jobs 45% 53% 59% 39% 52% Solve real-world problems 38% 43% 68% 65% 43% Why is it important for schools to provide coding learning experiences for all students
- 17. CREATING 21ST CENTURY LEARNERS "Very few people grow up to be professional writers, but we teach everyone to write because it’s a way of communicating with others—of organizing your thoughts and expressing your ideas. I think the reasons for learning to code are the same as the reasons for learning to write. When we learn to write, we are learning how to organize, express, and share ideas. And when we learn to code, we are learning how to organize, express, and share ideas in new ways, in a new medium.” ~ Mitch Resnick, Scratch Co-Creator Why is learning coding important today?
- 20. Interest in Coding & Computational Thinking Students are interested in coding. There’s a pipeline issue in the elementary & middle years. There’s an equity issue challenging that interest. 1 2 3 But are students interested in coding?
- 21. Student sub-groups % who say they are interested in learning how to code in school % who say they are already doing this in school Girls – Grades K-5 50% 6% Boys – Grades K-5 60% 7% Girls – Grades 6-8 60% 5% Boys – Grades 6-8 69% 8% Grade K-5 students in Title 1 schools 58% 6% Grade 6-8 students in Title 1 schools 67% 7% Grade K-5 students in rural communities 58% 5% Grade 6-8 students in rural communities 63% 6% But are students interested in coding?
- 22. Student sub-groups % who say they are already doing this in school Girls – Grades K-5 6% Boys – Grades K-5 7% Girls – Grades 6-8 5% Boys – Grades 6-8 8% Grade K-5 students in Title 1 schools 6% Grade 6-8 students in Title 1 schools 7% Grade K-5 students in rural communities 5% Grade 6-8 students in rural communities 6% But are students interested in coding? Why are so few students having this opportunity to develop future-ready skills?
- 23. But are students interested in coding? “All profiles of students are succeeding with coding at our school. We definitely see way more girls in our coding population. We also have kids who are really way above grade level, kids right at grade level, and kids who struggle academically. The common denominator is that they are all really excelling in coding. They are passionate about it and it shows in their success.” Recognizing student interest in coding is the first step to building a new culture for creative coding at every school, so that every child can develop this new language of creativity. Chris Schilling, Middle School Teacher
- 25. Extending your learning beyond today: additional resources for you about coding and creativity https://bit.ly/2ZAbMEz https://tinyurl.com/codingISTE19
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