Digital library provides teacher-tested, standards-based engineering content for K-12 teachers to use in science and math classrooms. Engineering lessons connect real-world experiences with curricular content already taught in K-12 classrooms.
This article describes how creating a timeline can be an effective tool to display classroom content in all grade levels. Through using timeline 2.0 teachers can incorporate student projects, class birthdays, holidays, and school events. Teachers can use timelines to uncover their students imaginative minds to help them keep track of ongoing events.
This is a website resource for computer courses for adult learners. This site contains computer science related articles, links, videos, and other useful information. This site will help in understanding what coursework in computer science can be taught to adults for practical learning or for career.
The author of this blog really knows how to make engineering fun for kids. It contains links for engineering hands-on learning, competitions, and additional resources on computer programming for kids. A perfect resource for elementary to middle school learners.
It is a free professional development site for teachers and librarians. It addresses common questions about the use of technology in teaching and learning by providing easy access to practical, online resources and lesson plans on technology for young to adult learners.
This is a great video resource for online courses and video clips from leading universities. I found some interesting videos that are related to Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) studies which we can incorporate in our project.
A website managed by the University of Washington. It is a site that is mainly focused on the field of computer science, its importance, and career pathways. You can find movie clips of people who made computer science and engineering their career. They are good examples of computers scientists and engineers who don't sit behind their keyboards programming and designing the latest computer games or avatar. They are in hospitals, offices, and in classrooms. This resource will be used for the career pathway section in our project.
It is a blog on teaching computer science at the K-12 level. It covers a technology called Kodu which our SIG is planning to pursue. Kodu is a free and simple to use visual programming language from Microsoft designed to teach children how to make video games while practicing important skills. It introduces the logic and problem solving of programming without the complexity. Kodu builds real world skills while having fun by enabling students to build video games that require them to analyze problems, structure their logic and tell their story.
This site talks about the importance of using technology in all levels of education from elementary to secondary schools. The student's learning experience is enhanced through implementation of fun and comprehensive technology programs. Some of the tools used to create this fun learning experience are powerpoint and multimedia, which is used to help create lesson plans. Students can gain valuable computer skills using these tools to create dynamic webpages, projects, and designs. Teachers that integrate multimedia in their lesson plans can give their students a visual learning experience. Students who are exposed to these lesson plans have the opportunity to see engineering in a different light. Engineering is no longer seen as a tough and complex science, but rather a fun and exciting process which can be used to control and manipulate variables.
Here is another site for free video lectures on math and science. It contains a lot of interesting and educational topics that you can use for research or for teaching. I will be looking for specific CSE video lecture courses that can be embedded into the virtual library.
NetLogo is a programmable modeling environment for simulating natural and social phenomena. It is used by tens of thousands of students, teachers and researchers worldwide.
This site gives a list of computer science and engineering organizations to help students gain a social network in there desired field.The site also contains resources geared toward students and professionals who are interested in specific fields within engineering such as mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and computer design. There are a number of organizations for varying cultures, backgrounds, and age groups. This site is an excellent resource for students who would like to expand into the global market of engineering.
This site helps to explore the area of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) and how it relates to elementary student's understanding of engineering concepts. Students have the opportunity to gain real life experience through the completion of engineering problems. Elementary students will have the ability to see the correlation between engineering principles and their core academic subjects ie history, math, science, and english. Students of all ages are able to see how engineering connects with every aspect of their daily lives.
This is a webpage for CS educators of students from high school to higher level of education. It contains teaching tools, resources, and software links. Our SIG will include this site in our virtual library because it covers "real world" simulations, interactive activities, and software (like Kodu, Small Basic, XNA).
They are developing a model and repository of best practices for teaching computer science. Inside you will find teacher support, a curriculum, and many resources.
A site for educators teaching computer science to college students. There are sample lesson plans and teacher links that we can use for our virtual library especially in the section for teachers of adult learners.
It is an organization for CS teachers who teach high school. Aside from using the SIG's virtual library as a teaching resource, it is also a goal to let our website be used as a collaboration site for organizations like the Computer Science Society and CSTA to share their passion for computer science and engineering.
This is a science update podcast from Thinkfinity.org. It is a great example for our team to incorporate into our virtual library to demontrate a practical use of a computer program to study long-lost cultures of the past through an experiment in virtual archaeology.
