Monday, January 23, 2017

WE'RE MAPPING THE DLCS STANDARDS!

A group of Digital Learning Team members are preparing to develop a curriculum map for the Massachusetts Digital Literacy and Computer Science  standards which were approved by the state in June, 2016.  To help teachers understand what the state is requiring of our students, we want to break the standards down by grade level, clarifying what a student should be able to do at the close of each school year.


Many teachers are already integrating technology and digital literacy successfully into their instruction. We want to formally collect expectations in one map so all teachers are participating and all students have the same opportunities.  This will also enable administration to determine what kind of training and support is needed at each level.

This is a big task and we will need everyone’s input. We are looking to expand our team so we can have participation from all schools and grade levels. Please let me know if you are interested or have any suggestions.

Tuesday, January 3, 2017

HOUR OF CODE IS A BIG SUCCESS!


CBRSD jumped on  the bandwagon during Computer Science week and almost every student from K-6 took part in the Hour of Code. Organized by Code.org, it's a one-hour introduction to computer science designed to demystify code and show that anybody can learn the basics. Students and teachers alike were enthusiastic, and could see the educational value of coding at all grade levels. Many of our teachers are now incorporating coding into their daily instruction.
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