Alfred Thompson talks about the trends in teaching Computer Science. Topics include:

How to get kids moving as you teach programming
What happens when a school has every student learn Computer Science
How to engage young women in Computer Science Programming

Today’s Sponsor: WriQ from Texthelp is a new FREE Add-on for Google Docs that helps teachers easily assess student writing and track progress over time by automatically scoring students’ spelling, punctuation, and grammar errors. It also incorporates rubrics so teachers can provide meaningful, qualitative feedback to encourage the writing journey. This handy free Google Docs add-on tracks things like: time spent writing, spelling-grammar-and punctuation error rates and pulls it into a clear graphical view in your teacher dashboard. To learn more about Wriq go to www.texthelp.com/wriq

182 Computer Science Teaching Tips with Alfred Thompson