![]() As our work became an example for others to follow, CPS was approached almost 3 years ago by the newly formed computer science education accelerator, Code.org, to provide help to expand this work. As a result, over 460 new teachers have received professional development and as of school year 2015-16, computer science coursework is available in over 107 schools and counting. Our goal has been to offer a variety of strategies to integrate project- and problem-based modules into our students’ highly-interactive learning environments, beginning as early as kindergarten. By integrating computer science lessons into elementary school, adding computer science to middle school math and science classrooms in a meaningful way, and teaching the introductory Exploring Computer Science curriculum in high schools, we have piloted a scaffolded approach to not only introduce computational education at every level, but to also help our students understand the integrative nature of computational concepts. |