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Imagine that you have just been hired for your first teaching position. The principal of your school asks for your help in addressing a new state standard on computational thinking. The principal explains, "There is a new academic standard which states that students should have an understanding of computational thinking and its application in design and problem solving in real-world contexts. As I understand it, computational thinking is something that can be addressed no matter which subject is being taught. The expectation is that students will be able to see that computational thinking is everywhere in daily life and can be applied to a wide variety of problems and content.” The principal continues, "I know you had course work in educational technology at Purdue, so I think you can set an example for the rest of the faculty by developing an activity for your classroom to introduce your students to computational thinking."

So, your task is to design a class activity to introduce your students to some aspect of computational thinking and/or its application.

To complete your task, follow the steps outlined in Process.

 

This WebQuest was developed by the CS4EDU project, which is supported by the National Science Foundation under grant CNS-0938999. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. Page last updated: 28-Jan-2011.