{"data":{"ID":674,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1478037977,"CreatorID":4735,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Computer Science For All - Cutting through the opportunities, challenges, and confusion","Handle":"computer_science_for_all_-_cutting_through_the_opportunities-challenges-and_confusion","ShortDescription":"President Obama recently proclaimed a goal of computer science education for every student. Progressive educators should lead such a movement. This session will explore the mutually supportive nature of making, progressive ideals, and computer science education, while cutting through the confusion associated with the hype.","Description":"Creative educators should lead the movement to teach all kids to program, but only after goals are clarified and \u201c C4All\u201d (Computer Science for All)  is defined. This session will explore the mutually supportive nature of making and computer science education, while cutting through the confusion associated with the latest \"opportunity\" being delivered to schools. Exciting examples of what programming across the curriculum look like will be shared and 10 powerful ideas of teaching CS discussed.\r\n\r\nThe presenter has four decades worth of experience teaching K-12 computer science in schools across the globe and is on the advisory board of the NSF-funded, BJC4NYC: Bringing a Rigorous Computer Science Principles Course to NYC.","Link":["http:\/\/cmkfutures.com"],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"Practice":"Ten principles of teaching computer science to all kids across the curriculum will be shared and discussed. There will be at least one minds-on computational thinking experience planned for the session.","Presenter":["Gary S. Stager Ph.D."],"PresenterAffiliation":["Constructing Modern Knowledge"],"PresenterEmail":["gary@stager.org"],"ScheduleSlotID":78,"ScheduleLocationID":13,"SubmitterID":4735,"AdditionalComments":null,"LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":6}}