tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18677687.post1144544009329505594..comments2024-03-27T15:13:24.764-04:00Comments on Computer Science Teacher: CSTA 2017–Some ThoughtsAlfred Thompsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05575057876858763822noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18677687.post-50236768879137428612017-07-16T15:19:25.550-04:002017-07-16T15:19:25.550-04:00I like your idea of a meeting for discussing cours...I like your idea of a meeting for discussing courses beyond AP CS. I feel that once students are learning CS sooner they should come into HS ready to take AP CS classes sooner. This means we will need something beyond AP CS A (my school district does not offer anything at the moment.) <br /><br />I personally was looking for Cyber security curriculum that I could offer students AFTER AP CS, but I was not successful. Sounds like this may be something yet to be developed???Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05360892951609227332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18677687.post-53521887637714591912017-07-16T12:33:09.729-04:002017-07-16T12:33:09.729-04:00Stuff for the very advanced is always in short sup...Stuff for the very advanced is always in short supply. And there are many more people who need the less advanced stuff. Maybe we need a Birds of a Feather for the people who are very advanced or who teach courses beyond AP CS?Alfred C Thompson IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06011086242006020298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18677687.post-28622846272013188732017-07-16T09:18:44.092-04:002017-07-16T09:18:44.092-04:00As to my experiences -
Lots of robotics -- I avoi...As to my experiences -<br /><br />Lots of robotics -- I avoided most of these sessions - not because I wasn't interested but because I'm not in a situation where I'll do anything with them in the very near future.<br /><br />Lots of Cybersecurity - I wanted to get to some of this but wasn't able to.<br /><br />Lots of beginner stuff - already addressed. <br /><br />Lots of standards / framework stuff -- I'm preparing a blog post or two.<br /><br />I enjoyed the session on personal learning networks. I can't say I got much out of it given that I'm in the later years of my career but I think it was terrific for newer teachers. <br /><br />I left a couple of sessions feeling that people gave a "this is my story" talk but didn't really leave the attendees empowered to do things themselves. I wondered if this was common.<br /><br /><br /><br />Mike Zamanskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15069276938781711576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18677687.post-15874727056163293592017-07-16T07:31:30.527-04:002017-07-16T07:31:30.527-04:00This was my first CSTA conference so I don't h...This was my first CSTA conference so I don't have context but I'd guess that the APCS-P focus had something to do with the buzz being the new kid on the block, the fact that many APCS-A teachers probably also do APCS-P and this is one of the first years they had people to discuss this with and also probably the conference organizers -- there was little (to my eye) for advanced teachers in the program and that might also have skewed the expectations coming in.<br />Mike Zamanskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15069276938781711576noreply@blogger.com