An introduction to the CS10K Community (developed by the American Institutes for Research Networked Learning Group) for teachers participating in NSF funded professional development projects focused on Computer Science Principles and Exploring Computer Science
2. Why an online community for
CS10K?
• Sustained engagement
to support your teaching
• Recognize successes and
honor challenges
• Contribute to a national
movement
– To broader participation
in computing
– To better prepare
students for the
challenges of the future
4. What Creates Value for Educators
Initial value
• Effective leadership and
moderation
• Appropriate resources
• Robust tools for finding
what you need and getting
questions answered
Deeper value
• Effective leadership and
moderation
• Structured activities
• Tangible products
• Leadership opportunities
5. Community Activities
• Accessing and sharing expertise
– Peers nationwide
– Outside experts
• Finding, sharing, and co-creating resources
– Finished and in progress
– Within and across projects
• Confronting challenges of practice together
– Key instructional moments
– CSP Portfolio tasks
– Recruiting students and communicating with
administrators
6. Confronting the challenges of
practice & co-creating resources
Groups
– Project groups
– Inquiry and working groups
– Public groups (e.g., CS in the Wild)
7. Accessing expertise
Events and one-to-one
connections
– Webinars
– Chats
– Time-bounded
asynchronous
discussions
– Member profiles
8. Finding and sharing resources
Search and annotation
– Anyone can upload and
tag in relationship to
curriculum and
development status
– Faceted search
– Rating and comments
9. Going public,
but only when you’re ready
• You control with which groups
you have a discussion
• You control who gets to see
resources you post
• You decide with whom and
how you want to connect and
in what you participate
11. Collective wondering
How might you use the community to support
your learning and performance? What could you
contribute (now or later)?
12. Collective wondering
What might prevent you from participating
actively? What kinds of support would be
helpful in overcoming those barriers?
13. Collective wondering
What topics would you like to see groups and
resource development focus on? On which
would events with guest experts be helpful?
