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Coder Dojo Project

Coder Dojo Project. Educational Technology and Foundations Adriana D’ Alba Kim Huett Computer Science Anja Remshagen. Spring 2014 – Spring 2015. Summary. New Program: Build and maintain a fun, informal, on-campus, weekend coding program to do these things:

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Coder Dojo Project

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  1. Coder Dojo Project Educational Technology and Foundations Adriana D’ Alba Kim Huett Computer Science Anja Remshagen Spring2014 – Spring 2015

  2. Summary • New Program: Build and maintain a fun, informal, on-campus, weekend coding program to do these things: • Expand awareness of domain of computer science • Build knowledge and skills in the domain among community kids, families, and teachers • Build knowledge related to informal, constructivist learning environments and computational thinking • Today’s Plan: • Tell you about program • Seek feedback and support

  3. Contextual Factors that Support Program • There should be more opportunities for kids/people to learn about CS • Society is tech-mediated, and everyone should have some knowledge of it. • CS is under-taught/under-offered in U.S. schools. • The CS jobs are there to justify claims for CS programming. • Carroll County students need more opportunities. • Women and minorities are underrepresented in CS. • Lack of trained teachers. • Numerous current initiatives (Google, Microsoft, CoderDojo, etc.) are attempting to address these perceived lacks.

  4. UWG Well-positioned to Offer Program • CS knowledge • Educational-program-building knowledge • Pedagogical knowledge • Research and evaluation knowledge • Physical Environment (e.g., classrooms, equipment, mic headsets, laptops, open software and tools, etc.) • Some Funding

  5. Opportunities for Research • Computational Thinking • Project-based Learning • Learning in Practice Fields (Barab & Duffy, 2012) • "The learning context is motivating." (p. 37) • "Work is collaborative and social" (p. 37) • "Support the learner rather than simplify the dilemma" (p. 37) • "Dilemmas are ill-structured" (p. 36) • "Opportunity for reflection" (p. 36) • "Coaching and modeling of thinking skills" (p. 36) • "Ownership of the inquiry" (p. 36) Barab, S., & Duffy, T. (2012). From practice fields to communities of practice. In Jonassen, D., & Land, S.M. (Eds.), Theoretical foundations of learning environments (2nd. ed.) (pp. 29-65). New York: Routledge.

  6. What is Coder Dojo? • Coder Dojo is “the open source, volunteer led, global movement of free coding clubs for young people” (Coder Dojo, 2013). • Over 220 Dojos in 27 countries • Closest ones are in Alpharetta, GA and downtown Atlanta • For kids from 7 to 17 • 100% Free • Volunteer-based: mentors, faculty, staff, parents, community stakeholders

  7. How our Dojo will work? (Phase 1) • Limited term commitments (1 year each). First one is scheduled to start on March 2014- March 2015) • First Saturday of every month. • For kids from 7-17 • Volunteers from COE (faculty, staff, graduated students), involvement from parents. • Reservation system to attend sessions • Background checking for volunteers • Formative and summative assessment of the project

  8. Dojo Training Sessions • Coding beyond computer literacy • Animations and games • Scratch, RPG Maker, Minecraft • Web design • HTML/CSS • Computational thinking

  9. Computational Thinking • Seven numbers in sorted order • Is the number 39 included? Does the following contain number 38?

  10. Why a Coder Dojo in Westga? • Community outreach and educational impact • Opportunity for faculty research on STEM • Faculty service • Opportunity to develop internal and external grants • Opportunity for collaboration with other departments/colleges • Good PR for COE

  11. Resources needed • For Phase 1, we have much of the infrastructure (e.g., hardware, software, buildings) and human resources needed to start a Dojo. • Logic Model (handout). • Questions? (handout) • What we Ask of You (handout) • Budget Breakdown (handout) • Criminal Background Check (optional handout)

  12. Questions? Adriana D’ Alba adalba@westga.edu Kim Huett khuett@westga.edu Anja Remshagen anja@westga.edu

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