Staff Development Guide

Training Situation: Training (large group)

Length: 95 minutes

Objective: Participants will learn how to help youth reflect and process experiences with patterns and trends in data to assist them in computational thinking.

Agenda:

  • Welcome and introduction – 10 minutes
  • Define pattern recognition – 5 minutes
  • Hands-on learning – 30 minutes
  • Discussion – 15 minutes
  • Analyze data – 15 minutes
  • Describing patterns – 5 minutes
  • The reflective process – 15 minutes
  • Computational thinking – 5 minutes
  • Conclusion – 5 minutes

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