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  • CS First

    Free, easy-to-use activities and curriculum introduce students ages 9-14 to computer science through themed projects that attract students with varied interests. Instructional videos guide students through each activity, so no coding experience is needed to teach!
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  • Music & Sound (Libraries Rock!) Lesson Plan

    This program is based on Google’s CS First Music & Sound club curriculum and has been customized by Homer (AK) Public Library for a week-long coding camp to introduced kids ages 8-11 to basic computer science concepts while they create digital music, sound and video. Library staff worked with a music educator to deliver the program content.
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  • “An Unusual Discovery” Hour of Code Activity

    Two characters meet in a world and discover a surprising object. What happens next? It’s all up to students, who have the opportunity to use their imagination and creativity to code their own story.
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  • Google Computational Thinking for Educators

    This self-paced course helps educators learn about computational thinking and how it can be integrated into a variety of subject areas. Divided into five units, the course provides real world examples as well as supplemental readings to support your learning.
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  • Engaging Families in STEM

    This website shares strategies for how to elevate the critical role of families in STEM and build capacity of STEM programs to include families.
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    Strategies, Professional development
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  • Ready to Code Educator Position Description

    This job posting provides information on responsibilities, expectations, and experience required for a library staff member being hired to support computational thinking literacy library activities.
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    Facilitator & mentor recruitment
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  • FarmBot Web App How To

    Youth can learn about farming and coding as they use the app to control a FarmBot as it plants, waters, and weeds a raised bed garden plot that they can then design and implement in the community!
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  • Google Computational Thinking for Educators

    This self-paced course helps educators learn about computational thinking and how it can be integrated into a variety of subject areas. Divided into five units, the course provides real world examples as well as supplemental readings to support your learning.
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    Professional development, Tutorial, Website
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  • Ready to Code with Feathered Friends

    Can a coding program get youth connected with backyard nature? Absolutely! Governor Mifflin School District tested a district-wide collaborative model, called Feathered Friends. They used concepts from connected learning, design thinking and computational thinking (CT) with our Middle School and High School student engineers to create an authentic learning experience.
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  • Family Engagement: Public LIbrary Association

    The Public Library Association is working to help libraries learn about and implement successful family engagement strategies. The web resources include toolkits, marketing materials, and a report completed with the Harvard Family Research Project.
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    Strategies, Professional development
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  • Ready to Code Kit Evaluation for Library Staff

    This sample evaluation form is for staff to use following a computational thinking local library event.
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    Program evaluation & assessment
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  • Recruiting and supporting community volunteers to lead youth computational thinking activities at the library

    Limited available staff is a reality for most libraries, resulting in very real challenges for starting new programs in new content areas. When the Normal (IL) Public Library (NPL) began planning computational thinking (CT) activities we asked ourselves, What do you do to meet your community need when your in-house toolkit lacks necessary resources like computer science (CS) & CT knowledge, available staff, and time?
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    Strategies, Ready to Code examples
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  • Be Internet Awesome

    Be Internet Awesome teaches kids the fundamentals of digital citizenship and online safety so they can explore the online world with confidence.
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  • Partners in Technology Mentorship Website

    This site shares all of the resources and guidelines that Normal Public Library uses to run a mentorship program that pairs youth with an adult mentor who has experience in technology.
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