Social discussion of CS in K-12

[Robert Stake <stake AT illinois.edu>]

You are already doing it, Pattsi.  And some of those who attend Ctrl-Shift as well.  And some who are too tired to.
It's a problem: we would like to scale up and sustain beyond our reach.  The curve is steep.  Bob


On 1/14/16, 10:46 PM, Pattsi Petrie wrote:

If anyone in this group develops a method to move from kvetching to action, please let me know because I have a racial justice TF to which I can apply the response.

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On Jan 14, 2016, at 8:14 PM, Charles Schultz <sacrophyte AT gmail.com> wrote:

I picked up the book ("Most Likely to Succeed") this evening and focused on chapters 2 (The Purpose of Education) and 7 (what we can about all these problems). For the most part, I say they align really closely with the things I have already been thinking. So naturally I like them. *grin*

My take aways at this point are as follows:

- there is too much duct tape and gum holding together the antiquated boat we have; we need a new boat

- due to the lack of serious leadership at a national level (compare the budget for Defense to that of Education), we need brave leaders at lower levels to step out and be innovators

- change is already happening. So is resistance.

I am curious if we in Champaign-Urbana are brave enough to identify old habits that, while once may (maybe. possibly. or maybe not) have been good, are no longer productive. For instance, regurgitation of facts and over-reliance on testing comes to mind. When the authors speak about how software companies no longer care about diplomas and what courses you have taken, it is quite uncanny how accurate they are; I have been involved in a couple committees at Parkland where we interview local companies like Pixo, Wolfram, the University, Codagami, NCSA, etc, and the consensus always seems to be that they want employees that can change and adapt quickly with the times.

I'll be reading more. I am quite excited about how this potential community conversation can impact and mold what school looks like at the local level.

On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 8:34 AM, Reese, George Clifford <reese AT illinois.edu> wrote:

Thanks to all who showed up last night for the interesting discussion.

I think multiple screenings of the “Most Likely to Succeed” video are going to happen. I’m looking forward to the conversations sparked by those viewings. Many challenges. Many conversations to be had. Urgent needs. Scarce resources. Difficult politics. The lovely tempest that is the local democracy.

 

The new location worked well. We’ll stick with the BarrelHouse for next week’s meeting as well.

 

George

 

 

 

George Reese

Office for Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education (MSTE)

505 East Green St.
Suite 102

Champaign, IL 61820

217-333-6604

 

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