Introductions

Module Objectives

In this module, you will:

  • Introduce yourself to other people in our learning community
  • Develop community agreements for our learning community
  • Reflect on your experience with technology
  • Analyze on your values with computational thinking and digital literacies

Activity #1: Introduce Yourself

Welcome to EDU 210/211! This is a space to get to know each other. In the FlipGrid video introduce yourself by sharing:

  • Your preferred name and pronouns
  • Where you are from
  • What school you work & your role at the school
  • Why you are taking this course or what you hope to learn
  • Personal and/or professional details about yourself that you would like to share
  • Pose a question that you would like others to answer.
  • Watch the videos before you, so you can answer each of the questions that your colleagues have posed!

Use this link to go to FlipGrid https://flip.com/42451912 your user name is your first name as it appears on CUNY First

Activity #2: Building Community in EDU 210/211

To be a community that supports the needs of all members, we need to develop community agreements.

To begin, read the Liberatory Design Mindsets (p. 3-15).

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Liberatory Design Mindsets

Brainstorm, what do you need and want to be successful in this learning community?

Click here to post a list of your you wants/needs (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ot4utsGNSRl3zR2a57e4MeFYol8r2-Q5L1I3RsGMPFQ/edit?usp=sharing)

Optional: Review the CITE Framework which explains the foundation for our work

Activity #3: Reflections Paper

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Reflections Paper Guidelines

Review Santo et al., (2019) to explore values in computational thinking and computing education.

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Santo et al., (2019)

Review the Padlet with examples of what people are computing, digital tools, and literacies.

https://padlet.com/embed/2jlp9fdfnk28j7eo

Made with Padlet

Use the list below to identify your values for computing, computational thinking, and digital literacies.

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Values Statements

Share the values you selected on this Google Form