{"id":202,"date":"2023-10-20T11:37:23","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/edu-210211-summer-2023-j-longley\/?page_id=174"},"modified":"2023-10-20T11:37:23","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:37:23","slug":"algorithms","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/ted-cite-workspace\/algorithms\/","title":{"rendered":"Algorithms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Module Objectives:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In this module, you will:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Explore algorithms in computational thinking<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Engage in activities that use algorithms<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Create a learning experience for your students that includes algorithms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Activity #1: Algorithms in Computational Thinking<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Read Moschella (2019)<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pdfemb-pdf-embedder-viewer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/edu-210-b18l-fall-2023-j-longley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3085\/2023\/07\/1523_INTED_MOSCHELLA-copy.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"\" data-width=\"max\" data-height=\"max\" data-toolbar=\"bottom\" data-toolbar-fixed=\"off\">1523_INTED_MOSCHELLA-copy<\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-pdfemb-pdf-embedder-viewer\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"\/\/www.inspiritscholars.com\/blog\/what-is-an-algorithm-for-kids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Link to Moschella (2019)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Read <em>Wong &amp; Jiang (2018)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pdfemb-pdf-embedder-viewer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/edu-210-b18l-fall-2023-j-longley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3085\/2023\/07\/Wong_Jiang_2018_Computational_Thinking_Education_for_Children_Algorithmic_Thinking_and_Debugging-copy.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"\" data-width=\"max\" data-height=\"max\" data-toolbar=\"bottom\" data-toolbar-fixed=\"off\">Wong_Jiang_2018_Computational_Thinking_Education_for_Children_Algorithmic_Thinking_and_Debugging-copy<\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-pdfemb-pdf-embedder-viewer\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"http:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/edu-210-b18l-fall-2023-j-longley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3085\/2023\/07\/Wong_Jiang_2018_Computational_Thinking_Education_for_Children_Algorithmic_Thinking_and_Debugging-copy.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Link to Wong &amp; Jiang (2018)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read <em>Algorithms in Everyday Mathematics<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pdfemb-pdf-embedder-viewer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/edu-210-b18l-fall-2023-j-longley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3085\/2023\/07\/algorithms-2.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"\" data-width=\"max\" data-height=\"max\" data-toolbar=\"bottom\" data-toolbar-fixed=\"off\">algorithms-2<\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-pdfemb-pdf-embedder-viewer\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"\/\/www.inspiritscholars.com\/blog\/what-is-an-algorithm-for-kids\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Link to Algorithms in Everyday Mathematics<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch: <em>BBC Learning &#8212; What is an Algorithm (2015)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BBC Learning - What Is An Algorithm\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Da5TOXCwLSg?start=3&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <em>What is an Algorithm for Kids<\/em> (Inspirit Scholars)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-inspirit-scholars wp-block-embed-inspirit-scholars\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"GhsyeUfWnf\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inspiritscholars.com\/blog\/what-is-an-algorithm-for-kids\/\">What is an Algorithm for Kids? An Introduction to Algorithms for Kids<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;What is an Algorithm for Kids? An Introduction to Algorithms for Kids&#8221; &#8212; Inspirit Scholars\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inspiritscholars.com\/blog\/what-is-an-algorithm-for-kids\/embed\/#?secret=QtEz7zo2DU#?secret=GhsyeUfWnf\" data-secret=\"GhsyeUfWnf\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read: <em>How to Explain Algorithms to Kids<\/em> (CodeMonkey.com, 2019)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.codemonkey.com\/blog\/how-to-explain-algorithms-to-kids\/\">https:\/\/www.codemonkey.com\/blog\/how-to-explain-algorithms-to-kids\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read <em>Creating Algorithms <\/em>(Digital Promise)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-digital-promise wp-block-embed-digital-promise\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"zcbG5gvGFI\"><a href=\"https:\/\/digitalpromise.org\/initiative\/computational-thinking\/computational-thinking-for-next-generation-science\/creating-algorithms\/\">Creating Algorithms<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Creating Algorithms&#8221; &#8212; Digital Promise\" src=\"https:\/\/digitalpromise.org\/initiative\/computational-thinking\/computational-thinking-for-next-generation-science\/creating-algorithms\/embed\/#?secret=GmAaOAoLV0#?secret=zcbG5gvGFI\" data-secret=\"zcbG5gvGFI\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Optional Reading<\/strong>: <em>Baking with Algorithms<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pdfemb-pdf-embedder-viewer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/edu-210-b18l-fall-2023-j-longley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3085\/2023\/07\/Baking-with-Algorithms-Lesson-Plan.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"\" data-width=\"max\" data-height=\"max\" data-toolbar=\"bottom\" data-toolbar-fixed=\"off\">Baking-with-Algorithms-Lesson-Plan<\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-pdfemb-pdf-embedder-viewer\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"http:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/edu-210-b18l-fall-2023-j-longley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3085\/2023\/07\/Baking-with-Algorithms-Lesson-Plan.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Link to Baking with Algorithms<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Optional Reading: <\/strong>Mezak et al., (2021)<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pdfemb-pdf-embedder-viewer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/edu-210-b18l-fall-2023-j-longley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3085\/2023\/07\/THEINTEGRATIONOFALGORITHMICTHINKINGINTOPRESCHOOLEDUCATION-copy.pdf\" class=\"pdfemb-viewer\" style=\"\" data-width=\"max\" data-height=\"max\" data-toolbar=\"bottom\" data-toolbar-fixed=\"off\">THEINTEGRATIONOFALGORITHMICTHINKINGINTOPRESCHOOLEDUCATION-copy<\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-pdfemb-pdf-embedder-viewer\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">Link to Mezak et al., (2021)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Activity #2: Tangram Algorithm<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What is a Tangram | Learn how to make different Tangram shapes\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p3avPxYb3wU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Create a shape using the 7 shapes of a tangram.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Write an algorithm to create the tangram shape <em>without naming the tangram shape.<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Virtual tangrams can be found at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/edu-210-b18l-fall-2023-j-longley\/?page_id=487\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"487\" target=\"_blank\">toytheater.com\/tangram<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Post your algorithm on this Google Doc  <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/11ZuGomcuzhuypFOyrEbxrk9Z_SkYb1wwQ38JvVztCrI\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/11ZuGomcuzhuypFOyrEbxrk9Z_SkYb1wwQ38JvVztCrI\/edit?usp=sharing<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Follow a colleague&#8217;s algorithm. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Name the tangram shape under your colleague&#8217;s algorithm. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Module Objectives: In this module, you will: Activity #1: Algorithms in Computational Thinking Read Moschella (2019) Read Wong &amp; Jiang (2018) Read Algorithms in Everyday Mathematics Watch: BBC Learning &#8212; What is an Algorithm (2015) Read: What is an Algorithm for Kids (Inspirit Scholars) Read: How to Explain Algorithms to Kids (CodeMonkey.com, 2019) https:\/\/www.codemonkey.com\/blog\/how-to-explain-algorithms-to-kids\/ Read &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/ted-cite-workspace\/algorithms\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Algorithms&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":85,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"portfolio_post_id":0,"portfolio_citation":"","portfolio_annotation":"","openlab_post_visibility":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-202","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/ted-cite-workspace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/ted-cite-workspace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/ted-cite-workspace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/ted-cite-workspace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/85"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/ted-cite-workspace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/ted-cite-workspace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/202\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/ted-cite-workspace\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}