This has been the best professional development experience. I feel like I have a ton of ideas brewing and I am looking forward to tapping into the resources that I gathered from these two weeks.

The Computer Science Crash Course was wonderfully staffed and well prepared.  The course allowed for participants to step out of our teacher roles and to be students.   Upon arrival, students were provided with color-coded hour-by-hour agendas.  Every moment was structured with thought, providing insights on how to deliver quality differentiated computer programming curriculum. The course included flowcharting, coding challenges, unplugged activities, time to plan and networking. Following the course, during an elective class, I delivered coding challenges which were directly taken from the course.  These challenges resulted in experienced Scratch users being gently pushed to use logical thinking skills.

I learned that I am capable of coding myself. I learned that there is so much more to computer science than coding.

I was able to hone my skills in CS and taught at two school sites this year. I was able to use a lot of knowledge that I gained from the KCI Computer Science Crash course. Not only did this course extend my content knowledge but it helped me significantly improve my coding skills. The enthusiasm and passion of the instructors helped us all love this subject. Classes were well-paced, and gave us a good balance of lecture time, practical time as well as unplugged activities. It was well rounded, and structured in a way that both beginner and intermediate skill levels were challenged. The organizers had put a lot of thought into the workshop. I would definitely participate in future workshops!