Quaker Matters
Quaker Matters
Wilmington Friends School
The origin story of computer science at WFS, building math skills through computer science, and creating a generation of problem-solvers - WFS Lower School Math and Computer Science Teacher, Carol Amaral-Ly
11 minutes Posted Feb 1, 2023 at 6:00 am.
The beginning of coding at WFS2:35 - Scratch programming3:30 - Beginning the coding process in Kindergarten4:50 - Why students are motivated by doing this type of work5:40 - Helping new lower school students who do not begin coding in Kindergarten6:15 - Connecting computer science to the to lower school curriculum7:00 - Building math skills through computer science8:00 - The value of partner programming9:00 - How the curriculum as technology continues to evolve9:30 - Being comfortable not knowing, working through a process10:00 - What Carol enjoys most about teaching10:30 - Creating a generation of problem solvers
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1:10 - The beginning of coding at WFS2:35 - Scratch programming3:30 - Beginning the coding process in Kindergarten4:50 - Why students are motivated by doing this type of work5:40 - Helping new lower school students who do not begin coding in Kindergarten6:15 - Connecting computer science to the to lower school curriculum7:00 - Building math skills through computer science8:00 - The value of partner programming9:00 - How the curriculum as technology continues to evolve9:30 - Being comfortable not knowing, working through a process10:00 - What Carol enjoys most about teaching10:30 - Creating a generation of problem solvers