Show What You Know: Reviewing and Applying Knowledge with Debugging Activities
The following blog outlines my experiences in delivering workshops this summer on Teaching Computer Science. Toni and I led a number of 4-day Teaching Computer Science with TI-Nspire Technology workshops across the state of Texas this summer. Many of the sites offered days 1 and 2 consecutively, followed by days 3 and 4 at a later date. Sometimes day 3 of the PD happened months after day 2. In these instances, how might we structure an activity that helps participant review key computer science ideas from previous learning episodes, while also applying these ideas in new situations? One strategy that we found particularly helpful in this situation was a set of debugging activities. Side note #1: The first two days of learning delved into most of the topics from the first four units of the 10 Minutes of Code activities, including…