Name: Incorporating Computer Science into Literacy and Math
Start: 2024-10-21T11:00:00-0500
End: 2024-10-21T11:50:00-0500

Monday October 21, 2024 11:00am - 11:50am CDT

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How can you use computer science and computational thinking to support math and literacy? In this hands-on session, you'll learn strategies to support your current teaching. We'll bring resources we've used with students to demonstrate how you can engage students in new ways while teaching them math and literacy.

Speakers

Samantha Dahlby

Director of K–12 Education, NewBoCo

Samantha Dahlby is a recovering software engineer with passions for public transportation, kids, and technology. She currently works at the New Bohemian Innovation Collaborative (NewBoCo), a nonprofit in Cedar Rapids, as the Director of K–12 Education. Samantha promotes and supports K–12 computer science education in Iowa, oversees NewBoCo’s K–12 programs for students and educators, and tries to find as much time as possible to play with technology and kids... Read More →