{"id":2059,"date":"2023-02-01T18:57:47","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T18:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/edge\/?page_id=2059"},"modified":"2023-02-03T16:15:09","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T16:15:09","slug":"introduction-to-ct-activities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/edge\/introduction-to-ct-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction to CT Activities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Introduction to Computational Thinking (CT) Activity Sequence <\/strong>introduces learners to the core ideas of CT – P<\/strong>attern R<\/strong>ecognition, A<\/strong>bstraction, D<\/strong>ecomposition, and A<\/strong>lgorithmic Thinking (\u201cPRADA\u201d). The Activity Map below outlines a potential Sequence, pulling activities from the Foundational and Wrap-Up XXXs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Foundational<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Activity<\/strong><\/td>Time<\/strong><\/td> Description<\/strong><\/td>Materials\/Tech<\/strong><\/td>Group Size<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Jigsaw Puzzles: An Introduction to CT<\/em><\/a><\/td>~ 45 minutes<\/td>Using the assembly of a jigsaw puzzle as an example, introduce and explore CT as a problem-solving process that can be applied to many different tasks in school and in learners’ daily lives.<\/td>Special<\/td>Teams or Class<\/td><\/tr>
Just Talk: An Introduction to CT<\/em><\/a><\/td>~ 25 minutes<\/td>Introduce and explore CT as a problem-solving process that can be applied to many different tasks in school and in learners’ daily lives.<\/td>Basic<\/td>Teams or Class<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Wrap-Up<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Assemble Your Own CT Posters<\/em><\/a><\/td>~ 10 minutes<\/td>Over time and across other activities, learners assemble examples of CT practices and record them on posters showing the four (or five, if include debugging) main facets of CT.<\/td>Basic<\/td>Teams or Class<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Introduction to Computational Thinking (CT) Activity Sequence introduces learners to the core ideas of CT – Pattern Recognition, Abstraction, Decomposition, and Algorithmic Thinking (\u201cPRADA\u201d). The Activity Map below outlines a potential Sequence, pulling activities from the Foundational and Wrap-Up XXXs.<\/p>\n

Foundational<\/p>\n

ActivityTime DescriptionMaterials\/TechGroup SizeJigsaw Puzzles: An Introduction to CT<\/em><\/a>~ 45 minutesUsing the assembly of a jigsaw puzzle as an example, introduce and explore CT as a problem-solving process that can be applied to many different tasks in school and in learners’  » Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2059","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/edge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/edge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/edge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/edge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/edge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2059"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/edge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2059\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2153,"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/edge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2059\/revisions\/2153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.terc.edu\/edge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}