Teaching First Graders How to Be Kind Online
Last week, a student walked up to my desk, worried because they saw something mean in a group chat. It is a common situation now even for first graders who are just starting to interact with digital platforms. I started looking for a resource that treats online... read more
Teaching Debugging Skills to First Grade Computer Science Students
Building strong logic skills is essential in first grade computer science. One specific robot path consists of four steps that turn left, move forward, turn right, and move forward again. If a student misses one command in that sequence, the entire program fails to... read more
Teaching Tool Selection in First Grade Computer Science
This lesson does not try to teach complex programming or hardware architecture. It does not expect a student to explain the inner workings of a processor or why a particular OS is installed on a device. Instead, Using Your Computer focuses on a much more practical,... read more