Sequences & Stories, Part 2: Computational Thinking in Youth Services

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Event: Sequences & Stories, Part 2
Time/Date: 1:00 - 4:00 pm, Monday, September 23, 2019
Presenters: Tessa Michaelson Schmidt, WI DPI; Caitlin Schaffer, Oconomowoc Public Library; Angela Meyers and Laurie Freund, Bridges Library System
Location: Franklin Public Library. 9151 W. Loomis Road, Franklin, WI 53132

This workshop will introduce participants to Computational Thinking (CT), which is a set of problem-solving methods that involve expressing problems and their solutions in ways that a computer can execute. CT is also referred to as "coding." Don't feel intimidated--the session will be relaxed with no PYTHON, HTML, or binary code spoken or used!

​Participants will get hands-on experience and a chance to discuss what computational thinking really is (and how you are already doing it). This workshop will help you integrate CT into your library's activities for ages 0-18 years, with and without tech.
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Learning Outcomes: Participants will...

• Articulate core concepts of computational thinking
• Begin designing activities for and with children and teens that connect to CT
• Understand the value of integrating CT into activities for and with teens and younger kids
• Connect CT to pre-existing library activities and services

Event: Sequences & Stories, Part 2
Time/Date: 1:00 - 4:00 pm, Monday, September 23, 2019
Presenters: Tessa Michaelson Schmidt, WI DPI; Caitlin Schaffer, Oconomowoc Public Library; Angela Meyers and Laurie Freund, Bridges Library System
Location: Franklin Public Library. 9151 W. Loomis Road, Franklin, WI 53132
Info & Registration: https://sewilibraries.org/?p=5724

Sponsored by the Southeastern Wisconsin (SEWI) library systems: Arrowhead, Bridges, Kenosha County, Lakeshores, Milwaukee County Federated, and Monarch Library Systems. Sponsored also by Chief Officers of State Library Agencies (COSLA), Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), and partly funded with a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, which administers the Library Services and Technology (LSTA) administered by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.