Much Ado About K-12 Computing for Literacy Teacher Educators

Associated with Summer Camp “Much Ado About K-12 Computing for Literacy Teacher Educators,” offered by Tom Liam Lynch.

Learners will explore how current framings of computer science (CS) as a STEM discipline can perpetuate systemic inequity.

Learners will identify core characteristics that comprise literacy instruction today, including New Critical and Readers Response principles.

Learners will uncover how computationality already operates in ELA classrooms.

Learners will observe practical examples of how computational concepts can deepen literacy practices.

Learners will observe how computational practices like text mining and coding can deepen students’ experiences reading and writing.

This part should take you approximately 2 hours to complete.

Computationality

Digital humanities

Algorithms

Conditional statements

Data visualizations

Distant reading

Macroanalysis

Literary data

Prepare

Watch this short intro video here (also below)

Read this brief piece Tom wrote explaining how computer science can deepen and expand literacy and the humanities education

Explore

A self-paced version of the “Much Ado” workshop is currently online here. Browse as many of these as you’d like / have time for.

Note: the live version of the workshop will be customized for individual needs and provide deeper support than the online version

Apply

Try the following steps:

Visit the Plotting Plots website here

Pick a book with which you are familiar

Search for word frequencies like character names or key words

Consolidate

Read Tom’s conceptual essay that links computer science with literary pedagogy theory here.

On this discussion thread, share your thoughts in response to these prompts:

What patterns in word usage did you observe?

What kinds of new questions about the text emerged for you?

Are there sections of the text you might want to re-read now? If so, what might you hope to learn more about?