What (multilingual) conversation is this code a part of?

Associated with Summer camp: Centering Bi/multilingual Learners in CITE by PiLa-CS (www.pila-cs.org) 

Guiding Questions

How can we center students’ diverse language resources in computing and digital education?

How do students’ diverse language resources influence the ways they can develop computing literacies?

What are techniques for teachers and instructional designers to use in developing curricula or units that bring in diverse student language resources in computer science education?

Pacing

This part should take you approximately 2 hours to complete.  

Key Terms

Translanguaging

Translanguaging Pedagogy

Literate Programming

Syncretic computational literacies

Prepare

Watch our welcome video below.

Get to know us:

Watch our STEM Video Showcase video (first video on that page)

Explore

Watch the five short videos in the series “Exploring Equity in Computer Science: A Translanguaging Approach to Computing Education” on the PiLa-CS website’s video page.

Pick one Curricular Case Study on the Educator Resources page to read and review.

Apply

Get hands on! In this activity, you will explore a Scratch-integrated social studies unit created by a bilingual middle school teacher – first as a learner, then as a teacher.

To access: Make a copy of this Google document, and complete the activities at your own pace. If you do not have a Google account, you can download a Word version here.

Consolidate

Reflect on the discussion board thread here:

What are your core takeaways from engaging with this module?

How do these ideas influence how you think about preparing teachers?

Read EdTechbooks chapter A Translanguaging Approach to Computing Education: Language Justice, CS and You (Vogel et al., 2023)

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