Now that educators are more comfortable with remote learning, Computer Science and STEM Education can once again come to the forefront of K-12 curriculum goals. Prioritizing CS and STEM education while using PBL and SEL to bridge the gaps between planning and executing can be a challenge for many educators, so we are talking with Jorge Valenzuela to understand how to do this effectively.
Jorge Valenzuela, Education Coach and Author, joins us on this episode to share insight into creating consistency with Computer Science and STEM Education and how to use PBL and SEL to support these initiatives.
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Here's what you'll learn in today's episode:
Jorge Valenzuela is an education coach, author, and advocate. He has years of experience as a classroom and online teacher, a curriculum specialist, and a consultant. His work focuses on improving teacher preparation in project-based learning, computational thinking and computer science integration, STEM education, and equity-based restorative practices. Jorge is an adjunct professor at Old Dominion University and the lead coach at Lifelong Learning Defined. His book Rev Up Robotics: Real-World Computational Thinking in the K–8 Classroom is available from ISTE.
In his role as a coach, Jorge works to bridge the topics of Computer Science, Robotics, PBL, SEL, and Equity.
Instructional Coaching consists of helping educators plan and facilitate their curriculum
Pro Tip: If educators want to be effective, they should focus on two areas...
1. How you plan
2. How you teach
This is where PBL fits in as an instructional approach to bridge the planning that teachers conduct and make teaching effective. PBL is one of the best ways to make learning real and meaningful for students.
Jorge recommends supporting Computer Science and STEM initiatives by integrating them into PBL or instructional designs
EdTech in the time of remote learning...
Remote learning has made EdTech a focal point. There is no way around it anymore
Coaching teachers remotely empowers them to replicate these practices with EdTech in their own classrooms.
Pro Tip: This is an opportunity to learn new tools (and old tools) in a different instructional setting. We are going to see a lot of PBL, Computer Science, and STEM in education. EdTech is not going anywhere
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