K-5 Professional Development
Nextech is excited to help bring computer science to K-5 students throughout the state of Indiana through innovative professional development workshops.
At Nextech, our goal is to remove every single barrier to teaching computer science for teachers, schools, and districts. Because of this, all of our programs are offered at no cost to schools/districts.
Select the PD opportunity you would like to learn more about:
Code.org CS Fundamentals & Unpacking the IN CS Standards
This workshop provides an introduction to computer science, pedagogy, overview of the online curriculum, teacher dashboard, and strategies for teaching “unplugged” classroom activities as well as exploring the Indiana CS standards and how the Code.org CS Fundamentals curriculum maps to them.
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Code.org CS Fundamentals Deep Dive
The CS Fundamentals Deep Dive workshop is a great opportunity to collaborate with other K-5 teachers that have been working on bringing computer science to their students.
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Integrating Computer Science in your K-8 Classroom using Digital Citizenship
This workshop takes the digital citizenship curriculum you are currently using in your school (or teaches you about available resources) and helps you connect the content to the Indiana computer science standards to ensure your students are getting even more computer science in your classroom.
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CSPDWeek 2023: Hands-On Computing for K-12
Please join us for a full week of computer science fun where you pick a new workshop each day based on their interests and needs for your specific school and classroom.
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Integrating Computer Science in your K-8 Classroom using Artificial Intelligence
This workshop will explore how to add AI to your computer science lesson and as well as integrate learning about AI and hitting the Indiana CS Standards through non-CS lesson plans.
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Code.org Curriculum Expanded Learning Program
The Code.org Curriculum Expanded Learning Program (ELP) is a two day, summer professional development experience to help past CSF, CSD and CSP participants deepen their computer science pedagogy, explore additional facets of the curriculum, reinforce their understanding, expand their confidence, and build community.
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CS Licensure Prep with WeTeach_CS
This professional development will prepare K-12 Indiana teachers to take the Praxis Computer Education test to add computer science to their licensure.
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