6-8 Professional Development
Nextech is excited to help bring computer science to 6-8 students throughout the state of Indiana through exciting and innovative 1-day professional development workshops. These programs are designed for inservice teachers who are being asked to teach the Indiana computer science standards and are either unfamiliar with the content or unsure of what to do next.
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:
Unpacking the Updated Indiana Computer Science Standards (K-8)
This professional development for middle school educators teaching across all subjects is designed to equip participants with the knowledge and instructional strategies to integrate computer science into existing coursework.
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Integrating CS in your Classroom Deep Dive
The Integrating CS Deep Dive workshop is a great opportunity to collaborate with other 6-8 teachers that have been working on bringing computer science to their students.
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Code.org CS Discoveries
Computer Science Discoveries is an introductory computer science course for 6 - 10th grade students that can be run as a full-year, semester, trimester or quarter-long course.
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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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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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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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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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