LIKES Workshop 6 Sessions Script
Theme: Development and Adoption of Computational Thinking Curricular
Guidelines Across Disciplines
(WEDNESDAY, Feb. 24)
6:00-8:00
Opening Reception
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(THURSDAY, Feb. 25) Overall Theme:
Top Down – From LIKES Themes to Examples.
8:00-8:30 am – Registration and Breakfast (Executive Board Room).
8:30-10:00 am - Welcome and introductions (Executive Board Room).
Welcome.
Inspiration and vision for LIKES. (Ed Fox) – 10 minutes.
“Computing and Other Disciplines” curricular guidelines book.
Summary of Business Curriculum Developed at VT and Music from Villanova (LIKES
Team) – 40 minutes.
Introductions (All) – 20 minutes.
Group discussion of goals and process (Likes Team) – 10 minutes.
10:00-10:30 pm - Tea break
10:30-12:00 pm – Session 2: Presentations of Individual Discipline Examples.
PURPOSE: To learn of existing approaches and techniques that could be applied in
Biology, Chemistry, and Physics.
INPUT: Materials from presenters including examples.
CHARGE: To learn about existing approaches and consider how they can applied within
the LIKES framework.
PROCEDURES: All participants will be in the group room. Each participant will have 30
minutes to present their examples. The entire group will contribute to the discussion with
the goal of understanding and suggesting how/whether the example or parts of it could
be applied in other disciplines.
DELIVERABLES: A set of examples and suggestions of how to extend them to other
disciplines.
12:00-1:15 pm – Lunch: Alumni Room
1:30-3:00 pm – Session 3: Broad Themes – Content, Processing, Interaction and
Modeling/Simulation.
PURPOSE: To evaluate and continue to develop the broad areas identified in previous
LIKES workshops and identify applications, examples and techniques that can be applied
across disciplines.
INPUT: Definitions of the Content, Processing, Interaction/visualization and
Modeling/simulation themes developed in previous workshops.
CHARGE: To identify approaches, problems, or issues that can be applied to many
disciplines for these broad areas.
PROCEDURES: Work as a large group to discuss and further define the themes and
examples.
DELIVERABLES: Brief examples of theme applications that can work across disciplines.
3:00-3:30 pm - Tea break
3:30-5:30 pm – Session 3: Developing Curricular Guidelines and Adoption
Strategies.
PURPOSE: To determine the range of curriculum that should be provided across
disciplines and identify strategies that enable adoption of curricula.
INPUT: Examples from previous sessions. Definitions of broad areas and computing
concepts.
CHARGE: Describe a CT curricula that can be applied across disciplines.
PROCEDURES: Work as a large group to discuss and further define the themes and
elements of a CT curricula.
DELIVERABLES: A curricula outline with as much detail as possible and scenarios for
adopting the curricula. Be sure to include names of people who might help refine / extend
/utilize this work.
6:30-8:00 pm – Dinner at Nikas Taverna.
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(FRIDAY, Feb. 26) Overall Theme:
Bottom up – Building on examples from disciplines.
8:00-8:30 am – Breakfast: (Executive Board Room)
8:30-10:00 am – Session 4: Presentations of Individual Discipline Examples.
(Executive Board Room).
PURPOSE: To learn of existing approaches and techniques that could be applied across
disciplines.
INPUT: Materials from presenters including examples.
CHARGE: To learn about existing approaches and consider how they can applied within
the LIKES framework.
PROCEDURES: All participants will be in the group room. Each participant will have 20
minutes to present their examples followed by 10 minutes of discussion. The entire group
will contribute to the discussion with the goal of understanding and suggesting
how/whether the example or parts of it could be applied in other disciplines.
DELIVERABLES: A set of examples and suggestions of how to extend them to other
disciplines.
10:00-10:15 am – Tea Break.
10:30 am -12:00 pm – Session 5: Presentations of Individual Discipline
Examples (continued).
PURPOSE: To learn of existing approaches and techniques that could be applied across
disciplines.
INPUT: Materials from presenters including examples.
CHARGE: To learn about existing approaches and consider how they can applied within
the LIKES framework.
PROCEDURES: All participants will be in the group room. Each participant will have 20
minutes to present their examples followed by 10 minutes of discussion. The entire group
will contribute to the discussion with the goal of understanding and suggesting
how/whether the example or parts of it could be applied in other disciplines.
DELIVERABLES: A set of examples and suggestions of how extend them to other
disciplines.
12:00-1:00 pm – Lunch: Alumni Room
1:30-3:00 pm – Session 6: Developing Curricular Guidelines and Adoption
Strategies.
PURPOSE: To determine the range of curriculum that should be provided across
disciplines and identify strategies that enable adoption of curricula.
INPUT: Examples from previous sessions. Definitions of broad areas and computing
concepts.
CHARGE: Describe a CT curricula that can be applied across disciplines.
PROCEDURES: Work as a large group to discuss and further define the themes and
elements of a CT curricula.
DELIVERABLES: A curricula outline with as much detail as possible and scenarios for
adopting the curricula. Be sure to include names of people who might help refine / extend
/utilize this work.
3:00-3:30 pm - Tea break
3:30-5:30 pm – Organizing Proposal Development Activities (Executive Board
Room).
PURPOSE: Reporting of outcomes achieved.
INPUTS: Outputs of previous sessions.
CHARGE: In this session we are attempting to use the results of previous sessions to
summarize what way to proceed in completing the planned curricular guideline book and
developing additional proposals.
PROCEDURES: Open discussion.
DELIVERABLES: Guidelines for emphasizing aspects of the workshop report and
recommendations for enabling continuing communication.
6:00-8:00 pm – Dinner.