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Growing a K-12 Community of Practice

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Stephen Cooper,

Susan H. Rodger,

Madeleine Schep,

RoxAnn H. Stalvey,

Wanda DannAuthors Info & Claims

SIGCSE '15: Proceedings of the 46th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education

Pages 290 - 295

https://doi.org/10.1145/2676723.2677255

Published: 24 February 2015 Publication History

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In this experience report, we share our experiences in growing a community of practice for middle and high school teachers focused on teaching introductory computing with Alice. We have offered professional development for over four hundred teachers, teachers who each year provide nearly 2,000 students with an introductory computing experience in courses during the school day. We report on several lessons learned in creating, growing, and supporting a community of practice.

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Growing a K-12 Community of Practice
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Computer science education
        Information science education

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