WEEK 7 COMPUTATIONAL THINKING
Your name: Sara Gorman
Your classroom (Provide a brief description of your classroom/grade/subject/specialization, etc):
A first grade Language Arts class.
Based on the definitions provided by this week and last weeks articles, along with the
examples on p. 52 of this weeks article, complete the chart below to provide specific
examples of how you would encourage CT and problem solving in your classroom.
CT Principle How you would define it
(in your own words)
A group of data about a certain
Data Collection topic.
Looking over the data that was
Data Analysis collected.
Making a chart of graph showing
Data Representation the data that was analyzed and
the conclusions.
Breaking up a big problem into
Problem Decomposition smaller pieces to solve it easier.
Taking one specific idea and
Abstraction making it more general to where
it can cover other topics.
A step-by-step set of instructions
Algorithms and Procedures on how to do something.
Using the tools that you have
Automation been given to problem solve and
come up with solutions.
Looking at data with the same
Parallelization lens.
Being able to show students
Simulation what they are learning as
opposed to just talking about it.
How would it manifest in your
class
Collect data on the most popular
books and have students
compare the genres to find
which are the most popular.
Comparing the genres of the
classs favorite books and
looking to see what one is the
most popular.
Make a graph showing which
genres are popular in the class
and having students explain
what one is the most popular.
Have the students tell a story.
First have them choose a
setting, then characters, before
coming up with a plot. Then
have them put it together. Make
sure they use an outline.
Have them sound out words
when reading and then bringing
the idea of sounding out to
spelling and writing words.
Writing down the directions to an
activity or an assignment and
having the students follow them.
Using spell checker when they
have finished typing up an
answer to a story.
Have students look at the graph
of their favorite books and
compare it to another classs
graph of favorite books and
explain the similarities.
Act out a story that we are
reading in class.