Code Documentary: For the first part of this PD we watched a documentary over coding in schools. The documentary focused on how at the beginning of computers there were a large number of women working with computers, and as time as gone that number has decreased. Another topic that the documentary focused on what's how we need to start incorporating computer-science in elementary school. Duing this can help better students knowledge of computers, how to code, and to eliminate stereotypes that are formed about computer-science. Students are faced with stereotypes of computer-science I high school that it is something a man should do. This is completely wrong, and there are so many opportunities through computer-science. After the video we had two speakers that talked to us about ways to incorporate younger students into computer-science activities and how involving students into computer-science starts with us, teachers.
Stand by Me: Startung off two towns, Abiliene Texas and Buffalo Gap. The speaker talked about how these towns were formed around railroads and trains, but real estate is built by connections not locations. The conversation then switched to how we remember things. We typically remember information that personally connects to us. This then brought up the conversation of semantic memory. Semantic memory can hold information in working memory for 2-3 seconds before it is forgotten. It takes up to 10 years of repetition for the information to stay. We can help make connections to information by turning the information into a song or story. A way to make information medangingful is to be created with a problem. We need to make sets of context for learning and transform information into experiences. These are things that we will carry with us and are more likely to stay.
Stand by Me: Startung off two towns, Abiliene Texas and Buffalo Gap. The speaker talked about how these towns were formed around railroads and trains, but real estate is built by connections not locations. The conversation then switched to how we remember things. We typically remember information that personally connects to us. This then brought up the conversation of semantic memory. Semantic memory can hold information in working memory for 2-3 seconds before it is forgotten. It takes up to 10 years of repetition for the information to stay. We can help make connections to information by turning the information into a song or story. A way to make information medangingful is to be created with a problem. We need to make sets of context for learning and transform information into experiences. These are things that we will carry with us and are more likely to stay.