About Us

 

With a flexible course structure, courses are based on developmental level and prior experience.

Course structure is tailored the students’ needs and evolving experience.
Courses are structured to provide a blended learning experience. There are practical, hands-on exercises and online computer based activities.

Students gain computational concepts in a conceptual framework that allows the student to explore with and without technology.

The online experiences are composed of self-guided and self-paced tutorials, which use an iterative method of learning sets of programming instructions to explore and practice algorithmic thinking. The unplugged lessons take a hands-on, often kinesthetic approach, making use of physical manipulatives to model computational concepts.

Each course consists of 18 to 20 lessons, each lasting about 30-45 minutes. They can be taught at a comfortable pace: 18 consecutive days, 1 day a week for 18 weeks, etc. The content of each course builds conceptually on the previous course, so that a student can progress through all three experiences learning new concepts along the way.

 

All lessons make full use of Code.org’s K-5 curriculum which aligns to CSTA Computer Science Standards.