Name: Computing in the Classroom: Coding for Kids Working Session
Start: 2018-01-09T14:00:00-0800
End: 2018-01-09T15:30:00-0800

ESIP Winter Meeting: January 9 - 11, 2018

Welcome to the 2018 Winter Meeting for the Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP)! The 2018 theme is Realizing the Socioeconomic Value of Data. The theme is based on one of the goals in the 2015 - 2020 ESIP Strategic Plan, which provides a framework for ESIP’s activities over the next three years.

There will be lots going on in Slack during the meeting, find your invite HERE. #winter_mtg

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Computing in the Classroom: Coding for Kids Working Session

Computing skills are near and dear to the ESIP mission. The Education Committee is exploring how best to provide educator opportunities to learn Earth Science-relevant computer skills. The possibilities range from building story maps to basic coding to simple smartphone apps. These skills can help educators encourage their students to be creators of the technology around us rather than just consumers. In this session we will hear from current educators, discuss options for different computing curricula, identify the best fit for ESIP Education, and plan the workshop session for the 2018 ESIP Summer Meeting.

Presenters:

Becky Reid: Block-coding language (Scratch)

Debra Graf: Collecting Data that Matters - Physical Computing

LuAnn Dahlman: ESRI Story Maps

Moderators

LuAnn Dahlman

User Advocate, NOAA Climate Program Office

Editor, U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit. User Advocate for Climate Explorer and Climate Mapping for Resilience and Adaptation. Ask me about how Cooperative, Collaborative Community Science could enhance NOAA efforts with on-the-ground mapping of flooding.