Computational Thinking & Block Programming in K-12 Education Specialization

In the 21st century, computational thinking is a skill critical for all the world's citizens. Computing and technology is impacting all our lives and everyone needs to know how to formulate problems and express their solutions such that a computer can carry it out.
In this Specialization you will both learn several block-based languages, but using novel approaches designed to make learning programming easier.
Covers most CSTA Algorithms & Programming Standards for Algorithms, Variables, Control, and Modularity: Levels 1-3A.

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Computational Thinking for K-12 Educators Capstone (Coursera)

Jan 15th 2025
Computational Thinking for K-12 Educators Capstone (Coursera)
Course Auditing
Coursera
University of California, San Diego
Categories
Education
Effort
Mixed
4 Weeks
1-4 Hours/Week
Languages
English
English
Computational Thinking for K-12 Educators Capstone (Coursera)
In this capstone project course, you will learn to support your students in successfully completing the Advanced Placement Principles Create Task -- however this task can be useful for any course as a culminating, student-designed final programming project. You will learn to interpret and practice applying to real sample [...]
Computational Thinking & Block Programming in K-12 Education Specialization
Computational Thinking
K-12
Education
Coursera Plus
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Jan 15th 2025
Course Auditing
Coursera
University of California, San Diego
Education
Mixed
4 Weeks
1-4 Hours/Week
32.00 EUR/month
English
English

Computational Thinking for K-12 Educators: Nested If Statements and Compound Conditionals (Coursera)

Jan 15th 2025
Computational Thinking for K-12 Educators: Nested If Statements and Compound Conditionals (Coursera)
Course Auditing
Coursera
University of California, San Diego
Categories
Education
Effort
Beginner
5-12 Weeks
5-10 Hours/Week
Languages
English
English
Computational Thinking for K-12 Educators: Nested If Statements and Compound Conditionals (Coursera)
How could you program a complex "choose your own adventure" game? How can your soccer game determine goals, balls out of bounds, and corner kicks? You'll learn to do both of these in this course! This class teaches the concepts of nested if/else statements and compound Boolean [...]
Computational Thinking & Block Programming in K-12 Education Specialization
If Statements
Education
K-12
Computational Thinking
Conditionals
Coursera Plus
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Jan 15th 2025
Course Auditing
Coursera
University of California, San Diego
Education
Beginner
5-12 Weeks
5-10 Hours/Week
32.00 EUR/month
English
English

Computational Thinking for K-12 Educators: Conditional Loops and If Statements (Coursera)

Jan 15th 2025
Computational Thinking for K-12 Educators: Conditional Loops and If Statements (Coursera)
Course Auditing
Coursera
University of California, San Diego
Categories
Education
Effort
Beginner
5-12 Weeks
1-4 Hours/Week
Languages
English
English
Computational Thinking for K-12 Educators: Conditional Loops and If Statements (Coursera)
Want to make a game that ends when you "catch" an object by clicking on it? Or maybe you get points based on how close you came? You'll do that in this class! This class teaches the concepts of conditional loops and if/else statements.
Computational Thinking & Block Programming in K-12 Education Specialization
If Statements
Conditional Loops
K-12
Education
Computational Thinking
Coursera Plus
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Jan 15th 2025
Course Auditing
Coursera
University of California, San Diego
Education
Beginner
5-12 Weeks
1-4 Hours/Week
32.00 EUR/month
English
English

Computational Thinking for K-12 Educators: Variables and Nested Loops (Coursera)

Jan 15th 2025
Computational Thinking for K-12 Educators: Variables and Nested Loops (Coursera)
Course Auditing
Coursera
University of California, San Diego
Categories
Education
Effort
Beginner
5-12 Weeks
1-4 Hours/Week
Languages
English
English
Computational Thinking for K-12 Educators: Variables and Nested Loops (Coursera)
How can students learn about abstraction by creating a movie scene? Or make an interactive map using lists? You'll learn (and do it yourself) in this course! This class teaches the concepts of abstraction (methods and parameters) and lists.
Computational Thinking & Block Programming in K-12 Education Specialization
Nested Loops
Variables
Education
K-12
Computational Thinking
Coursera Plus
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Jan 15th 2025
Course Auditing
Coursera
University of California, San Diego
Education
Beginner
5-12 Weeks
1-4 Hours/Week
32.00 EUR/month
English
English

Computational Thinking for K-12 Educators: Sequences and Loops (Coursera)

Jan 15th 2025
Computational Thinking for K-12 Educators: Sequences and Loops (Coursera)
Course Auditing
Coursera
University of California, San Diego
Categories
Education
Effort
Beginner
5-12 Weeks
1-4 Hours/Week
Languages
English
English
Computational Thinking for K-12 Educators: Sequences and Loops (Coursera)
How do we give instructions to a computer? Isn't programming hard? Not really! Whether it's giving someone directions to a nearby store or writing out some dance moves we frequently exhibit aspects of computational thinking in our everyday lives! This class teaches the first key [...]
Computational Thinking & Block Programming in K-12 Education Specialization
Loops
Sequences
Computational Thinking
Coursera Plus
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Jan 15th 2025
Course Auditing
Coursera
University of California, San Diego
Education
Beginner
5-12 Weeks
1-4 Hours/Week
32.00 EUR/month
English
English

Computational Thinking for K-12 Educators: Abstraction, Methods, and Lists (Coursera)

Jan 15th 2025
Computational Thinking for K-12 Educators: Abstraction, Methods, and Lists (Coursera)
Course Auditing
Coursera
University of California, San Diego
Categories
Education
Effort
Beginner
5-12 Weeks
1-4 Hours/Week
Languages
English
English
Computational Thinking for K-12 Educators: Abstraction, Methods, and Lists (Coursera)
How do gamers cause things to happen when they hit buttons on their controller? How does the computer keep track of gamer's scores? This class teaches the concepts of nested loops, events, and variables. For each concept, we'll start by helping you connect real-world experiences you [...]
Computational Thinking & Block Programming in K-12 Education Specialization
Computational Thinking
Education
K-12
Abstraction
Lists
Coursera Plus
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Jan 15th 2025
Course Auditing
Coursera
University of California, San Diego
Education
Beginner
5-12 Weeks
1-4 Hours/Week
32.00 EUR/month
English
English