ISTE

Computer Science Symposia

Computer Science & Information Technology Symposium 2002

Session Presentations

Curriculum Design is Simple (But Not Easy)
by Philip East and Betsy Frederick

In general, designing curriculum simply involves determining what you want students to be able to do and selecting or designing activities that allow the students to learn and practice those skills. Unfortunately, neither determining those basic tasks/skills nor designing learning activities is easy--both are quite complex and hard. This session is planned as dialogs between the session leader and participants that address the process of course development for computer science courses (both literacy/fluency and programming). Session notes will include examples and will be revised to include ideas from participants.

For more information, please contact Linda Keller, Project Manager, ISTE at: lkeller@iste.org.