No Fear Coding: Computational Thinking Across the K-5 Curriculum

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This new edition of the popular book No Fear Coding offers current research, updated tools and more cross-curricular connections for K-5 teachers to integrate into their classes.Coding has become an essential skill for finding solutions to everyday problems, while computational thinking (CT) teaches reasoning and creativity, and offers an innovative approach to demonstrating content knowledge and seeing mathematical processes in action. No Fear Coding introduced many K-5 educators to ways to bring coding into their curriculum by embedding computational thinking skills into activities for different content areas.This second edition features updated tools-including programmable robots and other physical computing devices-as well as new activities aligned to the ISTE Standards for Students and Computational Thinking Competencies.Also new in this edition:Suggestions for extending CT to more subjects, such as music, art and physical education, and an explanation of how CT can be used in special education. Expanded coverage of teaching CT offline to help students apply it without digital technology.Insights into helping children become active creators rather than passive users of technology.Extended discussion of how to assess coding and computational thinking.Tips on demystifying basic coding concepts so that teachers are comfortable teaching these concepts to their students.No Fear Coding, Second Edition will help build students' coding and CT knowledge to prepare them for the middle grades and beyond.