We were chatting after homework club, and I mentioned that I just couldn't figure out how to fit computational thinking into my subject area. She looked around the room and said "you're already doing it", and then explained that it was just a decision making pathway of how do I get from here to there, and what are the decisions I need to make to get there. I model this for my students all the time, on the walls, on the class site, in conversations.
After a bit more of a chat, I realised that we are also practising the next step on from computational thinking, 'iterative thinking' through the visual art creative cycle of 'generate', 'analyse', 'clarify', and 'regenerate'.
I just wish the PD contract that the school has signed up for, would help staff unpack what this might look like in their own subject area. I have gone from feeling like a dunce that just doesn't get it, to feeling inspired. I really feel like collegial conversations are the best PD sometimes.
'Everything you were looking for was right there with you all along.' - The Wizard of Oz
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