The Voice for K-12 computer science education and its educators.
The Computer Science Teachers Association is a membership organization
that supports and promotes the teaching of computer science and other computing
disciplines. CSTA provides opportunities for K-12 teachers and students to better
understand the computing disciplines and to more successfully prepare themselves to
teach and learn.
Fun versus Rigor: Getting Students Ready for the Next Level
I am trying to be more flexible with my approach, and to focus more on the process of problem solving and achieving good solutions, rather than just hammering home the documentation aspect of being a good programmer.
New K-12 CS Learning Standards
The new CSTA K-12 Computer Science Standards document is now available. This document delineates a core set of learning standards designed to provide the foundation for a complete computer science curriculum and its implementation at the K-12 level.