The document discusses ISTE student standard 5 on computational thinking and ISTE coach standard 5 on digital citizenship. For student standard 5, it defines computational thinking, explains why it is valuable for students to develop these skills, and provides examples of research showing improved learning outcomes when students engage in computational thinking activities. For coach standard 5 on digital citizenship, it defines the standard, explains why it is important for coaches to model and promote digital citizenship, and provides an example of how a coach could create a website to help implement the standard for students, teachers and parents.

1. HEATHER FISH
TWITCAST FOR #EDU642
ISTE STUDENT STANDARD 5 COMPUTATIONAL THINKER
ISTE COACH STANDARD 5 DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP

2. LET US FIRST START WITH STUDENT
STANDARD 5 COMPUTATIONAL THINKER
Photo taken from: http://barefootcas.org.uk/barefoot-primary-computing-
resources/concepts/computational-thinking/

3. WHAT IS ISTE STUDENT STANDARD 5?
• 5. Computational Thinker
• Students develop and employ strategies for understanding and solving
problems in ways that leverage the power of technological methods to
develop and test solutions. Students:
• a. formulate problem definitions suited for technology- assisted methods
such as data analysis, abstract models and algorithmic thinking in exploring
and finding solutions.
• b. collect data or identify relevant data sets, use digital tools to analyze
them, and represent data in various ways to facilitate problem-solving and
decision-making.
• c. break problems into component parts, extract key information, and
develop descriptive models to understand complex systems or facilitate
problem-solving.
ISTE Standards for Students, ©2016, ISTE® (International Society for Technology in
Education),
iste.org. All rights reserved.

4. WHY IS BECOMING A COMPUTATIONAL
THINKER SO VALUABLE?
Employers want problem solvers
Students become better problem solvers through
computational thinking
Working with technology allows students to partially self-guide
their learning thus becoming better at problem solving
Creating their own algorithms that will work every time allows
students to become better mathematicians and problem solvers
By creating more computational thinkers, our society will again
start competing with the world as we used to.

5. INTERESTING!
According to Gao and Hargin students who learn through
teacher centered learning only master about 70% of the
material but if they learn in active based (student centered)
learning they will master 92% of the material. That is a 22%
higher achievement rate. Students were learning computational
thinking and active hands-on learning using technology.
What was also amazing is that this type of learning produced
better attendance results. Attendance went from 60% to 95%.
A 35% increase in student attendance!
Gao, J. & Hargis, J. (2010). Promoting Technology-assisted Active Learning in Computer
Science Education. The

6. STILL INTERESTING
 When Gao and Hargin had students evaluate the teaching
styles they found that on average the students that rated the
teacher centered learning gave them an average score of 3.72
out of 5. (75.2%)
The average score students gave for active student learning
(student centered) was 4.46 out of 5. (89.2%)
Active student learning had a 14% higher student satisfaction
rate. Students felt they learned more in active student learning.
Gao, J. & Hargis, J. (2010). Promoting Technology-assisted Active Learning in Computer
Science Education. The
The Journal of Effective Teaching, 10(2), 81-93.

7. YAY GAO AND HARGIN
• Gao and Hargin’s data shows that by teaching students
computational thinking and allowing them to use technology to
do so increases their learning, engagement, and success rate in
what they master.

8. HERE ARE SOME LINKS AND IDEAS!
Lets begin with Twitter
#csk8
#kidscorner

9. MORE…..
• https://www.iste.org/explore/articleDetail?articleid=152 This link explains why
ISTE feels that computational thinking is important. There are numerous
PowerPoints, videos, and handouts for those conducting a PD on this to use that
are geared toward specific audiences. I highly recommend using the elementary
and middle school power points to gain further insight into this student
standard.
• https://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/ This site is a great resource for science
and social studies teachers that are discussing certain phenomena in class such as
forest fires, erosion, corrosion, etc. It allows students to create their own
circumstances and then see what happens. They can discover what happens when
different circumstances occur.
• https://computationalthinkingcourse.withgoogle.com/course This site enables
educators to take a free course on computational thinking and how to implement
it into the classroom. Best of all, it is free!
• http://www.iste.org/docs/ct-documents/ct-leadershipt-toolkit.pdf?sfvrsn=4
Lastly, this is a toolkit for computational thinking leaders. It can help get school
staff on board and help guide the leader and the teachers to begin implementing
computational thinking into the classrooms.
• https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~CompThink/resources/education.html Resources for

10. SOURCES FOR STUDENTS THAT SUPPORT
COMPUTATIONAL LEARNING
• https://code.org/curriculum/course3/1/Teacher Not very familiar
with this one as it was just recommended to me, but my son has
currently started playing with it and it allows students to work with
coding.
• http://www.wolfram.com/resources/computational-
thinking/?source=footer Great resource for many levels. I
recommend students get on it and play around with it to gain greater
understanding of algorithms, problems solving, and getting help in
general.
• https://illuminations.nctm.org My favorite one. I have used this
many times.
• https://www.Khanacademy.com This site I use more than any other
and my students love it.**ISTE does not promote these. These are sites I found on my own and currently use in my class

11. NOW LET US MOVE ON TO COACH ISTE
STANDARD 5 DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP
Photo obtained from: http://www.virtuallibrary.info/digital-citizenship.html

12. WHAT IS COACH ISTE STANDARD 5 DIGITAL
CITIZENSHIP?
• Digital Citizenship
• Technology coaches model and promote digital citizenship.
• a. Model and promote strategies for achieving equitable access to digital
tools and resources and technology-related best practices for all students
and teachers.
• b. Model and facilitate safe, healthy, legal and ethical uses of digital
information and technologies.
• c. Model and promote diversity, cultural understanding and global
awareness by using digital age communication and collaboration tools to
interact locally and globally with students, peers, parents and the larger
community.
ISTE Standards for Coaches, ©2011, ISTE® (International Society for Technology in Education),

13. WHY IS THIS STANDARD SO IMPORTANT
Many educators are not comfortable using technology in a
private manner so it is even more difficult to get them to use it
in their classrooms.
Coaches can bring ideas and resources to the teachers in a
manner that allows teachers to feel more comfortable by
teaching them to teach students “digital citizenship”
Coaches can model this behavior when doing PD’s and meeting
with teachers during PLC’s or GLC’s.
If coaches do not teach digital citizenship then to many
teachers may allow technology use without proper pre-teaching
and monitoring.

14. HOW CAN A COACH HELP IMPLEMENT THE
STANDARD?
This tech coach creates a website about digital citizenship that
organizes information in areas for students, teachers and
parents. The site includes information and strategies for those
stakeholders as well as various scenarios describing how to
accomplish different digital tasks safely. He or she models good
digital citizenship practices throughout the website and
promotes the site by placing flyers around the school as well as
sending messages to parents. The site also includes a forum for
parents, teachers and students to ask questions and discuss
issues about digital citizenship.
Crompton, Helen 2015 Know the ISTE Standards for Coaches; Digital Citizenship © 2017 International Society for
Technology in Education (ISTE), All Rights Reserved obtained from
https://www.iste.org/explore/articleDetail?articleid=525

15. 1. Strategies presented on the digital citizenship website model
and promote equitable access and best practices.
2. The website includes strategies and information, which the
tech coach also models.
3. The website models and shares information to students,
peers, parents and the larger community, and it includes a
forum for collaboration and communication. Additionally, the
coach promotes the website to ensure interested parties know
about it.
Crompton, Helen 2015 Know the ISTE Standards for Coaches; Digital Citizenship © 2017 International Socie
Technology in Education (ISTE), All Rights Reserved obtained from https://www.iste.org/explore/articleD

16. SOME GREAT SOURCES FOR COACHES
• http://www.virtuallibrary.info/digital-citizenship.html This site
helps coaches teach teachers how to teach digital citizenship.
The great thing about this site is that it also offers other
resources at the bottom of the page.
• https://www.commonsense.org/education/top-picks/social-
networks-for-students-and-teachers This is a list of social
media sites directly created for students and teachers. I highly
recommend viewing this site.