This site organizes resources shared at professional learning community (PLC) meetings for San Francisco computer science teachers. Please use the dropdowns below to access content.
K-12 ( elementary, middle, highschool) 2023-2024
Elementary School 2017- 2022
2021-22 School Year
2020-21 School Year
- ES PLC #1 - 02/10/21
- ES PLC #2 - 03/24/21
- ES PLC #3 - 04/21/21
- ES PLC #4 - 05/26/21
2019-20 School Year
- Central PD Day - 08/15/19
- PLC #1 - 09/18/19
- Unplugged - 10/16/19
- PLC #2 - 11/13/19
- Bee bots - 01/15/20
- PLC #3 - 02/19/20
2017-2018 School Year
Secondary (middle & highschool) 2020 - 2023
Secondary middle school 2016-2020
2019-20 School Year
2018-2019 School Year
- PLC #1: 09/04/2018
- PLC #2: 10/02/18
- PLC #3: 11/06/18
- PLC #4 - 12/04/18
- PLC #5 - 2/12/19
- PLC #6 - 3/5/19
- PLC #7 - 4/9/19
- K-12 PLC - 5/15/19
2017-2018 School Year
- PLC #1: 09/05/2017
- PLC #2: 10/03/2017
- PLC #3: 11/07/2017
- PLC #4: 12/05/2017
- PLC #5: 01/09/2018
- PLC #6: 02/06/2018
- PLC #7: 03/06/2018
- PLC #8: 04/09/2018
- PLC #9: 05/14/2018
2016-2017 School Year
- PLC #1: 09/06/2016
- PLC #2: 10/04/2016
- PLC #3: 11/01/2016
- PLC #4: 12/06/2016
- PLC #5: 01/10/2017
- PLC #6: 02/07/2017
- PLC #7: 03/07/2017
- PLC #8: 04/04/2017
- PLC #9: 05/02/2017
Design Projects
Overview
Design Thinking are the Practices and Process for Creative Problem Solving. In this unit, students are introduced to the following practices: Discovering insights, Ideating solutions, Prototyping designs, and Sharing to get feedback.
Over the course of 7 lessons, students will develop an app to address a problem or challenge. The goals of this project are:
- For students to experience the process of design thinking
- To build a minimum viable project (MVP), not a final product.
- To present their projects to an audience and receive feedback.
| Design Project Lessons : Sheet1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Lesson | Days | Lesson Objectives | |
| D-0 | 1-2 | Explore Apps that Help Others | |
| D-1 | 1-2 | Empathy and Interview Prep | |
| D-2 | 1 | Market Research Problem Statement | |
| D-3 | 1 | Wild Idea Dash and One Standout Idea | |
| D-4 | 1-2 | Paper Prototype and Pitch Presentation | |
| D-5 | 3-6 | Plan Algorithm and Build MVP | |
| D-6 | 1-3 | MVP Feedback and Iterate | |
| D-7 | 2-3 | Reflect, Prepare Presentations, Present! | |
Curriculum and Resources
- Design Project Unit
- Overview of Each Lesson
- Lesson Guide
- Guidebook PDF
- Resources
- Prototype Template
- Presentation Template
- Sample Project Unit Plan for Dec 2017
Design Guidebook
Secondary high school 2017-2020
2019-20 School Year
2018-2019 School Year
2017-2018 School Year
- PLC #1: 09/11/2017
- PLC #2: 10/02/2017
- PLC #3: 11/13/2017
- Internet Archives PLC: 01/05/2018
- Data Viz PLC: 03/19/2017
- MS/HS Joint PLC: 04/09/2017
- Simulation PLC: 05/21/2018
High School CS Course Descriptions
This page was last updated on December 19, 2023