Unplugged Computer Science & Music
During the summer of 2023, Sarah Finch, an ITRT from Sussex County Public Schools, and her mother, an elementary music teacher from Prince George County Public Schools, developed an unplugged computer science lesson for upper elementary music students. In April, they co-taught the lesson to a group of 5th graders. The students reviewed the computer […]
Reducing Cognitive Load
Since the brain can only do so many things at once, we should be intentional about what we ask it to do. Problem-solving takes up crucial working memory, or brain bandwidth, which limits what little is left to learn new things. This graphic (below) is a perfect example. When I have Gmail, Google Meet, and […]