CS 10K: Educational Media to Advance Computer Science (EMACS)

双城公共电视试点项目——教育媒体推进计算机科学（EMACS）——是双城公共电视（tpt）、卡尔顿学院计算机科学系和明尼苏达大学STEM教育中心的合作项目。该试点项目的目标是建立基于媒体的教学模式的有效性，以提高高中计算机科学教师的教学内容和教学知识，以及教授AP®CSP （Advanced Placement®computer science Principles）的能力。EMACS先导计划将让学生透过媒体探索基础设施系统，以提高他们对计算机科学在现实世界中的应用，以及计算思维在日常生活中的重要性的认识和理解。交付成果将包括一个符合标准的、基于媒体的补充课程模块，该模块促进了对计算机科学如何应用于基础设施系统的探究性调查，教师专业发展（PD）计划的详细大纲，教师专业发展体验的在线环境的线框模型，以及该模块对学生和教师的吸引力和教育影响的形成性评估。大学理事会、AP CSP课程开发团队和外部项目咨询小组的代表积极参与，将促进试点模块与AP CSP课程的概念和计算思维实践的结合。在该框架内选出的七个“大创意”（即，创造力，抽象，数据，算法，编程，互联网和影响）将通过视频和应用编程活动实现。该项目将采用图形编程环境Scratch，为构建基础设施系统的模拟提供丰富的平台。利用“真正的孩子做真正的科学”视频作为培养对STEM兴趣和模拟科学过程的工具（例如，tpt的PBS系列DragonflyTV和SciGirls以及相关的学习和专业发展工具）的获奖记录，再加上明尼苏达大学关于教师培训和为不同学习者提供有影响力和综合的STEM学习机会的研究，EMACS试点项目将展示支持和加强AP CSP课程的新方法。试点的形成性评估将展示该模型的潜力：1)吸引学生并提高他们对计算机科学应用的理解；2)提高教师对核心AP CSP原则的理解和教授能力。

Twin Cities Public TV pilot project--Educational Media to Advance Computer Science (EMACS)--is a collaboration of Twin Cities Public Television (tpt), the Department of Computer Science at Carleton College, and the STEM Education Center at the University of Minnesota. The goal of the pilot project is to establish the effectiveness of a media-based instructional model to enhance high school computer science teachers' content and pedagogical knowledge and ability to teach Advanced Placement® Computer Science Principles (AP® CSP). The EMACS Pilot will involve students in a media-enhanced exploration of infrastructure systems to increase their awareness and understanding of real-world applications of computer science and the importance of computational thinking in everyday life. Deliverables will include a standards- aligned, media-based supplementary curriculum module that promotes inquiry-driven investigation of how computer science is applied to infrastructure systems, a detailed outline of a teacher professional development (PD) program, a wireframe model of an online environment for the teacher PD experience, and a formative evaluation on the appeal and educational impact of the module on students and their teachers. The alignment of the pilot module with the concepts and computational thinking practices that comprise the AP CSP course will be facilitated by active involvement with representatives from the College Board, the AP CSP course development team, and an external project advisory group. A selection of the seven "Big Ideas" within that framework (i.e., Creativity, Abstraction, Data, Algorithms, Programming, Internet, and Impact) will be brought to life through video and an applied programming activity. The project will employ the graphical programming environment Scratch, providing a rich platform for building simulations of infrastructure systems. Building on an award-winning track record of using video of "real kids doing real science" as a tool to foster interest in STEM and model scientific processes (e.g., tpt's PBS series DragonflyTV and SciGirls and related learning and professional development tools), coupled with the University of Minnesota's research on teacher training and impactful and integrated STEM learning opportunities for diverse learners, the EMACS pilot will demonstrate a new approach to support and enhance AP CSP courses. The formative evaluation of the pilot will demonstrate the potential of the model to 1) engage students and improve their understanding of applications of computer science, and 2) improve teachers' understanding and ability to teach core AP CSP principles.