Share Paper: How are You Preparing the Next Generation of Teacher Educators and K-12 Students to Teach and Learn in an Ever-Evolving World?

  1. Jennifer Ponder, The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), United States
  2. Amanda Cramer, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, United States
  3. Carla Marchant, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, United States

Abstract: This interactive session will introduce participants to an innovative framework and implementation plan designed to prepare pre-service teachers to purposefully integrate technology, engineering practices, computer science, visual arts, math, digital literacy, and language arts to support the construction of scientific knowledge & computational thinking. The course framework is aligned to the Three Dimensions of Learning outlined in the Next Generation Science Standards (2013), Digital Literacy and Computer Science Standards (ALSDE, 2018 & CSTA, 2017), and TPACK (2006). During this session, participants will have an opportunity to engage in inquiry-based learning that includes activities such as building 3D models out of ...