At-your-own-pace video modules in this four-part professional development series include: Impacts of Computing, Networks, The Internet, and Protocols.
Suggested Citation
Computing concepts: A four-part professional development video series for middle school educators. Rutgers University Center for Effective School Practices. (2021, August). https://cesp.rutgers.edu/resource/ms-cs-video-series
Rutgers Center for Effective School Practices created this four-part professional development video series, titled Computing Concepts, as a component of its multiyear project Extending the CS Pipeline: Enhancing Rigor and Relevance in Middle School Computer Science Education, funded by the U.S. Department of Education. Each module is described here with a link to the online video published on the center’s YouTube channel. Further below, you will find four separate video players that allow you to watch the videos on this webpage.
Module 1: Impacts of Computing
Considers the impact of computing on education. What do we see computer science as? What are its positive and negative impacts? How does this affect the digital divide? How it might affect the future?
Module 2: Networks
Explores networks, computer systems, and the internet. What is a network? What are the different types of networks? How are computer devices connected on a network, and how do they communicate with each other?
Module 3: The Internet
Presents the internet as a massive network of networks and focuses on packets, redundancy (reliability), and routing.
Module 4: Protocols
Examines the role of protocols as the rules that govern the internet and the “World Wide Web” and the role of protocols in transmitting data across networks.