Computational Thinking in Social Studies

Computational Thinking in Social Studies

Welcome to episode three of the Infusing Computing webseries.

This episode is a Focus On The Content Area. This is a look at connecting with computational thinking (CT) from a disciplinary perspective.

In this episode, we’ll look at CT in the social studies classroom.

  • What do SS & CT look like?
  • Standards and content that fits in nicely
  • Difference between SS & History?
  • Thinking about document based questions (DBQs).
  • A DBQ is an algorithm
  • Writing a thesis statement is a formula
  • The CT elements of PRADA fit well into SS
  • Try and identify pattern recognition into unit

Keywords - coding, computational thinking, programming, education, social studies