WeTeach_CS is offering three opportunities around Texas this spring and summer for teachers to experience a Bootstrap workshop and to learn how to use Algebra to teach programming and programming to teach Algebra.
Workshop Schedule
May 16-18 – Austin – More information / Registration
June 12-14 – Houston – More information / Registration
August 9-11 – Edinburg – More information / Registration
About Bootstrap
Bootstrap can be embedded into an intro CS or mainstream algebra class, taught by a teacher with no CS background. By integrating algebra with computing, Bootstrap fosters student growth in both subjects while helping schools meet logistical and staffing challenges. Using Bootstrap as part of a standard algebra class ensures equitable access: since every student takes algebra, Bootstrap reaches all students – not just those who self-select by race, gender, or income. 43% of Bootstrap students are young women, and 46% identify as African-American or Latino
Teach Your Students to Program, Mathematically
Bootstrap teaches students to program their own video games in an algebraic programming language, exposing them to key math concepts. Middle- and high-school teachers around the country have implemented the curriculum as a one-month module, a weekly activity or an after school program.
In Bootstrap, Your Students Will Practice and Apply
- Solving word problems
- Coordinate planes and Graphing
- Functions and Variables
- Function Composition
- Inequalities in the Plane
- The Pythagorean Theorem
In this Workshop, You Will
- Participate in a real classroom demonstration of the curriculum
- Build your own video game, using the math you already know
- Learn how TEKS Math Standards can be met through a STEM-focused programming curriculum
- Explore cutting-edge research on algebra education