Professional Development Workshop
Welcome to PrepareCS! Discover computer science and computational thinking through hands-on activities you can connect to what you already teach.
All of today's workshop materials are collected below, along with the full schedule. Handouts for individual activities are linked right in the schedule.
Date
Saturday, October 10, 2026
Time
8:30am registration
9:00am - 3:30pm workshop
Location
Center for Academic Achievement
8200 West 71st Street, Shawnee Mission, KS 66204
Audience
Kansas K-12 educators
Today's presentation slides. These are updated throughout the day, so check back for the latest version.
Guides for all 11 CT bins, plus labels, box list, purchase list, and the Digital Citizenship Survival Kit.
Flyer for the PrepareCS workshops in Shawnee Mission (Oct. 10) and Pittsburg (Nov. 7).
| Time | Activity | Presenter | CT Connection |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:30–9:00 | Registration and breakfast | All | |
| 9:00–9:15 | Welcome and introduction to computational thinking | David | Four CT pillars |
| 9:15–9:45 | CT Bin 1: Robotic Buddies | David | Algorithms; decomposition |
| 9:45–10:15 | CT Bin 2: The Price Is Right | David | Pattern recognition; algorithms |
| 10:15–10:30 | Break | ||
| 10:30–11:15 | Scratch Geometry To open a Scratch project, go to scratch.mit.edu and choose File → Load from your computer. | Nathan | Patterns; algorithms; abstraction |
| 11:15–12:00 | Scratch Music To open a Scratch project, go to scratch.mit.edu and choose File → Load from your computer. | Nathan | Algorithms; patterns; debugging |
| 12:00–1:00 | Lunch (Chipotle) | ||
| 1:00–1:30 | Playing Cards and Sorting Algorithms | Russ | Algorithms; decomposition |
| 1:30–2:15 | Scratch Spirograph OR Scratch Scrolling Shooter To open a Scratch project, go to scratch.mit.edu and choose File → Load from your computer. | Nathan / Russ | Algorithms; patterns; iteration |
| extra | Cats & Dogs AI Activity | Russ | |
| 2:15–2:30 | Break | ||
| 2:30–3:00 | CT Bins: classroom implementation and additional demonstrations | David / All | CT across content areas / Unplugged activities in general |
| 3:00–3:15 | CS professional development opportunities / Cohort 5 | David | |
| 3:15–3:30 | Evaluation and closing | David |