Midwest Is Best 2022

We wanted to make available the resources from our 1st annual unconference. If you couldn't make our event, we still would like to provide you access to the information we covered.
Linked here are our recorded sessions, related notes, and the unconference notes, as well.

We hope you can glean good stuff from this.

We also hope you can join us next year! Thanks!

Anchor Sessions #1

Diana Franklin; Title: "K-5 Computational Thinking"; session notes; session recording
Emmanuel Schanzer; Title: "Don’t 'just add coding' - the Promise and Challenge of Integrated CS"; session notes; session recording
Chris Proctor; Title: "Interactive Storytelling with Unfold Studio"; session notes; session recording; slides

Unconference Sessions #1

Session 1.1 - Your Best Physical Computing Lessons
Session 1.2 - Service Learning Projects with Real Data and Community
Session 1.3 - Elementary CS integration within “core” Content
Session 1.4 - Teaching Vocabularies in Computer Science

Anchor Sessions #2

Leah Blaze; Title: "Embedding CS into K-5 curriculum"; session notes; session recording; slides
Katherine Strong Moore; Title: "Everyday AI: Integrating AI into Middle School Content Areas"; session notes; session recording; slides
Chris Orban; Title: "Teaching CS in connection to other subjects": session notes; session recording; slides
- "It's all connected" says Dr. Chris Orban (@STEMcoding). His talk at the "midwest is the best" unconference will highlight ways to connect CS to different subjects. For a sneak peek check out the STEMcoding youtube channel (http://youtube.com/STEMcoding)

Unconference Sessions #2

Session 2.1 - Teaching Cybersecurity
Session 2.2 - Nifty Lesson Sharing (ages 5-11)
Session 2.3 - Nifty Lesson Sharing (others)
Session 2.4 - 3-5 Art Specialists Focus