FETC 2019

C205 | Programming Partnerships: How to Create a Coding Internship Capstone Course (Room NORTH 220C)

29 Jan 19
4:00 PM - 4:40 PM

Tracks: Future of EdTech Administrator

Speaker(s): Matt Brandenberger, District Technology Coordinator, Fort Wayne Community Schools; Sandra Adams, Building Instructional Coach, Fort Wayne Community Schools--Career Academy (CTE)

Looking for a win-win-win situation for CS at your school? High school internship placements where students collaborate alongside career professionals weekly on authentic problems are the pinnacle of relevant learning. High-school internships are a win-win-win situation: students win by immersion into business culture, schools win as business & industry (B&I) partnerships are formed to help drive curriculum and instruction, and B&I win because they are helping create their own talent pipeline. Learn how coding internships can be successfully structured and how they can fuel the computer-science pathways within your school, K-12. When structured as a Capstone Course, student interns can also work with elementary and middle school teachers to empower them with CS.