Project GUTS

05/25/2023

Interested in teaching about and using Generative AI in K12?

Check-out this workshop called "Demystifying Text-to-Image generation for K12 educators" to learn more about Creative AI and how you could teach it to students and educators. Info and Sign up here: https://mitmedialab.github.io/genai-isls/

This workshop is taught by my amazing colleagues: Kate Moore and Safinah Ali.

[“ISLS 2023 Tutorial”]

09/11/2020

We're part of CSTA's Virtual Summit tomorrow, presenting on ways we can do Project GUTS through virtual learning. Join the fun and register for tomorrow's full day conference, it's free!

A one-day summit to support teachers with strategies and best practices to assist in transitioning classrooms to a virtual environment.

03/12/2020

Here's a Project GUTS' COVID-19 Modeling Challenge for students and teachers!
(https://tinyurl.com/GUTS-COVID19)

Submit your project description and model to [email protected]

COVID-19 Modeling Challenge Who: Project GUTS students and teachers Recommended for middle and high school students and their teachers. What: Model the spread of COVID-19 using StarLogo Nova When: Between March 12 - March 31, 2020 How: Learn basic StarLogo Nova skills then use th...

06/21/2019

Turtle references never get old for us

12/06/2018

Richmond PS has GUTS! Thanks to RPS teachers & CodeVA for making this possible.

12/06/2018

SocialWorks and Google both visited Bowen High School this morning to celebrate the success of . Though that event wraps up tomorrow, it marks the beginning of CPS's , which brings intensive and cutting-edge coding programs to schools across the district.

Month of Code is part of CPS's CS4All program, which has become one of the leading school CS programs in the country. That's thanks in no small part to support from partners across the city, including the CME Group Foundation, Google, The Learning Partnership, DePaul University, Loyola University Chicago, The University of Chicago, Illinois Institute of Technology, Robert Morris University - Illinois, University of Illinois at Chicago, UMass Boston Computer Science, Project GUTS, Bootstrap, Code.org, Microsoft Chicago, Illinois Technology Foundation, National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT), and STARS Alliance.

Thank you all!

08/03/2018

07/19/2018

Deeper explorations of computational modeling and engaging teachers in the Project GUTS science modules.

07/18/2018

The participants in a Project GUTS in Richmond, VA with are getting into their participatory simulations! Teachers With GUTS in action!

07/18/2018

Day 3 of our Project GUTS workshop at . The participants delved into the code, built their own computational model and shared ideas about implementing in the classroom with equity as well as productive struggle in mind.

07/17/2018

A fantastic group of educators are with us at . Great discussions about computational thinking, equity in CS, algorithms, abstraction and computer modeling.

07/16/2018

The Project GUTS team is ready for a great PD week as part of Infosys Pathfinders. There’s also a PD group in Richmond, VA happening as well. We’re growing the community of Teachers With GUTS.