5C Academy
To provide ALL elementary school-aged children,
regardless of social/economic background,
the opportunity to take a comprehensive pathway to computer science fluency.
By starting early and bringing together the power of communities,
we shrink the ‘”opportunity inequity gap” and develop a new generation
of children that can fully engage in and benefit from the Digital and Second Machine economies.
In a Nutshell
The four key components
Early learner-focused
The gap in access to computer science fundamentals starts early. By focusing on the K-5 segment, we work to stop the opportunity gap before it starts.
Pathway-centric
Leverage available teaching materials and technologies to curate curriculum that continuously builds on itself towards specific skills and knowledge sets critical to full computer science fluency.
Instructor-guided
For the young learner, a person to guide the process is essential. As they learn in school, they become more than capable of grasping basic computer science concepts and computational thinking when taught.
Community-driven
Community-level focus delivers immediate and foundational impact at the main street level, rather than relying on a trickle-down from federal, to state, to local to community.
What is Computational Thinking?
Computational Thinking – is a problem-solving process that includes several characteristics and dispositions. Computational thinking is essential to the development of computer applications, but it can also be used to support problem-solving across all disciplines, including the humanities, math, and science. Students who learn computational thinking across the curriculum can begin to see a relationship between academic subjects, as well as between life inside and outside of the classroom.
- Decomposition: Breaking down data, processes, or problems into smaller, more manageable parts
- Pattern Recognition: Observing patterns, trends, and regularities in data
- Abstraction: Identifying the general principles that generate these patterns
- Algorithm Design: Developing the step by step instructions for solving problems
Testimonials
Trayvius
2nd grade
“I expected to do puzzles but it ended up being a whole lot more!”
Dymond
4th grade
“When I tried a few lessons and passed them, that made me feel like I’d already been coding before.“
Keon
3rd grade
“I learned about Debugging- When I get stuck and something isn’t going right. I also learned better coding structure (more efficient coding, like “nesting”).”
Anayah
4th grade
“The teachers were helpful when you get stuck, they’d help us – I learned how to think to solve a problem.”
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