Computer Science in All Grades

Douglas County Schools in Georgia will be adding computer science classes for all grade levels and adding additional computer science topics to existing math and science curriculum in the next couple of years. The goal of the addition is to make sure that students are prepared for technology based careers in the future and to turn them into technology producers as well as consumers. Most of today's youth have a significant amount of technology knowledge (as consumers) when they begin school today. It seems to be a natural progression to add objectives related to educating them concerning the basis for the technology they use and that they can be developers of meaningful technology. My only concern is that in focusing on computer science, especially by adding more to math and science in addition to adding the course, other core subjects will suffer due to lack of resources. As educators, we need to ask how ourselves to what extent does technology need to be taught in order to prepare students for the future and how can we effectively teach it.

Read the article:
http://www.ajc.com/news/local-education/douglas-county-become-georgia-first-computer-science-school-system/3NGJT63K0WvVbj2eDCp3aI/

References:
Robinson, W. (2017, March 29). Douglas County to become Georgia’s first computer science school system. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved March 30, 2017, from https://www.districtadministration.com/news/setting-precedent-georgia-district-offer-computer-science-all-grades