Looking back at where you started, and forward at what you are taking with you.
In Week 8, you will:
There is no new CS content this week. The focus is synthesis, reflection, and making sure you leave the course feeling prepared — not just assessed.
Eight weeks, six competency demos, and a significant amount of computer science. Before closing the book on the course, we are asking you to reflect on the experience as a whole — what was new, what will be useful in your classroom, what still feels uncertain, and what we could do better.
This reflection is graded for completion, not content. Honest responses are more valuable to us than polished ones.
Before your final small group meeting, spend 15–25 minutes with the 2026 Iowa PK–12 CS Standards for your grade band. For each cluster of standards, you will note which FCCS competencies prepared you for it and rate how ready you feel to teach it to your students.
There are no wrong answers. Some clusters will connect directly to what you learned. Others will not — and noticing those gaps is just as valuable. You will return to this work in much greater depth in the CS Methods course.
Select your grade band:
Submit your compiled responses on Blackboard. Keep a copy — you will want it when you reach the CS Methods course.
Your final small group meeting. This one is less structured than previous weeks by design — it is a chance to close out the course together, share what stuck, and talk through anything that still feels unresolved.
No new Competency Demo this week.
Week 8 is your final opportunity to retake any of CDs #1–6 where you were not satisfied with your score.