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Empowering Educators: Transforming Classrooms Through Camp CS and Computer Science Integration
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Empowering Educators: Transforming Classrooms Through Camp CS and Computer Science Integration

September 29, 2023 1-min. read

Thanks to funding from the U.S. Department of Education’s K-12 Congressionally Funded Community Projects and House Representative Deborah Ross, the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, in partnership with Wake County Public Schools’ Magnet Office, offered a unique professional learning experience for approximately 60 K-5 educators focused on integrating computer science education into classrooms across the district. 

This video blog highlights teachers’ experiences at Camp CS (Computer Science), where they gained confidence with integrating computer science standards, incorporating digital learning tools into their classrooms and engaging students and helping them become confident problem solvers, creators and collaborators in our increasingly digital world.

Carrie Robledo PLLC Team Member
Carrie Robledo comes to the Friday Institute from a previous appointment as an Educator on Loan, split between the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) and Moore County Schools. At NCDPI, she served as an innovative learning catalyst, working with Digital Teaching and Learning as their Central Region coach and supporting teachers with implementing the NC Digital Learning Standards for Students and the NC Computer Science Standards. In her home district of Moore County, Carrie led the implementation of mCS (Moore Computer Science), a Digital Learning Initiative Grant for K-5 teachers. She was honored as NCTIES’ Outstanding Teacher of the Year in 2020-2021, a Moore County Schools Teacher of the Year in 2019-2020 and was a 2018-2019 Kenan Fellow.

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