CTE Conference 2022 - Coding in the Classroom

Presentation

Resources shared during the 2022 CTE Conference "Coding in the Classroom: Preparing Students for the Tech Industry in 2022"

This session will include an in-depth description of popular coding languages and which careers each are associated with (including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SQL, Python). The presenter will introduce basic web development concepts and tools endorsed by industry professionals that can be utilized in the classroom. This session is presented by Dev Catalyst, a program for high school students which utilizes a web platform to teach students up-to-date coding languages. They hope to equip teachers to provide an accurate understanding of the industry they prepare their students for.

Classroom Resources

• GitHub Tutorial
• VS Code and VSCode.dev
• Trinket
• Tinkercad
• CodePen
• Virtual Circuit Labs

Portfolio Sites and Interview Prep

• LinkedIn
• Dribble
• Behance
• GitHub
• LeetCode
• Hackerrank

Coding Tutorials

• Code.org
• Free Code Camp
• W3 Schools
• Codecademy
• Udemy
• Adafruit
• Cockroach University
• YouTubers (mmTuts and Caleb Curry)
• Dev Catalyst

Coding Practice

• Hackerrank
• Leetcode
• W3 Resource
• Code along with YouTube videos
• Get involved in the coding community
• Discord servers
• Local meetups/hackathons
  • HACKMemphis
  • CO:hack (Jackson, TN)
  • Knoxville City Hackathon
  • DevPost Virtual Hackathons
  • Follow local tech companies/universities on LinkedIn
  • KnoxDevs
  • DevMemphis - have a Slack
  • Nashville Game Developers - have a Discord
  • ChaDev - have a Slack
  • BoroDev - have a Slack
• Online community
  • CodeNewbie
• MAKE YOUR OWN PROJECTS

Raspberry Pi Supplies

• Raspberry Pi 3 Model B
• Raspberry Pi 4
• microSD Card
• NEW Raspberry Pi Pico
• Circuit Playground
• microSD to SD adapter
• Jumper wires
• GPIO Reference Board
• Bread Board
• LED Lights
• Resistors
• Buttons
• Sense HAT
• PIR Sensor (Motion Sensor)

Cool Sites for Tinkerers

• Adafruit
• Pimoroni
• Sparkfun
• PiHut

Beginner Projects for Python

• Raspberry Pi Pico Projects
• Web Scraping
• Simple Chat Bot
• SO MANY EASY IDEAS
• Python Turtles at Trinket.io

Beginner Database Projects (SQL + web languages)

• Fake E-Commerce Site
• Inventory Management
• Library Data Management
• School Archive Data Management
• School Organization Event Sign Up
• Sports Team Roster and Stat Tracker

Entrepreneur Centers

• theCO (Jackson, TN)
• Biz Foundry (Cookeville, TN)
• Nashville Entrepreneur Center (Nashville, TN)
• Sync.Space (Kingsport, TN)
• Epicenter (Memphis, TN)
• CO:Lab (Chattanooga, TN)
• Knoxville Entrepreneur Center (Knoxville, TN)