Experience CS – Noise https://noise.getoto.net The collective thoughts of the interwebz Wed, 23 Sep 2026 08:03:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 “We can figure it out”: How one Minnesota teacher uses Experience CS to set the tone for her whole year https://noise.getoto.net/2026/09/23/we-can-figure-it-out-how-one-minnesota-teacher-uses-experience-cs-to-set-the-tone-for-her-whole-year/ Wed, 23 Sep 2026 08:03:43 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=93818 Walk into Allison Knoph’s fifth grade classroom in Edina, Minnesota in October and the creative writing station will be the loudest place in the room. That is by design. “I use it at my creative writing station,” she says of Experience CS, which she has run each fall for the past couple of years. Kids…

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]]> Joy in learning computer science with Experience CS https://noise.getoto.net/2026/07/07/joy-in-learning-computer-science-with-experience-cs/ Tue, 07 Jul 2026 14:02:00 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=93315 Last fall I met with Mark Nechanicky and Taryn Israel Nechanicky, two teachers from Albert Lea, Minnesota. Mark and Taryn are bringing computer science into their classroom with Experience CS, our free cross-curricular resource teaching computer science concepts and reinforcing students’ content knowledge in areas including math, science, language arts, and more. We talked about…

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]]> Experience CS: The complete set of units is live https://noise.getoto.net/2026/04/02/experience-cs-the-complete-set-of-units-is-live/ Thu, 02 Apr 2026 14:51:07 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=92800 The complete set of Experience CS units is now available. With the release of the final six units, Experience CS now provides 18 cross-curricular, project-based computer science units for grades 3–8. It offers educators a collection of free, standards-aligned units to bring computing into their classrooms with confidence. This milestone marks the culmination of a…

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]]> What’s next for Experience CS? https://noise.getoto.net/2025/10/07/whats-next-for-experience-cs/ Tue, 07 Oct 2025 13:29:06 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=91630 In June, we launched the first set of content for Experience CS, our integrated computer science curriculum for students ages 8–14. Experience CS was designed for all educators, including those without a computer science background, so that anyone can bring engaging, creative computer science learning into their classroom. Since launch, we’ve seen educators across the…

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]]> Experience CS: A free integrated curriculum for computer science https://noise.getoto.net/2025/06/26/experience-cs-a-free-integrated-curriculum-for-computer-science/ Thu, 26 Jun 2025 15:56:08 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=90705 Experience CS is a brand-new, free, integrated computer science curriculum for elementary and middle school educators and anyone working with students aged 8 to 14. A key design principle for Experience CS is that any educator can use it. You don’t need a computer science qualification or previous experience in teaching computer science classes to…

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]]> Experience CS: A safe, creative way to teach computing https://noise.getoto.net/2025/05/20/experience-cs-a-safe-creative-way-to-teach-computing/ Tue, 20 May 2025 13:05:30 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=90201 Experience CS is our new free curriculum that helps elementary and middle school educators (working with students aged 8 to 14) teach computer science with confidence through creative, cross-curricular lessons and projects. Designed for teachers, by teachers, Experience CS is built to be easy to use in classrooms, with everything you need integrated into one…

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]]> Experience CS: a new way to teach computer science https://noise.getoto.net/2025/03/27/experience-cs-a-new-way-to-teach-computer-science/ Thu, 27 Mar 2025 17:04:03 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=89689 I am delighted to announce Experience CS, a free, integrated computer science curriculum for elementary and middle school students (8–14 years old) that will be available in June 2025.  Experience CS enables educators to teach computer science through a standards-aligned curriculum that integrates computer science concepts and knowledge into core subjects like maths, science, languages,…

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