Name: Let Them Create: Building Academic Oral Language, Standards-Based Understanding and Student Agency through Scratch Jr. Coding K-4
Start: 2026-06-24T10:20:00-0700
End: 2026-06-24T11:40:00-0700

Let Them Create: Building Academic Oral Language, Standards-Based Understanding and Student Agency through Scratch Jr. Coding K-4

Wednesday June 24, 2026 10:20am - 11:40am PDT

CC 210 (President's Dining Room)

This session explores how ScratchJr coding supports elementary students in demonstrating standards-based understanding while developing academic oral language and student agency. A classroom teacher and technology coach will share a second grade life cycle project and guide participants in exploring ScratchJr and designing a project for their classroom.

NOTE: Please bring an iPad to this session if you have one with you! Several will be available at the session if you don't have access to one.

Speakers

Laurie Sullivan

Project Discovery STEM Teacher, Barrett Elementary School

Dr. Laurie Sullivan, the Project Discovery STEM teacher at Barrett Elementary in Arlington, is a Virginia Teacher of the Year and PAEMST finalist. She engages her students in hands-on learning enriched through collaboration with instructional coaches, volunteer engineers and scientists... Read More →

Jacqueline Moody

Instructional Technology Coordinator, Barrett Elementary School

Jaqueline Moody is the instructional technology coordinator at Barrett Elementary School in Arlington, Virginia. She previously taught elementary school and served as a literacy coach in international schools in Thailand, Colombia, and China, and is passionate about learning from... Read More →

Wednesday June 24, 2026 10:20am - 11:40am PDT
CC 210 (President's Dining Room) Colket Center, Roanoke College, Salem, VA 24153

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2026 MSCI

Laurie Sullivan

Jacqueline Moody

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2026 MSCI

Laurie Sullivan

Jacqueline Moody

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