Computational Thinking for All
Computational Thinking is a 21st-century skill that, in the information age, is indispensable to all humans. The Computational Thinking Alliance (CTA) is dedicated to expanding the notion of computational thinking from a math and computer science perspective, to one useful for all subjects. CTA is an alliance of nonprofit and for-profit professional development organizations, digital platform providers, and educational institutions with a common goal: to institute computational thinking as an important educational asset in schools across the world through weekly challenges for classrooms.
We are committed to a shared vision for rigorous and equitable K-12 Computational Thinking for all students. We help the K-12 education community to improve their ability to serve all students by:
Creating community-sourced definitions of computational thinking across multiple stakeholders, including curriculum development, community engagement and education research Advocating for learning engagement that promotes equity, diversity, and inclusion so all students benefit from quality computational thinking programs. Working with education organizations, business community, non-profit organizations and the research community to have collective support on computational thinking. We’ve been presenting our research work via our partnerships with AIVD, WestEd and YouCubed at Stanford University.
As part of this mission, CTA coordinates and collaborates on an open anonymized “learning engineering” platform to
Accelerate progress in the science of computational thinking learning;
Create a continuous improvement infrastructure based on design-based research in K-12 STEAM learning by combining rapid-cycle evaluation, feedback loops, and machine learning at scale; and
Attract more educational institutions and computer scientists to the field of learning engineering.
CTA needs the involvement and support of those who would like to play a role in shaping next generation education. We would like to make sure the whole community has the opportunity to be involved and invested in creating something together. Your contribution is critical to help us to achieve our goal.
