Ellipsis Education, a leader in computer science curriculum for K-12 education, has launched the Curriculum Delivery Platform (CDP) that aims to provide everything educators need to teach computer science in one place.
The CDP is an online portal where teachers access and navigate Ellipsis courses. Designed to be mobile-responsive, the CDP makes the curriculum teachers know and love easier to use. Features of the CDP include:
- Streamlined organization
- Increased access to resources
- Improved look and feel
- Access to a standards map on the lesson-level page; and
- Easier movement between courses.
Speaking about the initiative, Chief Executive Officer of Ellipsis Education, Dr Whitney Dove, said:
We hope teachers will find this delivery tool efficient and attractive to view. Our goal is to put the curriculum at teachers’ fingertips so they spend less time gathering their materials and more time doing what they do best—teaching!
With the new CDP, teachers will only see the courses they can access, colour-coded by grade band, on their home screen. Tiles on the home screen will also provide important information about the course structure, such as the number of days and quick access to course-level resources. A “Course Details” page provides days of instruction to make it easier to group lessons. It also offers important lesson-level information such as lesson title, type, length and sequence, with easy access to information such as activity descriptions, standards addressed, and materials and additional lesson-level resources. The “Lesson Detail” page offers the full lesson plan on the left of the screen, along with all materials and resources needed to teach it linked on the right.
Crystal Kistler, Middle School Teacher & Ellipsis Education Customer, added:
As someone who has used the curriculum for the past three years, I was so excited to try out the new Ellipsis Education platform. I LOVE the new platform for instructional materials. The new format for each lesson is much more user-friendly than the previous format. In addition to the Syllabus, Pacing Guide, and Standards Map in the header of the home page for my course, lesson materials are easily accessed right at your fingertips and a click away without looking for links within the lesson plan. Bravo on the new format!
The users using Ellipsis Education will automatically be set up and ready to use the new CDP. Current users can use the new CDP as of June 1, 2023. Administrators wishing to switch their teachers over to the platform can contact the Ellipsis website. All teachers will have access to the new platform as of January 1, 2024.
Ellipsis Education aims to remove barriers to teaching computer science by creating the highest quality resources to support educators of all experience levels. The platform provides 13 grade-level differentiated full-year courses, each offering developmentally appropriate, standards-aligned computer science learning that works across various instructional settings. These courses are customized to meet the vision of a district or campus’s unique strategy for computer science integration, whether through core content areas, special rotations, or dedicated computer science classes. Each classroom-ready course is delivered to teachers with all the necessary supplemental resources to feel confident teaching computer science. Its courses include teacher training videos, summative and formative assessments, syllabi, customized standards maps, step-by-step lesson plans, pacing guides, and teacher and student slide decks.
