{"id":469,"date":"2022-07-12T22:27:49","date_gmt":"2022-07-12T22:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech2\/?page_id=469"},"modified":"2026-04-16T17:17:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T17:17:04","slug":"six-cs-in-practice","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/pedagogy\/coding-as-a-playground\/six-cs-in-practice\/","title":{"rendered":"Six C&#8217;s of PTD in Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">When engaging children in a computer science learning experience, we welcome play. Through play we can impact all areas of human development: cognitive, socio-emotional, language, moral, physical and even spiritual. The coding playground, in contrast with the coding playpen, promotes opportunities for open-ended exploration, creation of personally meaningful projects, imagination, problem solving, conflict resolution and collaboration. The coding playground engages children in six behaviors that we can also find in the regular playground: content creation, creativity, choices of conduct, communication, collaboration and community building. These behaviors can emerge in many different ways within the classroom. To showcase this variety, DevTech has put together a library of video examples for each behavior. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/content-creation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2022\/03\/Frame-1-270x300.png\" alt=\"Graphic of a light bulb with a brain in it surrounded by a musical note, a play button, and a picture with the words content creation under it.\" class=\"wp-image-3763\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2022\/03\/Frame-1-270x300.png 270w, https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2022\/03\/Frame-1-923x1024.png 923w, https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2022\/03\/Frame-1-768x852.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2022\/03\/Frame-1-1384x1536.png 1384w, https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2022\/03\/Frame-1-1846x2048.png 1846w, https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2022\/03\/Frame-1.png 1971w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/creativity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2022\/03\/Frame-2-270x300.png\" alt=\"Graphic of a yellow side profile of a head with a light bulb on it with the word creativity under it.\" class=\"wp-image-3765\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2022\/03\/Frame-2-270x300.png 270w, https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2022\/03\/Frame-2-923x1024.png 923w, https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2022\/03\/Frame-2-768x852.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2022\/03\/Frame-2-1384x1536.png 1384w, https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2022\/03\/Frame-2-1846x2048.png 1846w, https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2022\/03\/Frame-2.png 1971w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/research\/coding-as-a-playground\/six-cs-in-practice\/collaboration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2022\/03\/Collaboration-1-2-231x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4104\" style=\"width:171px;height:221px\" width=\"171\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2022\/03\/Collaboration-1-2-231x300.png 231w, https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2022\/03\/Collaboration-1-2-789x1024.png 789w, https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2022\/03\/Collaboration-1-2-768x997.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2022\/03\/Collaboration-1-2-1183x1536.png 1183w, https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2022\/03\/Collaboration-1-2.png 1327w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 171px) 100vw, 171px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/six-cs\/communication\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2022\/03\/Frame-5-270x300.png\" alt=\"Blue graphic of two people having a conversation with the word communication under it.\" class=\"wp-image-3767\" style=\"width:243px;height:271px\" width=\"243\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2022\/03\/Frame-5-270x300.png 270w, https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2022\/03\/Frame-5-923x1024.png 923w, https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2022\/03\/Frame-5-768x852.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2022\/03\/Frame-5-1384x1536.png 1384w, https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2022\/03\/Frame-5-1846x2048.png 1846w, https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2022\/03\/Frame-5.png 1971w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/six-cs\/community-building\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2022\/03\/Frame-6-270x300.png\" alt=\"Green graphic of people holding hands in a circle with words community building under it.\" class=\"wp-image-3768\" style=\"width:248px;height:276px\" width=\"248\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2022\/03\/Frame-6-270x300.png 270w, https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2022\/03\/Frame-6-923x1024.png 923w, https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2022\/03\/Frame-6-768x852.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2022\/03\/Frame-6-1384x1536.png 1384w, https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2022\/03\/Frame-6-1846x2048.png 1846w, https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2022\/03\/Frame-6.png 1971w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 248px) 100vw, 248px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/six-cs\/choices-of-conduct\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2022\/03\/Choices-of-Conduct-1-166x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3761\" style=\"width:153px;height:276px\" width=\"153\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2022\/03\/Choices-of-Conduct-1-166x300.png 166w, https:\/\/sites.bc.edu\/devtech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/181\/2022\/03\/Choices-of-Conduct-1-566x1024.png 566w, 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Through play we can impact all areas of human development: cognitive, socio-emotional, language, moral, physical and even spiritual. 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