.. _teaching: ############## Teaching Guide ############## Unfold Studio is a tool for teaching and learning. Students, teachers, and school-based literacy communities have driven every step of Unfold Studio's design and development. But no technology is going to change a school on its own. This teaching guide is meant to help teachers make the most of Unfold Studio. The guide is organized in layers. - First, the :ref:`pedagogy` section talks about how and why you might want to make Unfold Studio part of your classroom or school, and introduces our literacy-based pedagogical approach. - Next, :ref:`teacher_mode` describes features of Unfold Studio designed for teachers. Then there is a full :ref:`curriculum_unit` designed to be taught in grades 7-9, over about six weeks. (No prior experience with programming is required.) - All the handouts, story templates, assignments, and rubrics are available as :ref:`teaching_resources`, so that they can also be used a-la-carte. The idea is that you can use the unit as-is if it fits your needs or you can adapt the resources that are useful to you. All these curriculum materials are published under a `Creative Commons license`_ which allows free reuse for commercial or noncommercial purposes. - Finally, :ref:`workshops` and :ref:`teaching_support` are available if you would like to work together on professional development, developing new curricula, etc. So have at it! .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2 pedagogy teacher_mode curriculum_unit resources workshops support .. _Creative Commons license: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/