New Post New Start New Blog of course!!

About to make a bigger jump into Computer Science delivery than ever before so the obvious thing was to make a new blog documenting that journey.
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Fresh back from CAS NE Regional Conference - lots of brilliant ideas to develop and try out over the coming weeks

Intro session - Paul Curzon, Queen Mary Uni of London @TeachingLDNComp
Great ideas about teaching computational thinking without using a computer

• The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby - how can someone with 'Locked in Syndrome' communicate / write a book by only blinking. Helper reading out alphabet is it A/B/C etc. Make it more efficient - eventually whole alphabet be done in 5 Questions is before K etc.
• Teaching Algorithms using Card tricks - Invisible Palming trick
• Simulating a neuron in a brain to make a SNAP process using 7 people
• Programming a face by responding to sounds
• Teleporting Robot illusion 

 

Workshop on 'Progressing with Programming in Primary' 
Kelly.Smith@computingatschool.org.uk
Ideas on moving characters and then deciding action when reaching a shape
IF Colour X do 1 ELSE do 2
Variables - bbc.co.uk/guides/zw3dwmn#z22yvcw
Using cups to store Scores for a quiz
Moving into Condition's / Selection using for a Maths Quiz differentiated
Blue Square Easy / Green Triangle Average / Red Circle Challenge
Make a quiz - differentiate questions - keep scores using a variables - / + scoring  

Workshop on Little Man Computer and Assembly Language Coding

Workshop on Lego - WeDo system to start creating physical systems and programming. 
https://education.lego.com/en-gb/preschool-and-school/lower-primary/7plus-education-wedo/introducing-wedo
Box for students to share - built using LABVIEW software (same as MarsRover/LHC etc)
Fab cross curricular system for KS1/2 students.

Closing address = Simon Humphreys - CAS National Coordinator.

Misc software to investigate Pixel Spreadsheet / JES / CSBot Simulator(Rescue)