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Coding at school: a parent's guide to England's new computing curriculum | Technology |... - 1 views

www.theguardian.com/...computing-children-programming

shared by kcardinale on 15 Nov 14 - No Cached
  • mary and secondary school pupils in
  • Teaching programming skills to children is seen as a long-term solution to the “skills gap” between the number of technology jobs and the people qualified to fill them
  • Our new curriculum teaches children computer science, information technology and digital literacy: teaching them how to code,and how to create their own programs; not just how to work a computer, but how a computer works and how to make it work for you.”
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  • At primary level, it helps children to be articulate and think logically: when they start breaking down what’s happening, they can start predicting what’s going to happen. It’s about looking around you almost like an engineer at how things are constructed.”
  • But when you learn computing, you are thinking about thinking.
  • There are lots of transferable skills.”
  • algorithms
  • But they will also be creating and debugging simple programs of their own, developing logical reasoning skills and taking their first steps in using devices to “create, organise, store, manipulate and retrieve digital content”.
  • more complicated programs
  • variables and “sequence, selection, and repetition in programs
  • two or more programming language
  • mple Boolean logic (the AND, OR and NOT operators, for example), working with binary numbers, and studying how computer hardware and software work together.
  • computer and internet safety
  • Even if you’re daunted by programming as a subject, seeing it through the eyes of a child will hopefully make it much less intimidating.
  • kcardinale on 15 Nov 14
     
    Fantastic read that I discussed and annotated with my Grade 11 and 12 Computer science students in class yesterday!
Derek Doucet

7 Homework Assignments That Guarantee Learning and the Secret Sauce That Makes Them Wor... - 0 views

www.brilliant-insane.com/...auce-that-makes-them-work.html

personalized learning homework pedagogy edtech

shared by Derek Doucet on 06 Nov 15 - No Cached
  • 1 – Read from a self-selected novel
  • With reading as our most important out-of-class activity, my average student read more than 25 books each year.
  • 2 – Read an article, blog post, or other content on a social network
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  • What if teachers leveraged social media and other Internet content? Encourage students to read a bevy of items from their favorite online spaces. Steer them to content related to your class. Challenge them to locate something thought-provoking. Imagine the discussions that might ensue.
  • 3 – Talk about X on Twitter, Facebook, or Pinterest
  • 5 – Write a song, paint a picture, or design a building
  • 6 – Play a game
  • Derek Doucet on 06 Nov 15
     
    Making learning a normal part of their day...
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