Database of lessons for teaching computational thinking in a variety of areas of the curriculum across age groups.

"Inform is a design system for interactive fiction based on natural language. It is a radical reinvention of the way interactive fiction is designed, guided by contemporary work in semantics and by the practical experience of some of the world's best-known writers of IF."

"DO THEY UNDERSTAND THIS WELL ENOUGH TO MOVE ON? INTRODUCING HINGE QUESTIONS August 17, 2013 · by Harry Fletcher-Wood · in AfL, CPD. · "

"Diagnostic Questions Mathematics 1725 free maths diagnostic questions (hinge questions) to identify student misconceptions. Join 1541 other teachers in sharing questions and creating quizzes."

"OILING THE HINGES - REFINING MY CONSTRUCTION OF HINGE QUESTION November 3, 2013 · by Harry Fletcher-Wood · in AfL, Classroom, CPD, History"

Classroom Assessment: Minute by Minute, Day by Day In classrooms that use assessment to support learning, teachers continually adapt instruction to meet student needs.

"A diagnostic question (or task) is one which provides evidence of a learner's understanding of a specific idea. The pupil's response gives us reasonably clear evidence about whether he or she understands, or does not understand, this idea. Sometimes the question can also help us to diagnose what a pupil's difficulty is - why he or she is not giving the correct answer. If so, this may make it easier to respond effectively and help pupils move their understanding on."

"Many of the questions and tasks we are developing in the York Science project can be described as 'diagnostic'. That is, not only do they tell you which students have some understanding of the idea you are interested in, they also give you some information about the misconceptions of those who do not use the accepted scientific explanation."

"Sadly, however, the wider educational impact of wiring up schools and homes and giving computers to kids has been disappointing. "

"Sugar is a learning platform that reinvents how computers are used for education. Collaboration, reflection, and discovery are integrated directly into the user interface. Sugar promotes "studio thinking" and "reflective practice". Through Sugar's clarity of design, children and teachers have the opportunity to use computers on their own terms. Students can reshape, reinvent, and reapply both software and content into powerful learning activities. Sugar's focus on sharing, criticism, and exploration is grounded in the culture of free software (FLOSS)."

This is a guide to holding a Turtle Art coding event