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Roland Gesthuizen

Programming Teacher-Practitioner Exchange - Seeking Volunteers - Software People Inspiring - 0 views

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    Plans for a pilot scheme to connect teachers in the UK who want to learn how to program with experienced practitioners who can coach them are starting to take shape. The ultimate goal is to give every child in the UK a chance to try their hand at computer programming ..
Roland Gesthuizen

What we learned from 5 million books | Video on TED.com - 0 views

  • Have you played with Google Labs' Ngram Viewer? It's an addicting tool that lets you search for words and ideas in a database of 5 million books from across centuries. Erez Lieberman Aiden and Jean-Baptiste Michel show us how it works, and a few of the surprising things we can learn from 500 billion words.
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    "Jean-Baptiste Michel looks at how we can use large volumes of data to better understand our world."
Roland Gesthuizen

Readying the ACMA Connect.ed portal for release soon - Janison Blogs - 0 views

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    "The Connect.ed portal is designed to support Australia's 250,000 teachers by providing them with the flexibility of a self paced environment to learn about current online behaviours of students, potential risks involved in these activities, a teacher's and school's duty of care and the appropriate tools, resources and strategies to help students to have safe and positive experiences online. "
Roland Gesthuizen

Computer Science Unplugged | - 0 views

shared by Roland Gesthuizen on 02 Dec 13 - Cached
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    "CS Unplugged is a collection of free learning activities that teach Computer Science through engaging games and puzzles that use cards, string, crayons and lots of running around. The activities introduce students to underlying concepts such as binary numbers, algorithms and data compression, separated from the distractions and technical details we usually see with computers."
John Pearce

History of Search Engines - Chronological List of Internet Search Engines (INFOGRAPHIC)... - 0 views

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    "This is a visual history of "search" and search engines; hopefully it's both a trip down memory lane and a useful resource for anyone looking to learn a bit more about the history of Internet search engines. If you like the graphic or find it useful you're welcome to embed the image on your own site, link to it, or give it a Digg/Stumble/Etc. "
Roland Gesthuizen

Software Freedom Day - Melbourne - 2 views

  • Software Freedom Day is an event held all over the world to celebrate and raise awareness of free software and open source software. “Our vision is to empower all people to freely connect, create and share in a digital world that is participatory, transparent, and sustainable.” — Software Freedom Day vision statement
  • Software Freedom Day is an event held all over the world to celebrate and raise awareness of free software and open source software. “Our vision is to empower all people to freely connect, create and share in a digital world that is participatory, transparent, and sustainable.” — Software Freedom Day vision statement The day will feature a wide selection of inspiring presentations and interactive workshops. We welcome participants of all ages or experience levels. Many software-related community groups will also be exhibiting their projects. This is a great way to meet others and learn a little more about these important issues.
  • The day will feature a wide selection of inspiring presentations and interactive workshops. We welcome participants of all ages or experience levels. Many software-related community groups will also be exhibiting their projects. This is a great way to meet others and learn a little more about these important issues.
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    Software Freedom Day is an event held all over the world to celebrate and raise awareness of free software and open source software. "Our vision is to empower all people to freely connect, create and share in a digital world that is participatory, transparent, and sustainable." - Software Freedom Day vision statement
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    Great Melbourne 2010 event worth noting in your diary and passing on.
Roland Gesthuizen

kidsprogramming / Scratch - 1 views

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    "Scratch is a visual programming environment that allows students to easily learn the constructs of computer programming that the environment provides. It comes with an extensive library of programs that can be deconstructed to allow the relativly rapid uptake of a basic understanding of programming."
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    Interesting programming outline by Mike from ECAWA, Western Australia.
Roland Gesthuizen

OSV Education FOSS Catalog | Creative Contingencies Pty. Ltd. - 0 views

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    "Free Software for Schools is a catalogue of open source computer programs for teaching and learning. The catalog is organised by the following categories, and contains an index that lists the name of each program listed."
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    Good catalgue of educational software, much of it free to download and share.
John Pearce

Welcome to the Ultranet, by Ms Jo Blannin - 0 views

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    "This course will introduce users the Ultranet, the new Victorian Education Department initiative for 21st Century Learning. What is it, how does it work, how will teaching change, where should I start? "
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