What Age Can Coding be Taught to Primary School Students?
Posted on 4th June 2018 in Computing at School, Creative Commons Attribution, Scratch Programming Language
Question: At what age can a primary school teacher realistically start teaching coding to primary school students? When to Teach Coding in Primary Schools The short answer is any age, the UK National Curriculum introduces coding to KS1 students. How […]
Teaching Advanced Programming Concepts with Scratch & ScratchJr
Posted on 21st May 2018 in Computing at School, Creative Commons Attribution, Scratch Programming Language
Flow Control In Primary Programming: In primary programming, do learners need to understand the flow of control of their program? The National Curriculum in England KS1 and KS2 Computing programmes of study doesn’t mention the need to teach pupils the […]
3D Printed Myoelectric Prosthetic Arm School Project
Posted on 19th May 2018 in Computing at School, Creative Commons Attribution
Student-Centred Learning, An Educational Surprise. In the Netherlands, students work independently on final school projects. This manner of working requires an innovative approach: a student-centred learning environment. In the Netherlands, students have to carry out a final research project in […]
Adding Machine Learning Blocks to Snap!
Posted on 17th May 2018 in Computing at School, Creative Commons Attribution
Adding Custom Blocks to Snap! For AI Programming Enabling children to build AI programs… Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Programming for Children The year 2017 saw a sudden emergence of interest and support for Artificial Intelligence (AI) programming by […]
Coding for Girls, No Need to Pinkify STEM Subjects
Posted on 16th May 2018 in Computing at School, Creative Commons Attribution
No Need To Pinkify Technology Subjects For Girls It’s time to avoid using female-friendly stereotypes in order to encourage girls into enjoying Information and Communications Technology (ICT) or computing concepts. Computer science within UK schools is in an interesting position […]
Caesar Cipher Python Code
Posted on 13th May 2018 in Computing at School, Creative Commons Attribution
Coding The Caesar Cipher – The Caesar Cipher is one of the simplest, and oldest, systems for cryptography. Let’s see how the Caesar Cipher can be implemented very simply in Python. One of the simplest methods to create secret messages […]
Cubetto in the Primary School Coding Curriculum
Posted on 10th May 2018 in Computing at School, Creative Commons Attribution
Tangible Programming in Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) and Key Stage 1 (KS1). Ever wonder how best to teach programming to Reception and Key Stage 1 children in a tangible manner – read on to find out more about Cubetto, […]
5 Keys to Developing Great Computer Science Teachers
Posted on 9th May 2018 in Computing at School, Creative Commons Attribution
Schools are full of expertise in teaching pupils, but how do we apply the science of learning to help develop computer science teachers? Teachers spend hours sitting in training sessions, but how much of this sticks? How much feels useful? […]
Computing Education in UK Schools Royal Society Report
Posted on 3rd May 2018 in Computing at School, Creative Commons Attribution
Royal Society Report The ‘After the reboot’ report finds challenges still exist in computing education. Who Are The Royal Society? The Royal Society is the UK’s national science academy, a fellowship of scientists, and the oldest scientific academy still in […]
National Curriculum in England: Computing Programmes of Study
Posted on 1st May 2018 in Computing at School
National Curriculum in England: computing programmes of study Purpose Computing Programmes of Study A high-quality computing education equips pupils to use computational thinking and creativity to understand and change the world. Computing has deep links with mathematics, science and design […]
