Tips for teaching coding – Part 2
At secondary, pupils are encouraged to move away from Pseudo code (Block based) to recognised languages such as Python, touch develop, visual…
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Tips for teaching coding
Computer Science (known in the media as coding) is one element of the current curriculum for computing. Much of the old ICT…
Is there a place for specialist teachers of computing?
After hosting a twitter chat, bringing together computing specialists and primary teacher recently it became clear that teaching the computing curriculum is…
Looking for alternatives to Scratch?
Scratch seems to have become the go-to software for schools trying to teach the new computing curriculum. It is simple and more…
Computing is the outsider, the elephant in the room
As I talk to more and more teachers, it is clear that foundation subjects (everything other than English, Maths and Science) are…
Coding is for everyone!
I run a weekly computing club for children at my school, as well as teaching Computing as part of my normal timetable. …
The king is dead, long live the king
After an online chat on twitter recently I was left thinking about the ways we have always used coding in school. I…
Thinking like a computer
One of the hardest concepts that we need to teach children during computing is that computers are incredibly stupid devices. Yes, they…
Commercial Coding suites Vs “open” software
Ever since the announcement of the new curriculum for computing, there has been quite a clamber to create coding platforms for primary…
A teacher’s view of BETT 2016
I was very lucky to have been able to spend the last two days at the BETT show in London. For those…