Author: George Milliken

11 November 4-5pm Climate Action and Wellbeing course – Apps for Good

Join Apps for Good as they introduce their new Climate Action & Wellbeing Course. They’ll give an overview of the course and encourage teachers to register an interest in piloting the materials to their students in January 2022. The new course will be suitable for S1 upward.

In the 12-session course designed for curriculum or extra-curricular delivery, students work as a team to create a technology product that addresses a climate issue impacting their local community. Students not only learn about climate science, but also about systems thinking and how climate change connects to issues of fairness, equity and justice – and they are supported to use this learning when developing their own products.

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Ada Scotland Festival 2021

Now in its second year, we are delighted to announce Ada Scotland Festival 2021 launches at 3pm on 11 October cramming into one hour:

– a welcome address from Jamie Hepburn, MSP and Minister for HE and FE
– a panel of school, college and university female Computing students
– an insightful presentation from CS Teacher, Liz Dighton
– festival highlights
– launch of the ada.scot competitions and activities.

Everyone is welcome. Please join us to get a heads up on the full programme.

Everyone is welcome (teachers/lecturers, parent/carers, students, employers, job changers), and everything is free.

You can view and sign up to events, competitions and resources from the full programme here

You can receive updates via the following social channels:
https://twitter.com/adascot
https://www.facebook.com/adascotfest/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/69011362/

09 November 1100 – 1200, Confident Coders: Save the Oceans

Join DigiLearnScot & Code Club for this massive Scotland wide ‘Code-Along’ session.

Plastic pollution in the ocean is having a significant impact on the natural ocean habit.  To support young learners to share the impact of plastic pollution, we will create a game to save the shark.

To join, learners will need a laptop or computer with access to Scratch online.  The session will be based on the Save the Shark project and is suitable for P4 upwards.  Join us for the live coding session on Tuesday 9th November, 11-11:45/12:00   Sign up here – Digital learning from Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar | e-Sgoil

04 November 1100 – 1200, Beginners Coding Project: Save the Bees and Butterflies

Join DigiLearnScot & Code Club for this massive Scotland wide ‘Code-Along’ session.

1/3 of the food people eat depends on pollinators such as bees and butterflies. To celebrate the impact they make on the environment and the world we live in, we will create our own landscape filled with pollinators.  Not only will this help us think about their impact on our world but it is also very mindful to sit and watch them at work too.

To join, learners will need a laptop or computer with access to Scratch online.  The session will be based on the Butterfly Garden project and is suitable for P4 upwards. Join us for the live coding session, 4th November, 11 – 11:45/12:00 Sign up here – Digital learning from Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar | e-Sgoil

Computer Science For Fun (CS4FN) – Women in Computing Resources

CS4FN is a fantastic site full of free resources for teaching computing science, including some great lists of articles and resources highlighting the important role women have in computing.

Computer Science for Fun – cs4fn: Computer Science and Electronic Engineering: The Women are here!

Computer Science for Fun – cs4fn: cs4fn Magazine+: Issue 23: Women in Computing

Computer Science for Fun – cs4fn: Ada Lovelace: Computer Scientist without a Computer

Computer Science for Fun – cs4fn: Ada Lovelace: Visionary: Computational Creativity

Computer Science for Fun – cs4fn: Sorry to bug you: Grace Hopper

Computer Science for Fun – cs4fn: A gendered timeline of technology

The Oxford University Computing Challenge

The Oxford University Computing Challenge is an invitation challenge for those learners who score in the top 10% of the Bebras Computational Thinking Challenge.
However, even if you’re not invited there are some great computational thinking challenges for your learners from last year that you can access and use freely.

 

Challenges – OUCC

The Big Book of Computing Pedagogy from Hello World

Hello World’s first-ever special edition focuses on approaches to teaching computing in the classroom, and includes some of our favourite pedagogically themed articles from previous Hello World issues, as well as a couple of never-seen-before features. This special issue aims to be your companion to learning about tried-and-tested approaches to teaching computing. It bridges the gap between research and practice, giving you accessible chunks of research, followed by stories from trusty educators who have tried out various approaches in their classroom or educational space.

In this issue, you’ll find:

  • Techniques for fostering program comprehension
  • Advice for bringing physical computing into your classroom
  • Introductions to frameworks for structuring your lessons

And much, much more!

 

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