{"id":762,"date":"2023-09-25T10:26:05","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T09:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/mc\/midlothianstem\/?page_id=762"},"modified":"2023-09-25T10:26:05","modified_gmt":"2023-09-25T09:26:05","slug":"sphero-indis-promoting-computational-thinking","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/mc\/midlothianstem\/clpl\/sphero-indis-promoting-computational-thinking\/","title":{"rendered":"Sphero Indis &#8211; Promoting Computational Thinking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"763\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/mc\/midlothianstem\/clpl\/sphero-indis-promoting-computational-thinking\/sphero-indi-pic1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/mc\/public\/midlothianstem\/uploads\/sites\/4227\/2023\/09\/25101556\/Sphero-Indi-pic1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1000,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sphero Indi pic1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/mc\/public\/midlothianstem\/uploads\/sites\/4227\/2023\/09\/25101556\/Sphero-Indi-pic1-300x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/mc\/public\/midlothianstem\/uploads\/sites\/4227\/2023\/09\/25101556\/Sphero-Indi-pic1.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-763\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/mc\/public\/midlothianstem\/uploads\/sites\/4227\/2023\/09\/25101556\/Sphero-Indi-pic1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/mc\/public\/midlothianstem\/uploads\/sites\/4227\/2023\/09\/25101556\/Sphero-Indi-pic1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/mc\/public\/midlothianstem\/uploads\/sites\/4227\/2023\/09\/25101556\/Sphero-Indi-pic1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/mc\/public\/midlothianstem\/uploads\/sites\/4227\/2023\/09\/25101556\/Sphero-Indi-pic1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/mc\/public\/midlothianstem\/uploads\/sites\/4227\/2023\/09\/25101556\/Sphero-Indi-pic1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Computational Thinking has been called the &#8217;21st Century Skill Set&#8217;, and is important for everyone to learn.<\/p>\n<p>It is the thought process involved in finding solutions to complex problems.\u00a0 Often computational thinking is associated with computing science and programming but it can be taught in the absence of technology too.\u00a0 As young learners develop their computational thinking they are able to think more logically and articulate problems better.<\/p>\n<p>This session uses the Sphero Indis to promote computational thinking in pupils from early years to second level.\u00a0 The session can be delivered in your school on a date and time that suits you.<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to book this session or if you have any questions about this, please contact d.hanley@midlothian.education<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Computational Thinking has been called the &#8217;21st Century Skill Set&#8217;, and is important for everyone to learn. It is the thought process involved in finding solutions to complex problems.\u00a0 Often computational thinking is associated with computing science and programming but it can be taught in the absence of technology too.\u00a0 As young learners develop their &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/mc\/midlothianstem\/clpl\/sphero-indis-promoting-computational-thinking\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sphero Indis &#8211; Promoting Computational Thinking<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6521,"featured_media":0,"parent":251,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-762","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/mc\/midlothianstem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/mc\/midlothianstem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/mc\/midlothianstem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/mc\/midlothianstem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6521"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/mc\/midlothianstem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=762"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/mc\/midlothianstem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/762\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":764,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/mc\/midlothianstem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/762\/revisions\/764"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/mc\/midlothianstem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/mc\/midlothianstem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}