computing at school hub (adelaide, acec2014)

Killer resources

Theory made easy

• csunplugged.org• Cs4fun (magazines)• computational fairy tales• MIT app inventor 2• After school clubs

Hardware

• Legacy Kit (take it apart)• Games consoles• Sphero• Raspberry Pi• Arduino• Makey Makey• Lego Wedo• Beebots

Some cool topics

• Encryption• Compression (music, pictures)• Funky flowcharts• Programming• Esafety / digital citizenship (AFP thinkuknow)• Ethics

Apps to help (younger students)

• Daisy the dinosaur (iPad)• BeeBot (iPad)• A.L.E.X (iPad)• Kodable, Kodable Pro (iPad)• HopScotch• Scratch Jr

• Scratch 2.0 (web)• Kodu• Tynker• Dynamic art Lite (iPad)

Competitions

• Kodu Cup

• GROK learning challenge https://groklearning.com/challenge/

• Lego League - http://firstaustralia.org/competitions/first-lego-league/

Groups to join

• ICTENSW

• Computing at School

• CSTA

• http://sydney.edu.au/engineering/it/schools/gpn.shtml (girls programming network)

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