My fabulous Year 5 pupils have been busy applying their skills and knowledge to design their own robotic systems! Following the 4 levels of abstraction (see below for links on my approach to physical computing), they have gone from design algorithm... To coding... To building and wiring... To finally running the code and evaluating!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6wfa_VPS9I... Continue Reading →
Free Training – Introduction to Physical Computing KS2 – (Crumble kits)
The NCCE has released another quality training course, this time aimed at getting KS2 teachers started on Physical Computing: Pupils should be taught to:design, write and debug programs that accomplish specific goals, including controlling or simulating physical systems; solve problems by decomposing them into smaller partsUK NATIONAL CURRICULUM – COMPUTING IN KEY STAGE 2 –... Continue Reading →
Free Primary Computing Festival 9th July
Book on here: Free Primary Computing Festival 9th July On Friday 9th July, the West Country Computing Hub will be launching it’s Festival of Computing. A one-day, online conference for primary teachers from across the South West.Whether you’re leading computing in your school, or are new to the subject, the conference will cater for those... Continue Reading →
FREE CAD (Computer Aided Design) remote learning CPD – Second event
Thursday 27th May, 1pm- 4.30pm, FREE! Excellent session on Sketchup . Made it seem much more accessible than I thought. It really helped actually being able to do it myself while following the session. KS2 Teacher Due to popular demand, I'm running the same CAD course on Thursday 27th May, from 1 - 4:30pm. Please use... Continue Reading →
COURSE NOW FULL!! FREE CAD (Computer Aided Design) remote learning CPD
Thursday 13th May, 1pm- 4.30pm, FREE! Wow, over 30 people signed up for this within 24 hours. We are at capacity! Please watch this space, I will get another date very soon!! Back by popular demand! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ly7WBqAuvfY A Year 6 design in Sketchup for their Crumble Robot Due to popular demand, I'm delivering further online... Continue Reading →
