From ICT to Computing. Presentation for the inaugral meeting of the Calderdale CAS Hub

@CAS_Calderdale@petejbell

Computing > Computer Science > Programming

Computing: 3 strands

Information TechnologyDigital Literacy

Computer Science

` Digital media

Impact of information technologies

Safe and responsible practice

Social, economic & legal issues

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Algorithms

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Encryption

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Programming

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Data Representation

Computing > Computer Science > Programming

Computational Thinking“A way that humans, not computers, think”

Wing, 2006

DecompositionPattern RecognitionAbstractionAlgorithms

Sing-Song

Computationally:

Verse (appendage)You put your (appendage) inYou put your (appendage) out

In Out On Out shake it all aboutYou do the Hokey Cokey and you turn aroundThat’s what it’s all about

Chorus

MakeyMakey:

4 volunteers, please!

AssessmentMiles Berry@mberry

Principal lecturer and subject leader for Computing Education at the University of RoehamptonChair of NAACE (National Association of Advisors for Computers in Education)Management board of CAS

Assessment

Assessment“It is clear that the greater the precision (i.e. the more levels into which we wish to classify people), the lower the accuracy”

(Wiliam, 2001 p19)

AssessmentSOLO

(Structure of Observed Learning Outcomes)

Identifies five stages of understanding. Each

stage embraces the previous level but adds

something more.

AssessmentSOLO - Prestructural

I don’t know what this is – but it’s round

AssessmentSOLO - Unistructural

This is a 10p piece

AssessmentSOLO - Multistructural

This is a 10p piece These are 20p pieces

AssessmentSOLO - Relational

2 x 5 = 10, 2 x 10 = 20 and 4 x 5 = 20

AssessmentSOLO – Extended Abstract

This is a credit card etc.

AssessmentSurface and deep thinking

Unistructural and multistructural questions test students’

surface thinking (lower-order thinking skills)

Relational and extended abstract questions test deep thinking

(higher-order thinking skills)

Assessment

ResourcesBob Harrison

Chair of DfE Computing Expert GroupProducers of THE Google Site:https://sites.google.com/site/primaryictitt/

Education advisor - ToshibaRuns Support for Education and Training

Resourceshttps://sites.google.com/site/primaryictitt/

http://community.computingatschool.org.uk/resources/1692

MOOCs:• Code.org• CodeHS• Codecademy• The Javascript Roadtrip• Australian Primary Computing MOOC• Exploring CS• CodeAvengers• OCR Computing (GCSE)• TalentBuddy – Advanced Coding Exercises

Resources• Scratch (2)• App Inventor• Sense• Python• CAS (!)• Phil Bagge (code-it.co.uk)• Computer Science Unplugged

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