This year I took part in the micro:bit Champion educator programme. I’m looking forward to applying again in 2024 and having a more active role. Sharing more and making more connections. For the first half of Term 1 next year I will be teaching four senior primary school classes focusing on digital technology projects using the micro:bit. I’m planning to post an update each week.
An introduction to programming using Scratch, a visual programming language. Used at the start of Harvard College’s introductory course in computer science, CS50.
CS50S introduces students to fundamentals of programming, found not only in Scratch itself but in traditional text-based languages (like Java and Python) as well. Topics include: functions, which are instructions that perform tasks; return values, which are results that functions provide; conditions, via which programs can decide whether or not to perform some action; loops, via which programs can take action again and again; variables, via which programs can remember information; and more.
CS50S consists of nine projects and can be accessed via edX, edX is the online learning platform from world-leading digital education company 2U, Inc. edX was founded by Harvard and MIT as an experiment to make the world’s best education available to everyone.
