AidanDelaney.github.io

% Eastbourne CAS Hub % Aidan Delaney % aidan@ontologyengineering.org | @aidandelaney

About Me {data-background=’images/royal-pavilion-brighton.jpg’}

• Academic for over a decade (PhD in CS involving logic).
• Researcher in Visual Languages and Visual Reasoning.
• Shipped code in Haskell, C, Java, Perl, Python, C++, JavaScript & others.
• Previously CAS Regional Co-ordinator for East Sussex & Kent.
• Director of an Eastbourne not-for-profit TechResort
• I’m here because I’m a subject expert and want to support local teachers.

Introductions {data-background=”#fff” data-transition=”fade-in fade-out”}

• Who are you?
• What do you hope to get out of today?

What is CAS? {data-background=”#CCCCCC” data-transition=”fade-in fade-out”}

• Computing At School (CAS)
• Somewhat responsible for the new Computing curriculum
• The CAS/BCS Network of Excellence
  • Master Teachers and Master Teacher Training
  • The CAS/BCS Certificate (useful qualification ?)
  • Universities in the NoE
• The subject association for computing in schools “to support and empower each other … so that each child has the opportunity of an outstanding computer science education”
• Free to join (21,045 members)
• Hubs, events, resources, forums
• community.computingatschool.org.uk

Eastbourne CAS Hub

• the opportunity for teachers to meet in a relaxed and informal atmosphere
• to share ideas and resources
• to receive training, and
• to gain mutual support from discussing teaching methods with colleagues.

No question is too small or stupid! – I’m sick of the antagonistic attitude in some tech-related quarters.

Plan for today {data-background=”#00d414” data-transition=”fade-in fade-out”}

• Introduce some resources (10min)
• Coffee
• Short introduction of some “physical” activities (10min)
• Coffee
• Split into some short activities (2 * 20min)
• Coffee
• Plenary
• Coffee

Interesting Resources {data-background=”#f08” data-transition=”fade-in fade-out”}

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• The Magic of Computer Science
• CAS RaspberryPi Education Manual
• CS Unplugged
• CAS KS1 & KS2 Progression Pathways
• Barefoot Computing

Aidan stop here – they’re bored

• Coffee break

Physical computing activities

Two activities:

1. Making traffic lights with Arduino, and
2. data structures magic trick.

Plenary

Thank You

• To you, for giving up your time.
• To TechResort, for the use of the venue and kit.
• To Uni of Brighton for my time.