Introduction Workshop
About
In this workshop you will:
- Be introduced to Computer Science, Coding and Computational Thinking
- Learn some ways of teaching Computer Science concepts without using a computer
- Participate in hands-on activities with Coding, Physical Computing and Scratch Teacher Accounts
This workshop has been developed in a partnership with Google.
Schedule
The schedules for both of the days, and the materials for the hands-on activities, are available on these pages:
Workshop Materials
If you would like to use any of the workshop materials in your classroom, or if you would like modify them in any way, you are welcome to do so, provided you acknowledge the original source(s). We have also included links to extra resources on the Resources page and a Glossary page with a list of key terms and their definitions.
The following activities were developed for this workshop and are licenced under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence:
- Coding in Scratch - Fundamental Coding Concepts Activity
- Scratch Teacher Accounts Activity
- Physical Computing - Interactive Quiz Activity
- From Blocks to Text with Sonic Pi Activity
Future CS4S Events
We are planning to run more professional development opportunities next year. If you are interested in keeping up-to-date with the opportunities that the CS4S team offers, please register for the UON CS4S mailing list by completing this form. We will send out information about all upcoming CS4S events through this mailing list.