Links

If you are interested in finding out more about Coding, Computational Thinking and the Digital Technologies Curriculum, we have provided some links to some more useful resources below.

Websites

• NESA’s Digital Technologies and ICT Resources
• ScratchEd
• ScratchEd: Defining Computational Thinking
• Digital Technologies Hub
• Computer Science Field Guide
• Google’s Computer Science Education Resources

Free Lessons

• Computer Science Unplugged
• TryComputing Lesson Plans
• Google CS First
• Code Club Resources

Articles

• A Different Approach to Coding, by Mitch Resnick & David Siegel
• Computational Thinking in Primary Schools, by Miles Berry
• From Computational Thinking to Computational Participation in K-12 Education, by Yasmin B. Kafai

Books

• Connected Code: Why Children Need to Learn Programming
• Invent To Learn: Making, Tinkering, and Engineering in the Classroom
• Connected Gaming: What Making Video Games Can Teach Us about Learning and Literacy
• Lifelong Kindergarten: Cultivating Creativity through Projects, Passion, Peers and Play