{"id":1022,"date":"2014-06-20T12:10:03","date_gmt":"2014-06-20T12:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=1022"},"modified":"2014-06-18T12:29:55","modified_gmt":"2014-06-18T12:29:55","slug":"free-computing-workshop-for-ks2-y7-teachers-8-9-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=1022","title":{"rendered":"Free computing workshop for KS2 &#038; Y7 teachers, 8-9 July"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/teachinglondoncomputing.org\/2014\/06\/16\/free-computing-workshop-goldsmiths-8-9-july-for-ks2-y7-teachers-w-paul-curzon\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1024\" alt=\"scratch\" src=\"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/scratch.gif\" width=\"109\" height=\"177\" \/><\/a>How to use Scratch and unplugged activities to teach programming concepts &#8211; a free two-day workshop at Goldsmiths 8-9 July 2014 with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eecs.qmul.ac.uk\/~pc\/\">Professor Paul Curzon<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lclcc.org.uk\/index.php?pageid=31\">Zali Collymore-Hussein<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The National Curriculum for Computing involves a large amount of new content, namely programming that will be particularly challenging for KS2 \u2013KS4 teachers. It is acknowledged that teachers will need support to acquire the necessary subject knowledge and skills to deliver this discipline.<\/p>\n<p>This workshop aims to equip you with a good understanding of programming concepts and computational thinking, offering practical ways to teach the related KS2 programmes of study. It is suitable for teachers new to the free programming language<a href=\"http:\/\/scratch.mit.edu\/\"> Scratch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>8 July 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Teaching Computing Unplugged to Young Children<\/li>\n<li>Introducing programming fundamentals through interactive games made in Scratch<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>9 July 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Deepen understanding of programming concepts through interactive quizzes made in Scratch<\/li>\n<li>Tackling Control Projects using Scratch and Raspberry Pi<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/teachinglondoncomputing.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/06\/8-9-july-booking-form.doc\">Complete the attached booking form<\/a> and email to <a href=\"mailto:teacherscentre@gold.ac.uk\">teacherscentre@gold.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/teachinglondoncomputing.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/06\/8-9-july-booking-form.doc\">Full details at Teaching London Computing<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to use Scratch and unplugged activities to teach programming concepts &#8211; a free two-day workshop at Goldsmiths 8-9 July 2014 with Professor Paul Curzon and Zali Collymore-Hussein. The National Curriculum for Computing involves a large amount of new content, namely programming that will be particularly challenging for KS2 \u2013KS4 teachers. It is acknowledged that &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/?p=1022\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Free computing workshop for KS2 &#038; Y7 teachers, 8-9 July<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[70,105],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1022"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1022"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1025,"href":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1022\/revisions\/1025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.doc.gold.ac.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}