I have been doing a course ( https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/secondary-programming-pedagogy) which reminded me about the ‘why’ and ‘how’ of teaching programming; keeping…
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CS Education – SubTopics
While doing my Mobile CS principles course on EdX, I came across a number of topics that could be covered…
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Final Project for Mobile CS principles course
Project Title: Who Wants to be a Millionaire – Mobile CSP edition Elevator Pitch: This is a quiz app based…
Continue ReadingArduino LED Cube for year 9-10 project
I love the LED Cube. There are some amazing projects done on the web around LED cubes. The RGB LED…
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XR workshop summary – an opportunity for a student holiday programme in AR, VR, MR ( 6 mins reading time)
It gives me great pleasure to report back from the recent, exciting XR workshop that was organised by Craig Anslow,…
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2020 presents new challenges in #CSed
2020 is a year of challenges for New Zealand schools embracing the new ‘Digital Technology curriculum integration’ initiative from the…
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CS4HS_VUW – Digital Technology teacher conference
The best(and most popular) response I get in my feedback when asked, “Why did you need this conference?” was to…
Continue ReadingSpace and Science Festival – Rocket Soldering Kit
This kit was designed as an electronics activity for the Space and Science festival at Onslow College held a few…
Continue ReadingSTEAM Teachers Education to Employment day
This joint effort between the Ministry of Education, Faculty of Education and ECS Outreach, VUW was held on 12 November…
Continue ReadingBuilding a learning space for students
After my two week trip of New York, Providence and Rhode Island, along with combining a few comments from Makerspaces…
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