Computational Thinking Skills
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etwinning / My favourite digital app
Partner schools asked their students “What is your favourite digital application” The answers by students Link at eTwinning
What is computational thinking?
Computers can be used to help us solve problems. However, before a problem can be tackled, the problem itself and the ways in which it could be solved need to be understood. Computational thinking allows us to do this. Computational thinking allows us to take a complex problem, understand what the problem is and develop […]
10 Reasons to Teach Coding – Sylvia Duckworth
Coding allows students to create content, not just consume it. Coding empowers students and give them tools to express themselves in really cool ways. Coding teaches storytelling with games and animations. Coding is a place for students to take risks and fail safely. Coding is inclusive and builds self-confidence Coding supports many principles of mathematics […]
Barefoot Evaluation
What is evaluation? Evaluation is about making judgements, where possible in an objective and systematic way. Every day, we make judgements about what to do and what we think, based on a range of factors. When considering a new digital device for the classroom, there are a number of criteria: operating system, portability, memory size, […]
Barefoot Abstraction
What is abstraction? Abstraction is about simplifying things – identifying what’s important without worrying too much about detail. A school timetable is an abstraction of what happens in a typical week. It shows key information about classes, teachers, rooms and times but ignores further layers of detail such as learning objectives and activities. A class […]
Barefoot Patterns / Generalisation
What are patterns? Patterns are everywhere. By identifying patterns, we can create rules and solve more-general problems. Children notice patterns in how teachers react to their behaviour. Weather patterns feed into our forecasts. In maths, pupils can measure the area of a rectangle drawn on graph paper, by counting the number of unit squares within it, […]
Barefoot Decomposition
What is decomposition? In computing, decomposition is the process of breaking down a task into smaller, more-manageable parts. It has many advantages. It helps us manage large projects and makes the process of solving a complex problem less daunting and much easier to take on. With decomposition, a task can be tackled by several people […]
Barefoot Algorithms
What are algorithms? An algorithm is a sequence of instructions or a set of rules to get something done. You’ll favour a particular route home from school – you can think of it as an algorithm. There are plenty of alternative routes home, and there’ll be an algorithm to describe each one of those […]
