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Dancing Robots – computing for early years

Posted on July 4, 2017 by jackcl

This is a lovely video to use with children. As well as learning the song and dance they can sequence the parts of the song. The sequencing can be done in a number of different ways. One example is to … Continue reading →

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Using Bee Bots to Teach Computing at Key Stage 1

Posted on July 2, 2014 by jackcl

            Bee Bots have been used in Key Stage 1 for a long time and are a great introduction to control technology.  They can also be used to teach the computer science strand of the … Continue reading →

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The Computing Curriculum – Part 2, Computer Science

Posted on May 8, 2014 by jackcl

              The Computing in the National Curriculum document produced by Computing At School divides the Computing Curriculum into three strands.         Information Technology Computer Science Digital Literacy In this post I … Continue reading →

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Computing Curriculum Resources

Posted on January 22, 2014 by jackcl

When working with schools I am regularly asked about resources for teaching programming as part of the Computing Curriculum so  I produced a PDF with links to some of the best. Click on the image to access it.

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Digitally Confident Conference

Posted on November 28, 2013 by jackcl

On November 20th I attended the Digitally Confident Conference organised by my old colleagues at Northern Grid.  Knowing how much time and effort goes it to organising these conferences, and knowing that the team are committed to making them as … Continue reading →

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