welcome
Mobile phones off please thank
you.
We will check you have handouts.
Thanks for arriving in time.
Where were
computers first
developed?
Manchester the birthplace of
computers?
Manchester the birthplace of
computing
www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2008/06/18/210608_manches
ter_computer_feature.shtml
PGCE Primary
Computing Course
Welcome!
https://www.portal.manchester.ac.uk
[email protected]
John Bidder
Jon Chippindall
Aim of session (WALT)
To introduce the computing
course.
Objectives of session (WILF)
To introduce the VLE BB course and
assignment.
To distinguish between ICT and
computing.
Why Computing in Schools?
inclusion
in 1999 Sugata Mitra
(http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_the_child_driven_education?language=en ;
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-10663353)
Computing is now a subject
http://www.nesta.org.uk/home1/asse
ts/events/livingstone-hope_skills_
review_of_video_games_and_visual_e
ffects
http://royalsociety.org/education/po
licy/computing-in-schools/report/
Steve Furber, Royal Society
What does primary Computing
look like?
http://mypad.northampton.ac.uk/computingdigitialli
teracyandreligiouseducation/2013/12/09/extending-c
omputing-in-ks1-session-4/
What have you seen in school?
share your observations
last
year?
this month?
Computing has three parts
IT
computer science
digital literacy
Computing Unplugged
make a paper ladybird!
Very simple guidance about computing at
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/subjects/zyhbwmn
Computing on the PGCE Programme
taught courses
school placements and visits
the computing course
web based Black Board
you will create a showcase blog or website
time in school/ school visits
independent study days 29th Oct. 19th Feb.
Google hangouts and computer clinics
resources
University
Institute
Peter Leigh room CG48
schools
Your Blog/Website
computing handbook see pages 5-8
for guidance
give us your URL
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1U-1z_pRom4cJ45hLdfgs5Zn-Eg
tkFp3civsDnVNC8HY/edit#gid=0
three example showcase blogs from
last years trainees
http://emilyob-pgce.weebly.com/behaviour-management.html
http://shannenlp.wix.com/pgce
http://hlawpgcemanchester.weebly.com/
assessment on 9th March 2016
Computing on BB
only free applications
your ICT toolkit
pick n mix approach
your blog showcase
Black Board
self assessment
your action plan
pre course mailing on computing
we will support, monitor and assess
Free Applications
Audioboom.com
goanimate.com
Makey makey
Flicker
back
Very Useful Documents
NC (copy in the Computing Handbook)
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-curriculum-in-england-computin
g-programmes-of-study
CAS
http://www.computingatschool.org.uk/data/uploads/CASPrimaryComputing.pdf
a very useful summary
Primary Barefooot Computing Resources
http://barefootcas.org.uk
ideas for teaching
Quickstart Computing Materials
http://primary.quickstartcomputing.org
accessible background knowledge
Computing Unplugged
forward 10 steps
turn right 90 degrees
forward 2 steps
Your Safety
using, transporting expensive kit in
the building and around town
beware email
protect your passwords and
personal information
protect pupil information
ICT
Pledge
University
IT Service Desk/s main library & learning
commons
helpline 306 5544 &
[email protected]http://www.itservices.manchester.ac.uk/students/
clusters, printer robots, security
advice re virus protection/encription/
memory
IT
http://www.itservices.manchester.ac.uk/our-services/secu
rity/
Shop
http://buyit.itservices.manchester.ac.uk
John Rylands Library
http://www.library.manchester.ac.uk/
http://www.library.manchester.ac.uk/searchresourc
es/librarysearch/
JRL catalogue search
Department resources
Clusters
e.g. B3.1, B3.2, B3.17
Humanities ICT team
http://ict.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/
VLE - Black Board
https://www.portal.manchester.ac.uk
interactive whiteboards, visualisers,
Activote, video conferencing, Bee bots,
cameras Peter CG48
School Resources
Documents and Websites
Computing or ICT?
Progression in Coding
Unplugged games
Bee Bot
Roamer
Cargo Bot Type Games
Hopscotch
Junior Scratch
Python
close
summary
any questions?
Summary For Tutors
computing & ICT
better introductory session this year
BB materials remain in place
AC, John Bidder, Jon Chippendall
asked to constrict a Blog or Website
we will monitor around 50% around January 2016
2 ISD days
final assessment 9th March PM
we will grade the sites this year
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=go7vOIAalII
