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Share a joke with Barefoot Computing!

Barefoot turned 10 this year, and we're inviting our whole amazing community to join the party! 🎉

Here's how you can help us celebrate: 🤣 Share your favourite jokes with us! 🤣

Design hilarious posters
Film funny video clips
Use our Barefoot resource: ScratchJr Knock Knock Joke Activity
Or even adapt this Scratch file that we have created for the celebration.

Share your jokes on social media tagging Barefoot and #Barefoot10, so we can share the laughter. Or, send them to us at enquiries@barefootcomputing.org.

So put on your thinking caps, warm up those funny bones, and let's make Barefoot's birthday a real laughing matter!

Empower your students with essential digital skills for a tech-driven world!

The Digital Skills initiative from CAS emphasizes preparing students for digital demands through essential skills, from basic online safety to complex coding and teamwork in virtual environments.

We provide resources, like the Digital Skills Checklist for Teachers, for you to assess and develop your student's digital skill levels. We also highlight a case study, where you can find out how Denbigh High School integrated Digital Character education, enabling students to learn resilience and responsible digital behaviour.

Click here to find out more!

Find out how easy uploading to CAS can be!

In this blog, Thomas Lund discusses his experience uploading resources to CAS. Emphasizing the importance of sharing resources and how platforms like CAS foster collaboration among educators, Thomas encourages other teachers to contribute their own work, enhancing the collective resource pool for computing education for the future.

Upcoming Thematic Community events

CAS AI - Teaching programming with LLMs

This will be an interactive online session exploring the use of LLMs for teaching text-based programming. Specifically, we explore the use of LLMs to explain programming error messages.

The pedagogical implications of using LLMs to teach programming will be discussed, in view of feedback literacy general education theory.

Event starts 7th November @ 4pm

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CAS Higher Education Community meeting

The Higher Education Community meeting brings members together to discuss ideas, share insights, and explore possible actions to support and advance our collective goals. As this is our second meeting, we’re continuing to foster collaboration and provide a space for participants to contribute to ongoing initiatives..

Event starts 11th November @ 4pm

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CAS Primary - An Introduction to AI in Primary Education

This session is designed to bridge the gap between the wealth of available AI resources and the time, skills, and confidence needed to use them effectively. Participants will gain an understanding of AI concepts, explore practical applications of AI within the primary curriculum, and learn effective strategies for integrating AI tools into lessons.

Event starts 12th November @ 4pm

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Tools to assist in the classroom

Exciting News!

CAS has just launched a new collections of videos to help you master Microsoft Teams, Google Classroom and SeeSaw in the classroom. From collaboration tips to assignment organisation, these videos have got you covered.