Primary Master Teacher Training Materials

These are links to slides and other resources used for the University of Roehampton / Computing at School primary master teacher training course.

Please treat these as licensed under CC by-nc-sa terms.

Day 1 - Algorithms

Session 1 - Computational Thinking

• Session recording
• Further resources from CAS
• Barr and Stephenson (2011) Bringing Computational Thinking to K-12
• Berry (2014) Computational thinking in primary schools
• Berry (2014) More to computing than coding
• Brennan and Resnick (2012) New frameworks for studying and assessing the development of computational thinking
• Crow (2014) The basics of computer science
• Selby (2013) Computational thinking: the developing definition
• Wing (2011) Computational thinking - what and why?

Session 2 - Search and Sort

• Session recording
• CS Unplugged: searching algorithms
• CS Unplugged: sorting algorithms
• AlgorRythmics sort algorithms through the medium of folk dance
• Binary search Scratch jigsaw
• Bubble sort Scratch jigsaw

Session 3 - Algorithms

• Session recording
• Tumblr for 'flow chart porn' (SFW, I think, but YMMV)
• Aberdeen (2012) Probabalistic Page Rank [simulation](http://youtu. be/4eBsP14O5L0?t=20m30s) and [resources](http://www.computingatschool.org.uk/ data/uploads/conf2011/real-life.pdf)
• Phil Bagge's sandwich bot resources and outtakes video
• David Cope's computer models of musical creativity
• Dickman (2012) How Google search works
• Yeomans (2014) We need architects and bricklayers
• Yeomans (2014) Becoming and algorithmic school

Session 4 - Programming languages

• "Hello, world!" in many programming languages
• History of programming languages posters: O'Reilly, 2003 and IBM, 2010
• Iry (2009) A Brief, Incomplete, and Mostly Wrong History of Programming Languages
• Peyton-Jones et al (2003) Improving the world's most popular functional language: user-defined functions in Excel
• Utting et al (2010) Alice, Greenfoot, and Scratch – A Discussion
• XBox 360 (generous education discount)

Day 2 - Programming

Session 1 - Robotics

• Session recording
• Scratch Bee Bot / Roamer simulator, Maze and Treasure Island
• Lego WeDo
• Arduino materials
• Raspberry Pi learning materials
• BBC / Glasshead Studios: Cracking the Code
• Boston Dynamic: Big Dog etc
• Google's self-driving car

Session 2 - Text based programming (Pete Kemp)

• Bagge (2013) primary Python materials
• Berry (2014) Text based programming in primary schools?
• Chippindall (2013) KS2 Python scheme of work
• Miller and Ranum (2013) How to think like a computer scientist, eg Hello little turtles
• Williams and Kessler (2000) All I really needed to know about pair programming I learned in kindergarten.
• Skulpt: browser based Python
• Idle - standard integrated development environment for Python
• iPython - interactive shell for Python; very useful for data analysis and mathematical / scientific computing

Session 3 - Educational game challenge

• Session recording
• Armoni and Ben-Ari (2013) Computer Science Concepts in Scratch
• Brennan et al (2011) A design-based introduction to computational thinking with Scratch
• David Malan on Scratch for budding computer scientists
• Livingstone and Hope (2011) Next Gen
• Papert (1971) Teaching children thinking
• Papert (1998) Does easy do it? (pp 63-64)
• Resnick et al (2009) Scratch: programming for all
• Resnick (2012) Learning from Scratch
• Example scripts: tables test, pairs, spelling test
• Roehampton guest lectures from Ian Livingstone and Antonio Gould (incomplete recording)

Day 3 - Bits and Bobs

Session 1 - Binary

• Session recording
• Binary Decimal conversion questions - CIMT MEP
• Binary Decimal addition and subtraction questions - CIMT MEP
• Binary Decimal multiplication questions - CIMT MEP
• Binary Decimal conversion spreadsheet
• Binary Decimal conversion functions in Snap!
• Logic.ly demo

Session 2 - Binary representation

Session 3 - Computers

• Session recording

Session 4 - Robots

• Session recording

Day 4 - Ethics and the Internet

Session 1 - The internet

• Session recording

Session 2 - The web

• Session recording

Session 3 - Ethical and legal aspects

• Session recording

Day 5 - Conclusion and sharing our practice

Session 1 - Mopping up

Session 2 - Assessment

• Combined session recording

Session 3 - Sharing our practice

• Miles: Demystifying the curriculum
• Steve Gibson: Why is data so important?
• Chris and Iain: Physical Computing
• Alan Kilcoyne Binary
• Tony Allday Programming on the iPad
• Session recording

Level: Intermediate

Duration: 5 days

Teaches: Covers the Teaching Agency subject knowledge requirements for entry into CS teacher training at primary level