> His (and the school's) philosophy is that students should not be instructed
> in any subjects that are essentially vocational, because their schooling
> should give them a broad background that can be narrowed to a vocation at
> university (to which 99% of Old Sydneians attend). So english, s
www.jnrengineers.com is in over 35 schools in QLD and VIC since beginning of
2014.
Starts kids coding from aged 7 on MS Basic, Python, iOS and with a robotics
course extension; highly profitable; multiple attempts to find someone to offer
it in NSW schools.
Other states are getting it!
Anyo
Randwick council run a Code Club but it ends in June so I'm not sure it
belongs on the list?
http://www.randwick.nsw.gov.au/library/library-events/library-calendar/events/home/code-club?SQ_CALENDAR_DATE=2015-04-30
Rai
On 28 May 2015 at 21:48, Michael Zimmerman wrote:
> I have been getting revve
UNSW teach their first year uni comp course to some high school students:
http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/studying-at-unsw/school-programs/high-school-computing-hs1917/
On Fri, 29 May 2015 at 06:26 Nigel Sheridan-Smith wrote:
> Hi Michael,
>
> There is an initiative that recently started in Melbourne
Hi Michael,
There is an initiative that recently started in Melbourne too:
http://www.codefuture.org/
I'm sure they are looking for any programmers or developers who are willing
to help teach classes. I've signed up already, but lacking a bit of free
time right at the minute... hopefully I can ge
Wow, I had no idea it was that bad. To confirm your point and contrast for
you. My kids go to a public school in Piedmont California:
- They are each allocated a Chromebook at the beginning of the year. They
can't take it home, but it is logged in permanently to their google account
which was open
Hi Michael,
don't forget the apps! My 5yo got into CargoBot (
http://twolivesleft.com/CargoBot/) for a bit, though the lure of Minecraft
is just too strong most of the time.
CargoBot was entirely written on an iPad using Codea (
http://twolivesleft.com/Codea) which I've been meaning to have a clo
I have been getting revved up about the whole (Lack Of) coding in schools
thing in Aus. Two of my kids go to great schools (Sydney Girls and Sydney
Grammar) and I am shocked that there are no coding classes being taught
(Sydney Girls does not even have a computer club). Add to it stuff like
this
