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 opened exclusively for class use. - The school has highspeed broadband and full coverage wifi. - The kids are now getting their class assignments emailed to their personal school gmail account (!). - They "routinely" take notes, do maths and write assignments in google docs. - Getting a certain word-per-minute in "type-to-learn" is part of their curriculum. It is tested. - My grade 4 girl has just completed a documentary using an online video editor and voice recorder. - The 4th grader has also just completed the first 2 lessons of code.org and has built rudimentary turtle programs in Scratch (scratch.mit.edu). - My 4rd grader immersed himself into scratch after the school taught him the basics. He has written creative and complex games in it. - By 5th grade they are required to complete a science fair project which must be presented to the class in Google Slides or Powerpoint. Admittedly, my kids are in a great public school and there are some really terrible ones as well. But I'm very impressed with how aggressively they push our kids into using all aspects of the computer, web and programming. Patrick. On 28 May 2015 at 04:48, Michael Zimmerman <mikezi...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 by Tony Abbott > > http://www.smh.com.au/national/-ghbdal.html > > and it really fuels the flames... > Fortunately i have discovered a number of local initiatives for kids > coding, robotics, etc in Sydney and have started to put together a resource > list. It is currently VERY raw as i just hacked it together, but I'd > really appreciate any input if you know of either: > > 1) workshops or courses taught avaialble to teach primary or high school > kids, or > > 2) websites that offer free (or very cheap) coding tutorials/ coures > > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/12VpUsQLlUEPwpmOxqXB1lHarruZeuZA8JRYeK0g5CQc/edit?usp=sharing > > > thanks for your input! > > > -- > Michael Zimmerman > mikezim25 > at > gmail.com <mikezi...@gmail.com> > www.linkedin.com/in/mikezim > +61 449 207 629 (AUS) > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach > Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more > > Forum rules > 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. > 2) No jobs postings. You can use http://siliconbeachaustralia.org/jobs > > > To post to this group, send email to > silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Silicon Beach Australia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more Forum rules 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. 2) No jobs postings. You can use http://siliconbeachaustralia.org/jobs To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Silicon Beach Australia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
