Primary Computing Curriculum

South West Primary Computing Network

One Day CPD Event - 23rd October 2014

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Find ideas at: bit.ly/swideasclosed

House Rules➡ Please feel free to interrupt to clarify, or

ask questions.➡ We will break for short activities, so join in

and get to know the people around you.➡ Sharing our experiences, without fear,

should be key. None of us are experts in all areas!

➡ All the slides will go online, but please feel free to tweet, take notes etc…

Who are we?

Rob Prior

I am primary trained Teacher, who taught for four years at Two Mile Hill Primary School. For three of those years, I was ICT/Computing Subject Lead. From September I have been an Education Consultant for Soft Egg.

Soft Egg

Soft Egg work with over 350 UK schools providing school IT support services which include remote desktop support, on-site engineers, school broadband, wifi solutions, IT suites, e-safety and cloud data backup.

Computing Curriculum

How well do you know what you are expected to teach?

The Programmes of Study for Computing

1. Open a browser and type in the search bar

Socrative.

2. Choose student login.

3. Type in the room code and then insert

your name.

http://b.socrative.com/teacher/#dashboard

This Activity will only stay live for a short period.

The main challenges of the new curriculum

➡ Planning for Progression

➡ Specialist Vocabulary

➡ E-Safety

➡ Choosing Devices and Selecting Software

➡ Getting Everyone on Board

Planning for Progression

The best way of ensuring progression is to have a comprehensively planned curriculum

Buy a preplannedcurriculum

Write your own curriculum

Find someone to help

bit.ly/swplan4prog

This link will take you to a Prezi, where the three routesabove will be considered in more detail.

Talking Point 1:

Discuss your answers to the following questions:

Q1. What does the computing curriculum look like at the moment in your school?

Q2. What do you plan to change over the next year?

Q3. What resources could you do with?

Specialist Vocabulary

Other Ideas:

★ Spend a staff meeting de-mystifying the vocabulary, by exploring each word and creating a whole school display.

★ Use a group of children, such as your digital leaders, to make short videos explaining the words.

★ Create a cheat sheet that your staff can refer to using the new BBC Site (http://bbc.in/1rWHjr4)

★ Scrap all vocabulary for a year and come back to it later.

http://youtu.be/aM_S2nI0ag8

E-SafetyOFSTED Guidance includes the following

statements that relate to e-safety.

Look at: http://www.childnet.com/resources/esafety-and-computing

http://www.kidsmart.org.uk/

Talking Point 2:

Type the following address in a browser window:bit.ly/swesafety

Double click anywhere in the screen and type your answer to the three questions.

Choosing Devices and Software“select, use and combine a variety of software (including internet services) on a range of digital

devices to design and create a range of programs, systems and content that accomplish given goals, including collecting, analysing, evaluating and presenting data and information”

This is a great opportunity to go to your Head Teacher and Business Manager and demand new software and new hardware.

How to decide?Decide what learning you want to do and then choose a device that does what you need it to.

Getting Everyone on Board.

Talking Point 3:

Think about what we have discussed in this session, make a plan for your school and then share it with the people next to you on your table.

Talking Point 3:Any Questions?

or Suggestions?