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Coding, Computing, Pyonkee, Scratch, Collaboration, STEM, Hackathon, CoderDojo, Year3, Animation, Minecraft, Codeclub
Quotes:
On coding as career-enhancing: ‘it is a skill set which has really benefited me.’ ‘It’s self taught. I knew it was coming. You are looking to it to develop your knowledge.’
On the role of computer co-ordinator: ‘my role is to help teachers build up their confidence in teaching.’ ‘It’s still very new - i want to learn more’ ‘I have to as a practitioner open their eyes to see the application of computing in the real world’
On coding: ‘Key stage two use Pyonkee; key stage three use Scratch Junior.’
On students being engaged in computing: ‘One of the reasons why coding is so fun, is the fact that kids WANT to do it. They want to compute, create their own games, their own characters.’ ‘That kind of enthusiasm - it makes it easy to teach it!'
On collaborating: ‘’It's a case of sharing practice, and learning from mistakes.’
On Minecraft: ‘Minecraft - for better or worse they are involved in Minecraft. It’s one of those fads at the moment, I’m waiting for it to die down, but it’s something which has helped them. It has it’s benefits!’
On CodeClub: ‘Both genders are really into code club which is good, really good.’
On aspirations to bring robotics into the school: ‘I can imagine the kids going WHOA - coding and robots!’
On Barclays coder-dojo: ‘i get to see how corporations are hoping children learn how to code. Seeing them get support and making things - it’s really good.’ 'They had bowls of sweets which kept them really hyperactive.’
On Local Authority training sessions: ‘I really hope that that continues not just for lead teachers but for other staff as well.'
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STEM, STEAM, Computing, Design, Islamic Art, V&A East, Inset days, CPD, Teachers resources, wearable technologies, coding, processing, arts, design technology, 21st Century, East London, NASA, new material technology, UX, iterative design, elegance
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On V&A East: ‘What we don’t want to do is just parachute in this giant spaceship of a museum’ ‘It is a chance for the new V&A to create a museum that fits the 21st century.’
On East London: ‘East London is where a lot of the interesting creative activity is happening.’
On collaborating with schools in East London: ‘We are doing research with the local community, with schools, to start building those relationships now.’
On the curriculum: ‘We look at Maths through Islamic Art and Architecture. We look at computing, but always through the lens of art and design.’ ‘We can chip into the computing curriculum nicely through our collection of computing art…we’ve been collecting since the 1960s.’
Promoting the arts: ‘One of the challenges that we always have is really making sure that arts sticks in the curriculum and it isn’t excluded by the STEM concentration that is happening..’
Challenges for schools: ‘for schools and colleges it can be really difficult to take a class out and to arrange cover and to convince heads
Reading and resources:
Alex Flowers
V and A East
Victoria and Albert Teachers’ Resources
V and A Islamic Art and Maths Resources
Vogue Hackney Wick Centre of Cultural Universe quote
Processing - a language for learning how to code within the context of the visual arts