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For Teachers (FREE and accredited for NSW teachers)
CSERmoocs.adelaide.edu.au
I completed this FREE MOOC in June 2014 and I highly recommend it.
Run through the University of Adelaide it looks at teaching computational thinking and how it links to the Australian Curriculum.
I am now the NSW Project Officer for this course and support schools in NSW who are completing this course. Contact me via the website. I can assist NSW teachers and schools with embedding the course content in classes with the NSW curriculum. We also have project officers in each state of Australia. All services are FREE and government funded.
http://www.csermoocs.adelaide.edu.au/
CSERmoocs.adelaide.edu.au
I completed this FREE MOOC in June 2014 and I highly recommend it.
Run through the University of Adelaide it looks at teaching computational thinking and how it links to the Australian Curriculum.
I am now the NSW Project Officer for this course and support schools in NSW who are completing this course. Contact me via the website. I can assist NSW teachers and schools with embedding the course content in classes with the NSW curriculum. We also have project officers in each state of Australia. All services are FREE and government funded.
http://www.csermoocs.adelaide.edu.au/
The Australian Computing Academy
The ACA also run FREE support for Australian teachers. https://aca.edu.au
Contact them for more information on how to access their services.
The ACA also run FREE support for Australian teachers. https://aca.edu.au
Contact them for more information on how to access their services.
Grok Learning For Teachers or Students ($30 for full access and Free for teachers)
Free for year 5 and year 7 students in Australia
Year 5 and year 7 students can access 1 free course for a calendar year. Teachers can sign up all their students.
Grok Learning is an easy to follow program to learn python. The newbies course uses visual programming and is a good introduction to python if you have been using scratch or tynker. Once you have built the code using blocks you can view the code as written in python. Grok learning runs the NCSS Challenge, a python coding competition, each year. Grok Learning is an inexpensive program that could be used individually or in the classroom.
Free for year 5 and year 7 students in Australia
Year 5 and year 7 students can access 1 free course for a calendar year. Teachers can sign up all their students.
Grok Learning is an easy to follow program to learn python. The newbies course uses visual programming and is a good introduction to python if you have been using scratch or tynker. Once you have built the code using blocks you can view the code as written in python. Grok learning runs the NCSS Challenge, a python coding competition, each year. Grok Learning is an inexpensive program that could be used individually or in the classroom.
Google Course
Another free online course for teachers.
https://computationalthinkingcourse.withgoogle.com
Another free online course for teachers.
https://computationalthinkingcourse.withgoogle.com
Tinkering Online Course - Free or paid for Certificate.
Learning to Tinker. I have completed this course, very valuable with lots of ideas for teaching with makerspaces and tinkering. It includes ideas for pedagogy and reasons why it should be taught.
https://www.coursera.org/learn/tinkering
Learning to Tinker. I have completed this course, very valuable with lots of ideas for teaching with makerspaces and tinkering. It includes ideas for pedagogy and reasons why it should be taught.
https://www.coursera.org/learn/tinkering
Online Microbit course (FREE)
Learning to use Microbits is easy using this online course by Microsoft.
https://makecode.microbit.org/docs
Learning to use Microbits is easy using this online course by Microsoft.
https://makecode.microbit.org/docs
CS-First : Learning Scratch with students (FREE)
This is a platform designed for teachers.
You set up a club and then give your students the club code. When they sign in with the club code they will receive a user name and password that can be used for https://csfirst.withgoogle.com or https://scratch.mit.edu/
The course is self paced and uses videos. This platform is good for teachers wanting to learn scratch or to teach with scratch. You can let students work through the course or show the videos as a prompt for your own lessons.
This system overrides the 13+ rule and allows students to log into Scratch.mit.edu without a parents email. This is because the logins are anonymous and the teacher can see the progress in their teacher dash board.
This is a platform designed for teachers.
You set up a club and then give your students the club code. When they sign in with the club code they will receive a user name and password that can be used for https://csfirst.withgoogle.com or https://scratch.mit.edu/
The course is self paced and uses videos. This platform is good for teachers wanting to learn scratch or to teach with scratch. You can let students work through the course or show the videos as a prompt for your own lessons.
This system overrides the 13+ rule and allows students to log into Scratch.mit.edu without a parents email. This is because the logins are anonymous and the teacher can see the progress in their teacher dash board.
https://codeclubau.org/start-a-club/
Code club supports teachers and students. Code Club in Australia offers free courses to teachers. On their website they have lots of free resources and projects for students.
Once students have worked through cs-first.withgoogle.com you can then use supplementary projects from https://codeclubprojects.org/en-GB/
Code club supports teachers and students. Code Club in Australia offers free courses to teachers. On their website they have lots of free resources and projects for students.
Once students have worked through cs-first.withgoogle.com you can then use supplementary projects from https://codeclubprojects.org/en-GB/