<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div class="">I had lots of fun running some of these at a Monash University coding workshop on Friday. This brief slideshow shows one of the sorting activities. Contact me (off list) if you are interested for us to offer this workshop for your school or primary schools.</div><div class=""><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Lz6O4PHqKY" class="">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Lz6O4PHqKY</a></div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div>You may be interested in reading this report<blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;" class="">Bell, T., Alexander, J., Freeman, I., & Grimley, M. (2009). <b class="">Computer science unplugged: School students doing real computing without computers</b>. <span style="-evernote-webclip: true; font-style: italic;" class="">The New Zealand Journal of Applied Computing and Information Technology</span>, <span style="-evernote-webclip: true; font-style: italic;" class="">13</span>(1), 20–29.</blockquote><div class=""><en-clipboard class=""></en-clipboard><div class=""><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div class="">BTW, it was great to meet so many of you at DigiCON .. looking forward to seeing you all at future events :-)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Regards Roland</div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 12px;" class="">--</span></div><div class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><b class="">Roland GESTHUIZEN<br class=""></b><a href="http://about.me/rgesthuizen" class="">http://about.me/rgesthuizen</a><br class=""></div></div></div>
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<br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 15 Aug 2017, at 8:19 am, Chris Bucknell <<a href="mailto:Chris.Bucknell@haileybury.vic.edu.au" class="">Chris.Bucknell@haileybury.vic.edu.au</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><a name="_MailEndCompose" class=""><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">You can always try the CS Unplugged<o:p class=""></o:p></span></a></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""></span><a href="http://cs-unplugged.appspot.com/en-gb/" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span class=""><span class="">http://cs-unplugged.appspot.com/en-gb/</span></span><span class=""></span></a><span class=""><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Or its big brother, Computer Science Field Guide:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""></span><a href="http://csfieldguide.org.nz/en/index.html" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span class=""><span class="">http://csfieldguide.org.nz/en/index.html</span></span><span class=""></span></a><span class=""><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></span></div><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(128, 0, 77);" class="">Chris Bucknell</span></b></span><span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(81, 89, 100);" class="">Head of CDT; Coord,VCE & Internal Exam;House Tutor</span></span><span class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 8pt; color: dimgray;" class="">Phone: +61 3 9904 6360 <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 8pt; color: rgb(81, 89, 100);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""></span><a href="mailto:%7bemail%7d" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 8pt; color: blue;" class="">Chris.Bucknell@haileybury.vic.edu.au</span></span><span class=""></span></a><span class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 8pt; color: rgb(81, 89, 100);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span class=""></span><a href="http://www.haileybury.vic.edu.au/" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 8pt; color: blue;" class="">www.haileybury.vic.edu.au</span></span><span class=""></span></a><span class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 8pt; color: rgb(81, 89, 100);" class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""></span></span><span class=""><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></div><span class=""></span><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); padding: 3pt 0cm 0cm;" class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" class="">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au" class="">itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au</a> [<a href="mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au" class="">mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Gary Vear<br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Monday, 14 August 2017 6:42 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>'Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List' <<a href="mailto:itapps@edulists.com.au" class="">itapps@edulists.com.au</a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] Algorithms<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Hi Teresa,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">There are some good resources covering algorithms and related topics here:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://code.org/curriculum/unplugged" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://code.org/curriculum/unplugged</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">There are also some links to useful resources here:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.digitaltechnologieshub.edu.au/teachers/topics/algorithms" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">https://www.digitaltechnologieshub.edu.au/teachers/topics/algorithms</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Regards,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Gary<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div class=""><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); padding: 3pt 0cm 0cm;" class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><b class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[<a href="mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">mailto:itapps-bounces@edulists.com.au</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b class="">On Behalf Of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Peluso, Teresa T<br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Monday, 14 August 2017 4:37 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:itapps@edulists.com.au" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline;" class="">itapps@edulists.com.au</a><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[Year 12 IT Apps] Algorithms<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Hi All,<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">I was wondering if anyone was willing to share lessons on Algorithms for Year 7/8 Digital technologies.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">It would be greatly appreciated.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Regards,<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="0" style="width: 322.5pt;"><tbody class=""><tr style="height: 18.75pt;" class=""><td colspan="2" style="border-style: none none solid; 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