<div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(80,0,80)">Computer Science for High School, University of Melbourne</span><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><a href="http://www.cis.unimelb.edu.au/industry/cs4hs.html" target="_blank">http://www.cis.unimelb.edu.au/industry/cs4hs.html</a><div class="im">
<br><br>20-21 November (main workshop)<br>
22 November (optional day for those involved in the proposed VCE study<br> Algorithms, Computation and Intelligence)</div></div><div><div class="im"><br><br>Keynote speaker: Professor Tim Bell, University of Canterbury NZ, creator of "CS Unplugged" and the "Computer Science Field Guide".<br>
<br>The program will consist of presentations, lab sessions, and small group discussion, including:<br><br></div>* What's happening in CS: exciting presentations on new research in autonomous agents; data mining; solving the world's hardest computational problems.<br>
<br>* New ideas in teaching CS: engaging girls -- a narrative approach to teaching with Cellular; A new Snap! extension for network science; secretly teaching the foundations of computing with steganography.<br><br>* VCE Algorithms, Computation and Intelligence: overview of the proposed study; how to get involved; day 3 activities to develop materials.<div>
<br></div><div><br></div><div>Australian Curriculum: Digital Technologies</div><div class="im"><div><br></div><div>At the moment, it is expected that the Australian Curriculum: Digital Technologies, with a strong focus on computational thinking, will be implemented through AusVELS in 2015. This workshop will be of interest to teachers who are currently offering dedicated ICT/digital technologies subjects and who will be teaching AusVELS Digital Technologies from 2015. </div>
<div><br></div></div><div><div class="im">VCE Algorithms, Computation and Intelligence<br><br></div><div class="im">A central theme of this workshop will be the new VCE study,<br>provisionally titled: "Algorithms, Computation and Intelligence".<br>
Students will study computation as a method of automated reasoning.<br>
They will learn about the power and the inherent limitations of<br>algorithmic problem solving, and the prospects for achieving true<br>machine intelligence. Students will demonstrate their learning by<br>modelling complex real-world problems and designing intelligent<br>
algorithms for solving them. The study introduces students to the<br>conceptual framework of computer science. It equips them with a<br>fundamental, rigorous framework of reasoning that complements<br>mathematics as an enabling discipline and prepares them to tackle<br>
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challenging problems in science and society. This workshop will</div><div>be of interest to teachers who are considering teaching this new</div><div>VCE Study from 2015.<div class="im"><br><br><br>For more details including how to register, please visit:<br>
<a href="http://www.cis.unimelb.edu.au/industry/cs4hs.html" target="_blank">http://www.cis.unimelb.edu.au/industry/cs4hs.html</a><br><br>Sponsored by Google Australia, and organised by Steven Bird<br>(Melbourne), Paula Christophersen (VCAA), and Bernd Meyer (Monash).<br>
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