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<div class="">Didn’t get much response from the Primary folks, per below … what do you guys think? </div>
<div class="">Considering putting MS Touch Develop in somewhere too … anyone had experience with this? Microsoft have invested in a fair bit of curriculum materials. </div>
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<div class="">We’re doing some Robotics/Systems as well - Y4 Blue Bots, Y6 Makey Makey, Y7 Mindstorm, Y8 Arduino. </div>
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<div class="">Cheers, Mel
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<div class="">Hello all,<br class="">
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I am starting a new role next year in DigiTech 4-10, having taught 8, 11, 12 (SoftDev) this year. The school has a new program, having offered compulsory IT in years 7-8 for some years.<br class="">
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This is my current plan for coding in 2017 with a view to strengthening pathways over time. I’d be interested in your thoughts - do you do the same or different? Have a missed a language that is a must-have?
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I’m thinking that <a href="http://code.org" class="">code.org</a> is the theoretical ‘backbone’ that teaches concepts, and the other language is something they can make stuff with.
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Y4 - <a href="http://code.org" class="">code.org</a> Course 2, Scratch<br class="">
Y5 - <a href="http://code.org" class="">code.org</a> Course 2/3, Scratch<br class="">
Y6 - <a href="http://code.org" class="">code.org</a> Course 2/3/4, Scratch<br class="">
Y7 - <a href="http://code.org" class="">code.org</a> Accelerated Course 2-4, Alice 2<br class="">
Y8 - <a href="http://code.org" class="">code.org</a> Accelerated Course 2-4, GameMaker<br class="">
Y9/10 elective - <a href="http://code.org" class="">code.org</a> CSP course 3 AppLab, elective language (Scratch, Alice, GameMaker or other for project)
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It’s a small school and when the cohort grows, current students can keep progressing through
<a href="http://code.org" class="">code.org</a> while new students start at Course 2 or Accelerated.
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