From stevenbird1 at gmail.com Mon Nov 11 08:56:33 2013 From: stevenbird1 at gmail.com (Steven Bird) Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 08:56:33 +1100 Subject: [General Maths] CS4HS at the University of Melbourne, 20-21 November Message-ID: Computer Science for High School, University of Melbourne http://www.cis.unimelb.edu.au/industry/cs4hs.html 20-21 November (main workshop) 22 November (optional day for those involved in the proposed VCE study Algorithms, Computation and Intelligence) Keynote speaker: Professor Tim Bell, University of Canterbury NZ, creator of "CS Unplugged" and the "Computer Science Field Guide". The program will consist of presentations, lab sessions, and small group discussion, including: * What's happening in CS: exciting presentations on new research in autonomous agents; data mining; solving the world's hardest computational problems. * 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. * VCE Algorithms, Computation and Intelligence: overview of the proposed study; how to get involved; day 3 activities to develop materials. Australian Curriculum: Digital Technologies 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. VCE Algorithms, Computation and Intelligence A central theme of this workshop will be the new VCE study, provisionally titled: "Algorithms, Computation and Intelligence". Students will study computation as a method of automated reasoning. They will learn about the power and the inherent limitations of algorithmic problem solving, and the prospects for achieving true machine intelligence. Students will demonstrate their learning by modelling complex real-world problems and designing intelligent algorithms for solving them. The study introduces students to the conceptual framework of computer science. It equips them with a fundamental, rigorous framework of reasoning that complements mathematics as an enabling discipline and prepares them to tackle challenging problems in science and society. This workshop will be of interest to teachers who are considering teaching this new VCE Study from 2015. For more details including how to register, please visit: http://www.cis.unimelb.edu.au/industry/cs4hs.html Sponsored by Google Australia, and organised by Steven Bird (Melbourne), Paula Christophersen (VCAA), and Bernd Meyer (Monash). -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.edulists.com.au/pipermail/generalmaths/attachments/20131111/d2ca0b16/attachment.html