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Killer resources
Theory made easy 
• csunplugged.org 
• Cs4fun (magazines) 
• computational fairy tales 
• MIT app inventor 2 
• After school clubs
Hardware 
• Legacy Kit (take it apart) 
• Games consoles 
• Sphero 
• Raspberry Pi 
• Arduino 
• Makey Makey 
• Lego Wedo 
• Beebots
Some cool topics 
• Encryption 
• Compression (music, pictures) 
• Funky flowcharts 
• Programming 
• Esafety / digital citizenship (AFP thinkuknow) 
• Ethics
Apps to help (younger students) 
• Daisy the dinosaur (iPad) 
• BeeBot (iPad) 
• A.L.E.X (iPad) 
• Kodable, Kodable Pro (iPad) 
• HopScotch 
• Scratch Jr 
• Scratch 2.0 (web) 
• Kodu 
• Tynker 
• Dynamic art Lite (iPad)
Competitions 
• Kodu Cup 
• GROK learning challenge 
https://groklearning.com/challenge/ 
• Lego League - 
http://firstaustralia.org/competitions/first-lego- 
league/
Groups to join 
• ICTENSW 
• Computing at School 
• CSTA 
• http://sydney.edu.au/engineering/it/schools/gpn.shtml 
(girls programming network) 
@dan_bowen 
@dan_bowen@outlook.com

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Computing at school hub (Adelaide, ACEC2014)

  • 1.
  • 3. Theory made easy • csunplugged.org • Cs4fun (magazines) • computational fairy tales • MIT app inventor 2 • After school clubs
  • 4. Hardware • Legacy Kit (take it apart) • Games consoles • Sphero • Raspberry Pi • Arduino • Makey Makey • Lego Wedo • Beebots
  • 5. Some cool topics • Encryption • Compression (music, pictures) • Funky flowcharts • Programming • Esafety / digital citizenship (AFP thinkuknow) • Ethics
  • 6. Apps to help (younger students) • Daisy the dinosaur (iPad) • BeeBot (iPad) • A.L.E.X (iPad) • Kodable, Kodable Pro (iPad) • HopScotch • Scratch Jr • Scratch 2.0 (web) • Kodu • Tynker • Dynamic art Lite (iPad)
  • 7. Competitions • Kodu Cup • GROK learning challenge https://groklearning.com/challenge/ • Lego League - http://firstaustralia.org/competitions/first-lego- league/
  • 8. Groups to join • ICTENSW • Computing at School • CSTA • http://sydney.edu.au/engineering/it/schools/gpn.shtml (girls programming network) @dan_bowen @dan_bowen@outlook.com

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