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Resources: Some of our favourite unplugged algorithm activities
Computer Science doesn’t have to be taught only with computers. There are many engaging activities that can promote computational thinking and provide an introduction to algorithms in an “unplugged” way! We’ve curated a few of our favourite unplugged algorithm activities shared by our Project Officers that they model in their CSER Digital Technologies workshops with […]
Happy holidays from the CSER Team!
On behalf of the CSER Digital Technologies Education team, we’d like to wish our wonderful community of educators and partners a safe and happy holiday season. To wrap up the year, we would like to share some 2018 program highlights with you all! Project Officers worked face-to-face with over 6,000 teachers, around 2,000 schools and […]
Resources: Digital Technologies & English unit ideas
We’re going to highlight some unit plan ideas generated by participants in our MOOC that might inspire a unit plan for your own classroom for 2019! In this first post, we have some examples where teachers are combining Digital Technologies and English subjects. These have some from our F-6 Digital Technologies: Extended Massively Open Online […]
Position available – QLD Project Officer
We are seeking to appoint an additional QLD-based member to our enthusiastic team of Digital Technologies Project Officers, based across Australia. Our Project Officers support the CSER MOOC program, providing embedded face-to-face support across Australia, with a focus on disadvantaged and Indigenous communities (visit view position advert). This position is available because our wonderful QLD team […]
Events: The 2018 Hour of Code is almost here!
The annual international Hour of Code event is almost here! Sign-up your school or library up to run an event in December. This year’s promotion theme is “What is Creativity?” What do your students think creativity is? What types of careers do creative people work in? This is a great opportunity to bust misconceptions and […]
Resources: Research on Assessment for Digital Technologies
Assessment is a hot topic at the moment! At CSER, we’ve seen a great deal of interest in professional development around assessment, as schools are starting to move from implementation to reporting phases of Digital Technologies curricula. Recently, Rebecca Vivian and Katrina Falkner had a peer-reviewed research paper about teacher self-efficacy for Digital Technologies, accepted […]