Getting Started with Swift

Presented by Daniel Budd of Christ Church Grammar School

Senior students can often become disengaged when they spend too much time in block level programming.

Swift is an exciting open-source industry language which will engage students at all levels.

In this workshop you will be introduced to Xcode as well as the Swift language, and build the practical skills to start developing a classic arcade-games development course at your school.

You will require the latest version of OSX on your laptop and the latest version of Xcode to participate in this workshop. Please ensure that you have downloaded and set up this software before you arrive at the Conference venue.

Intended Audience: All those concerned with the Australian Curriculum – Digital Technologies,  Secondary, Upper Secondary

About the Presenter:

Daniel Budd is the eLearning Facilitator at Christ Church Grammar School in Claremont, Western Australia.

In his role he works to up-skill teachers and curriculum leaders from Pre-primary to Year 12. He also develops teaching programmes and learning activities with the aim of successfully integrating technology. This includes the creation of interactive resources.

In his spare time Daniel also teaches Computer Science, App Development and Robotics.

Before teaching Daniel completed his Masters in Information Systems and worked in web development and graphic design.