A Morning Masterclass – now closed
Robots provide a range of digital manipulatives that can combine computational thinking skills
with play to develop fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination while engaging our youngest school citizens in collaboration and teamwork.
Use new generation resources to help early years students level up by combining computational thinking with storytelling and retelling, picture books and other traditional materials including pattern blocks, beads and LEGO pieces, while providing opportunities for developing an understanding of algorithms; mathematical concepts, such as number, size, and shape; and literacy comprehension through sequencing.
Who needs screen time when Kindy and Foundation students can engage and interact with digital bots and connect with their imagination to learn the skills of computational, systems and abstract thinking?
Robots also help children to solve problems systematically while encouraging creativity.
When we teach children to write, we are teaching them to communicate.
By digitising these literacy activities through robotics, we can also teach them to program and learn the language of technology with smart playful learning opportunities.
*Please note that if you book both a Morning Masterclass and an Afternoon Masterclass on the same day your lunch will be provided.
Presenter:
Robin McKean
AITSL Standards:
Consider: 2.1, 2.3, 2.6, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 4.5, 5.1, 6.2, 6.3, 7.4
Requirements:
Participants are expected to bring and work on their own computer or tablet
WiFi access TBA
Intended Audience:
TBA
Group Size:
25 tickets will be available.
Outline:
Friday the 7th of June
9:00am – Registration
10:15am – Morning Tea (provided by CSER)
12:00pm – Close
Location:
Wandina Primary School Room: TBA
Parking:
TBA
About the Presenter:
Robin McKean is the Western Australian CSER (Computer Science Educational Research) Digital Technologies Project Officer with the University of Adelaide. In this role, she structures professional learning programs within schools (K-10) that are designed to promote motivation and engagement with Digital Technologies in accordance with their key role in Australia’s educational future.
Robin is an active committee member of the Educational Computing Association of Western Australia and enjoys her role on the Council of Millennium Kids and as a mentor for this not-for-profit, environmental youth organisation.
Tickets for the Geraldton Masterclasses may be selected at http://bit.ly/ECAWA2019Carnival_GeraldtonTickets
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Join Robin McKean at the ECAWA 2019 Carnival of Computing on Friday the 7th of June.