Learn to code: Part 3 & Let's start from Scratch
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Learn to code: Part 3 & Let's start from Scratch

In case you missed it... On Thursday 11 May, we ran our third and final session in a three-part series of web conferences: Let's start from Scratch and learn to code. Part 3: Let's build a computer game and make learning about Cartesian coordinates fun. Learn about algorithms, sequencing, branching and looping.

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Torres News: Robots in the Torres Strait!
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Torres News: Robots in the Torres Strait!

Digital literacy is becoming as vital as traditional literacy and numeracy and Thursday Island school students are being introduced to robotics and coding to address this issue.

Primary and secondary school students, as well as members of the public, were given the opportunity to explore, play and learn about coding and robotics over a two-day workshop a couple of weeks ago organised by the Torres Shire Council.  

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Design thinking: Disrupting teachers
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Design thinking: Disrupting teachers

Design thinking is forcing a paradigm shift for Australian teachers, students and the entire education system. I attended a design thinking workshop for teachers at DigiTech by Design, held at Oakleigh State School. We were working in groups to solve a community problem by using the design thinking process. I overheard a teacher say, “I want to see the answer. So I can cheat and see what to work towards.”

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