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Lady Lumley’s School, North Yorkshire  – @gr8ict /Chris Sharples (Secondary) – confirmed 20/10/15
Title – “How Digital Leaders run cracking coding Clubs”
https://docs.google.com/a/ladylumleys.net/presentation/d/1XDE-fyjLTvPN1R4JcBL39oTxi5_oifaUkubXnIG3ouw/edit?usp=sharing
Description – with so much change within Computing at present, a key requirement is to build capacity for learning programming.  Y9 LLS DLs will talk about setting up Raspberry Pi’s and using them for Y9 Code Club and then in lessons.  Y7 LLS DLs to talk about setting up Y7 Code Club with the approach of the BBC Microbit.  They will also mention Makewaves ( 2016 BETT winner for ICT Innovator of the Year) and DL #openbadges.

Recreation Road Infant School, Norwich – Louise Stone (Infants)
Title “Infant Digital Leaders – Getting to Grips with Gadgets” More

     

@Shelibb’s background to slow #dlchat

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If you (and Digital Leaders) have been to BETT16, what did you find useful – pls cd you link to blogposts.

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Can you (and Digital Leaders) link to the reflections of Digital Leaders having been to BETT16?  Can we get comments between DLs and their findings in different schools…

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Any reflections on how to improve teaching of Computing as a result of BETT16 (even if you haven’t been, there should be lots of useful findings for you from the hashtag #bett2016 )

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Any reflections on Hardware as a result of BETT16 (even if you haven’t been, there should be lots of useful findings for you from the hashtag #bett2016 )

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Any thoughts on the use of Digital Leader #OpenBadges in the next few months – including new level 3 badges.  Especially as @makewavestweets win the BETT16 Innovator of the Year Award.

Check out the inspiration:
@MartynReah and teacher5aday-pledges-2016/
Debbie Inglis @HTcoach)  Putting Plans Into Action
My work in progress
#wellbeing5aday Presentation
Blank set #teacher5aday slides for you to use

Here are my goals for my #teacher5aday pledge 2016:

#exercise
Goal 1: Improve my cycling to enjoy the Coast to Coast “Way of the Roses” in May 2016
Goal 2: Achieve resistance exercises and stretches at least twice a week
Goal 3: Improve my diet to feel better and lose weight.

#learning
Goal 4: Become competent and confident with using the zone system for printing monochrome photos with gloss and matte paper.

#notice
Goal 5: Conscious competence with noticing positively what people do around me …

#connect
Goal 6: Connect more frequently with friends in/out of clubs but more contact with non-local friends too.

#volunteer
Goal 7: One chore a day extra than usual.

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When did you first introduce #computing into your curriculum lessons? and with what examples?

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How have students (not necessarily DLs) helped in #computing lessons? Have they added in ways you could not do on your own?

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Do you run a code club? What sorts of activities have you covered? More

Seeing as LLS Year 8 Digital Leaders welcome the Y7s tomorrow to try out Code Bugs, I thought I would start a post explaining our progress which will culminate in a talk at BETT16 in the main arena.

1. BBC #microbit roadshow:

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Having explained how I have bench tested and decided on a final Raspberry Pi configuration – in A Classroom set of Raspberry Pi’s – part 1,  I took delivery of 18 sets and started putting them together with the help of my Digital Leaders.  Here is the description of both the equipment and the setting up.

The standard set-up is this:

Cable tied and velcroed to the wall with toggled switching using the KVM (velcroed to PC box):

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I attended #Picademy North at Easter (2015).  I committed then to a post about a Raspberry Pi project which would be a viable method of using Raspberry Pi’s in the classroom – initially for a coding club and subsequently for KS3 lessons.  Six months later I have sources spreadsheet for all the components; completed my testing, and linked my updated KS3 scheme of learning.  Here are my Raspberry Pi setup notes too and Physical Computing Notes.

My aim is two stage –

1. Support my Digital Leaders with using Raspberry Pi’s with the Coding Club on Thursday lunchtimes
2. Integrate the use of a half class set (x16) of Raspberry Pi’s for KS3 class use.  I have worked out that this will be for 2 teaching units, one in Year 8 – using the Pibrella to model traffic lights using Scratch GPIO tied in with Flowol; and a Year 9 Control Project unit using Python, the RaspIO Protection board and the ModMyPi Raspberry Pi YouTube Workshop Kit (see bid).

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I have just sent out 4 packages of the following to Digital Leaders.  We will be trialling the Pibrella and the RasPio/ModMyPi Raspberry Pi YouTube Workshop Kit which will be the basis of Year 8 and 9 physical computing next year.

Here are the links for the installation and the resources:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xiwtguxefn9fQwCUIwaMgE3UsXXrdxtxBQvpTX912K0/edit?usp=sharing