Friday 26 October 2012
Around the world in a week
For the last week of half-term, lessons were planned on the theme of "Around the world in a week". This involved students rotating around different countries each day (sometimes more than 1 a day). Here they would learn a bit about a country's culture and participate in some learning, be it in new languages, arts, crafts, cooking, maths or experiments. It was a huge success and this video shows some of the highlights. The week ended with a MUFTI day and a cake sale.
Friday 19 October 2012
5 free sites to learn programming and computer science
Code Avengers http://www.codeavengers.com/
Javascript, HTML, CSS
Learn Javascript (and they have recently added HTML/CSS). They even have a rap/theme tune which is quite catchy. Great for kids and adults alike.
Code academy http://www.codecademy.com/
Python, Javascript, Ruby, JQuery, HTML CSS
Probably more geared towards 16+/Adults as there's less of the animated kids graphics in there.
edX: https://www.edx.org/
Certified university level courses in Programming, Saas, Computer graphics etc
Free lessons from MIT, Harvard, Berkeley, University of Texas. You even get a free certificate from HarvardX, MITX etc. What more could you ask for?
Coursera: https://www.coursera.org/
Purely for the love of learning, you can learn a huge range of subjects
A huge range of free courses including:
Biology & Life Sciences
Computer Science: Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Vision
Computer Science: Systems, Security, Networking
Economics & Finance
Electrical and Materials Engineering
Health and Society & Medical Ethics
Information, Technology, and Design
Medicine
Physical & Earth Sciences
Business & Management
Computer Science: Programming & Software Engineering
Computer Science: Theory
Education
Food and Nutrition
Humanities and Social Sciences
Mathematics
Music, Film, and Audio Engineering
Statistics, Data Analysis, and Scientific Computing
University of Cambridge: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/freshers/raspberrypi/tutorials/os/
Build an operating system using a Raspberry Pi
Javascript, HTML, CSS
Learn Javascript (and they have recently added HTML/CSS). They even have a rap/theme tune which is quite catchy. Great for kids and adults alike.
Code academy http://www.codecademy.com/
Python, Javascript, Ruby, JQuery, HTML CSS
Probably more geared towards 16+/Adults as there's less of the animated kids graphics in there.
edX: https://www.edx.org/
Certified university level courses in Programming, Saas, Computer graphics etc
Free lessons from MIT, Harvard, Berkeley, University of Texas. You even get a free certificate from HarvardX, MITX etc. What more could you ask for?
Coursera: https://www.coursera.org/
Purely for the love of learning, you can learn a huge range of subjects
A huge range of free courses including:
Biology & Life Sciences
Computer Science: Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Vision
Computer Science: Systems, Security, Networking
Economics & Finance
Electrical and Materials Engineering
Health and Society & Medical Ethics
Information, Technology, and Design
Medicine
Physical & Earth Sciences
Business & Management
Computer Science: Programming & Software Engineering
Computer Science: Theory
Education
Food and Nutrition
Humanities and Social Sciences
Mathematics
Music, Film, and Audio Engineering
Statistics, Data Analysis, and Scientific Computing
University of Cambridge: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/freshers/raspberrypi/tutorials/os/
Build an operating system using a Raspberry Pi