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Children, Computing and Powerful Ideas (Spring 2015)

This edition of the Computing at School newsletter contains articles covering:

*CAS community resources

*BCS Certificate in Computer Science Teaching

*Master Teachers

*Pedagogy in computing teaching and across the curriculum

*The Barefoot Computing project

*Computational Fairytales

*Primary programming with Rapid Router

*Unplugged computing

*Research in teaching computing at lower primary

*Teaching with flowcharts

*Primary – secondary transition with Digital School House

*The Bebras Computational Thinking Challenge

*Seymour Papert’s ‘Mindstorms’ and Logo

*The Turtle System – easy text-based programming

*Misconceptions in computing

*Unplugged Programming Language

*Boolean logic

*Diversity and inclusion in computing

*Strategies for ‘closing the attainment gap’ in computing

*Books for adults and children introducing computational concepts

*The PyCon education track

*Apprenticeships in the IT industry

*Quickstart CPD

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