KS4 OCR GCSE in Computing - New Support Materials and Resources

OCR have posted quite a few NEW support materials and resources which may be of interest to you. They include:

• Summary Brochure
• Erratum Notice to Centres
• Unit A451/01 - Computer Systems and Programming - Specimen 2, Mark Scheme and Question Paper
• January 2013 and June 2013 Examiners Reports
• An 'Unofficial Guide to Computing GCSE' by Mark Clarkson
• Unit A452 - Practical Investigation - Sample scheme of work and lesson plan booklet

If you are considering offering this course in September it might be worth having a look, perhaps at the unofficial guide first.

Let us know if you need any help with pathways/plans or any other ICT/Computing/Computer Science matter.

OCR Cambridge - GCSE Computing MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) - Please Register and Comment

Register as a teacher and gain access to the content which is being updated in April - a lot of it is video instruction - it's good quality and all free.

OCR (Sponsored) Computer Science - Round Table Discussion 'Coding the Future' - It's long (1h 17m) but very interesting (Especially at exactly 18m in)

New - KS4 Edexcel GCSE Computer Science - Teacher Support Materials - Block 4 Scheme of Work with Task-Sheets (And Answer Sheets)

School Find - Matt Britland's 'Computing Curriculum Projects for Students in Years 7 - 9'

Thanks to Oktay who flagged up this great resource. It's a blog by Matt Britland who does advisory work for The Guardian and gives away great resources such as the comprehensive, 16 Mb's big:

'Computing Curriculum Projects for Students in Years 7 - 9'

Will you sign up for the Master Teacher programme?

 

Computing GCSE Board Comparison - Will you offer Computing in 2014? If so please Comment on which Board you will go with

Government Release - Year of Code

See the Government Release

KS3 REsources - more to come..

Here is a useful link for KS3 resources - any feedback welcome..

http://missictteacher.com/ks3-year-8/

School Find - Appshed - Some amazing projects taking place in our schools - Want to know more?

School Find - Kodu (I think you might know about this - but just in case)

BETT Find - Quadblogging - Some 'big names' were supporting this one

BETT Find - What's My Heart Rate (Free) - I'm recommending it but I don't believe it - How can this really work?

BETT Find - Hopscotch - Like Blockly but it's an App (Free and highly rated)

BETT Find - Blockly - Learning Games and Code Without Typing (Like Scratch)

Google Buys UK DeepMind AI Start Up

A brilliant publishing blog by the co-founder of Twitter - Inspiring reading, writing and publishing on any subject

The film 'Her' is well worth watching - He falls in love with his operating system! - AI that's almost believable

Hour of Code via Code.Org

Code Academy - NEW Brilliant Classroom Resources

HTML/CSS/Python Teaching Resources for use in the classroom. Includes Powerpoints which are really helpful

Python Examples with Code

This Site has many Python examples.  

Java - Examples and Code

This Site provides example code to look at and run providing an authentic link between Code and Run Code we may have seen before. Is the level of reinforcement enough?

The BECTA Self Review Framework

I think the NAACE BECTA SRF is still a great reflective tool which helps ICT coordinators to set appropriate targets. What do you think?

Primary Tracking Blog

6 Ways to track in Primary. Is this a useful Blog?

Assessment and Tracking Progress Blog

This Blog made sense as I read it and provides a nice overview of the tracking progress challenges we face. With some solutions too.

TES Primary ICT Planning Resource KS1 and 2

We found a Primary planning resource for KS1 and KS2 on the TES Resources Website.  It looks great (Is it?) and has structured overviews for each year (1 to 6) and half term breakdowns.  We'd love to know your opinion about how transferable this is to your setting.

Links to the Specifications

Here are links to the GCSE Computer Science Specifications:

AQA

OCR

Edexcel

Computer Science and the EBACC (Notice)

Welcome to Hackney Learning Trust's Computing Support Blog

We will use this blog to broadcast and share ideas, guidance and resources.