[Edu-sig] Free Python teaching resources: Computer Science Teachers Association of Ireland

[Stephen Murphy]

Hi Wes,

Thanks for those! I look forward to exploring those paths!

Best wishes,

Stephen

On Sun, May 13, 2018 at 8:10 PM, Wes Turner <wes.turner at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Sunday, May 13, 2018, Nicholas H.Tollervey <ntoll at ntoll.org> wrote:
>
>> Hi Stephen,
>>
>> It's great to hear that colleagues in Ireland are taking such positive
>> steps. Here in the UK, your countryman, Alan O'Donohoe, has been at the
>> centre of the coding/teaching renaissance (look him up, he's awesome --
>> say I told you to get in touch).
>
>
>
> K12 Computer Science Framework
> https://k12cs.org
>
> #k12cs #k12csframework
>
> > The Association for Computing Machinery, Code.org, Computer Science
> Teachers Association, Cyber Innovation Center, and National Math and
> Science Initiative have collaborated with states, districts, and the
> computer science education community to develop conceptual guidelines for
> computer science education.
>
>
>>
>> Here's the thing, the Python language and the community that goes with
>> it is very much "open source" with core values of sharing of code,
>> resources and time. While there isn't a central location for Python
>> related educational materials, many members of our community have
>> created educational resources that are covered by liberal "open source"
>> licenses -- i.e. they're already free to use, adopt and adapt. Just make
>> sure you check the license at the bottom is something like Creative
>> Commons.
>>
>> I'd strongly recommend you follow this practice. Your resources will be
>> both useful for other teachers throughout the world but, more
>> importantly for you, others will be able to contribute to them.
>> Basically, the Python community *already* gives away educational
>> resources for free, for everyone -- perhaps you should too..?
>
>
> A few ways to share Python educational resources:
>
> # awesome-python-in-education
> https://github.com/quobit/awesome-python-in-education
>
> # #OER: Open Educational Resources
> https://www.oercommons.org
>
> # schema.org metadata
> Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schema.org
>
> If you add metadata to an HTML page, it can be indexed by search engines:
>
> http://schema.org/CreativeWork
> http://schema.org/educationalAlignment #examples
> http://schema.org/license
>   https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/
>   https://choosealicense.com/licenses/
>
> http://schema.org/Course
> http://schema.org/CourseInstance
> http://schema.org/EducationEvent
>
>
> # h5p (WordPress, Moodle, Drupal)
> https://h5p.org/
> https://h5p.org/content-types-and-applications
>
> # edX + Jupyter
> https://github.com/ibleducation/jupyter-viewer-xblock
>
> #
> https://wrdrd.github.io/docs/consulting/education-technology#jupyter-and-
> learning
>
>
>
>
>> I hope this makes sense. I'm more than happy to answer any questions you
>> may have if you drop me an email off-list.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Nicholas.
>>
>> On 12/05/18 16:34, Stephen Murphy wrote:
>> > Hello all,
>> >
>> > My name is Stephen Murphy. I am a teacher of science, biology, coding,
>> > digital media and computer science in Gaelcholaiste Mhuire AG in Cork
>> > City, Ireland.
>> >
>> > The Irish government has recently created coding, digital media and
>> > computer science subjects in Irish schools. The coding and digital media
>> > course have already started to junior classes, the senior computer
>> > science subject will come into effect next September.
>> >
>> > The national body charged with developing the curriculum and
>> > specification for the Computer Science subject has said that only Python
>> > and Java script may be used.
>> >
>> > In November 2017, I created the Computer Science Teachers' Association
>> > of Ireland (CSTAI). To date, we have over 400 members and 36 of the 40
>> > pilot Leaving Certificate Computer Science schools have joined.
>> >
>> > We have a Google Drive with 100's of resources for coding, computer
>> > science, digital media and general computing courses. The material is
>> > suitable for both primary and secondary level. These resources can be
>> > accessed, downloaded and modified by our members for their class.
>> >
>> > We have an entire folder of Python resources (Notes, worksheets, videos,
>> > python scripts etc) on the Google Drive.
>> >
>> > I propose an exchange of Python teaching resources from the CSTAI to you
>> > and vice-versa.
>> >
>> > This will allow both sets of teachers to expand their teaching resource
>> > bank.
>> >
>> > If you are interested in this exchange, please respond to this email and
>> > we can work out the exchange.
>> >
>> > Best wishes,
>> >
>> > Stephen
>> >
>> >
>> >
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