Computing allows teachers and learners to develop think-to-learn-to-think skills for life through constant problem solving / solution design activities

1. Think-to-learn-to-think
with Computing
By Yasemin Allsop
@yallsop

2.  ICT Coordinator for Wilbury
Primary School
 MPhil /PhD Student focusing on
children’s thinking when making
their own digital games
 Editor of ICT in Practice
Yasemin Allsop @ yallsop

3. Moments from computing lessons

4. Moments from computing lessons

5. Moments from computing lessons

6. Moments from computing lessons

7. Moments from computing lessons

8. Learning together

9. What do you see?

10. Learning has changed
• Not because of technology
• Not because we have an app for every
single thing in life now-add addicted
• Not because we have fancy tablets

11. Teacher’s role
INSTRUCTOR FACILITATOR LEARNING PAL

12. Learners role

13. Learners role

14. Learning with Computing
From Wikis to animations, coding to podcasting;
computing provides the context and the content
to invent, develop and apply learning behaviours.

15. Why Computing?
• It is Fun-engaging
• It is relevant and meaningful
• Its provides Flexible Learning Space- Freedom to learn
• It enables Project Based Learning

16. Why Computing?
Most importantly, it allows teachers and learners to
develop think-to-learn-to-think skills for life through
constant problem solving / solution design activities.

17. Why Computing?

21.  Come up with an idea and discuss
 Know about Scratch and Enchanted
 Know about gears and how they work
 Connect all that we know to complete the task
How did we do it?

22. Us Computing!

26. Thank You for listening!