1. Teaching Fellow Admissions Tutor for Computer Science Director of Undergraduate Studies

2.  Quick implementation of the computing curriculum  Training needs of existing teachers – funding and time issues  Current lack of ‘Computing teachers’  …………..

3.  can understand and apply the fundamental principles and concepts of computer science, including abstraction, logic, algorithms and data representation  can analyse problems in computational terms, and have repeated practical experience of writing computer programs in order to solve such problems  can evaluate and apply information technology, including new or unfamiliar technologies, analytically to solve problems  are responsible, competent, confident and creative users of information and communication technology Dept of Education Sept 2013

4.  Practical ideas on keeping pupils interest through practical exercises ◦ Hardware architecture ◦ Practical experience at programming including working with and discussion on the uses of the Raspberry Pi  An expanded view of what Computer Science is as a discipline ◦ Problem solving; programming; applications; software engineering; current research topics ◦ Computational thinking – ‘a systematic and deep approach to thinking about complex problems’  Networking with fellow teachers; Support available e.g. British Computer Society(BCS) Computing at Schools (CAS) initiative

5.  Issues to consider as a group (15 mins): ◦ Other challenges you face implementing the new curriculum ◦ Discuss the areas you will need to teach and your confidence level (try using a mind map) ◦ Based on the known schedule for this conference is there any topic in particular that is missing that you would like some advice on. If possible we can run a few short break-out sessions on Tuesday morning ◦ What would you like to get out of this conference?