Re: Free Python teaching resources: Computer Science Teachers Association of Ireland

YW! http://schema.org/about is the property to use for subject matter tags
or URIs/URLs.

On Sunday, May 13, 2018, Stephen Murphy <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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 <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Sunday, May 13, 2018, Nicholas H.Tollervey <[email protected]> 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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