Friday 26 October 2012

Around the world in a week


For the last week of half-term, lessons were planned on the theme of "Around the world in a week". This involved students rotating around different countries each day (sometimes more than 1 a day). Here they would learn a bit about a country's culture and participate in some learning, be it in new languages, arts, crafts, cooking, maths or experiments. It was a huge success and this video shows some of the highlights. The week ended with a MUFTI day and a cake sale.

Friday 19 October 2012

5 free sites to learn programming and computer science

Code Avengers http://www.codeavengers.com/
Javascript, HTML, CSS

Learn Javascript (and they have recently added HTML/CSS). They even have a rap/theme tune which is quite catchy. Great for kids and adults alike.


Code academy http://www.codecademy.com/

Python, Javascript, Ruby, JQuery, HTML CSS
http://shakeoutblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Screen-Shot-2011-10-09-at-10.23.54-AM.png
Probably more geared towards 16+/Adults as there's less of the animated kids graphics in there.


edX: https://www.edx.org/ 
Certified university level courses in Programming, Saas, Computer graphics etc

Free lessons from MIT, Harvard, Berkeley, University of Texas. You even get a free certificate from HarvardX, MITX etc. What more could you ask for?


Coursera: https://www.coursera.org/ 

Purely for the love of learning, you can learn a huge range of subjects

http://gizmorati.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/coursera.jpeg

A huge range of free courses including:
    Biology & Life Sciences
    Computer Science: Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Vision
    Computer Science: Systems, Security, Networking
    Economics & Finance
    Electrical and Materials Engineering
    Health and Society & Medical Ethics
    Information, Technology, and Design
    Medicine
    Physical & Earth Sciences

    Business & Management
    Computer Science: Programming & Software Engineering
    Computer Science: Theory
    Education
    Food and Nutrition
    Humanities and Social Sciences
    Mathematics
    Music, Film, and Audio Engineering
    Statistics, Data Analysis, and Scientific Computing






University of Cambridge: http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/freshers/raspberrypi/tutorials/os/
Build an operating system using a Raspberry Pi
http://cdn.pearltrees.com/s/preview/index?urlId=38378708