1. WHAT WE TEACH
YOUR KIDS
Fraser Speirs

2. MY LIFE IN 4 BULLETS
Computer Science education
Worked on the Large Hadron Collider grid computing
project
Teach computing
Run Connected Flow (FlickrExport, Darkslide)

4. COMPUTING COURSES
AI Multimedia Networks
Software Development
Computer Systems

5. CURRICULUM FOR
EXCELLENCE
Successful Responsible
Learners Citizens
Effective
Confident
Contributors
Individuals

6. COMPUTING IN C4E

7. COMPUTING IN C4E
Science

8. COMPUTING IN C4E
Science
Biology

9. COMPUTING IN C4E
Science
Biology
Chemistry

10. COMPUTING IN C4E
Science
Biology
Chemistry
Physics

11. COMPUTING IN C4E
Science
Biology
Chemistry
Physics

12. COMPUTING IN C4E
Science Technologies
Biology
Chemistry
Physics

13. COMPUTING IN C4E
Science Technologies
Biology Computing!
Chemistry
Physics

14. COMPUTING IN C4E
Science Technologies
Biology Computing!
Chemistry Technical
Studies
Physics

15. COMPUTING IN C4E
Science Technologies
Biology Computing!
Chemistry Technical
Studies
Physics
Home
Economics

16. COMPUTING HAS THE
SAME STATUS AS
MATHEMATICS AND
LITERACY

17. IN THE WORLD OF
SCHOOL IT TEACHING
MATERIALS

18. MAINFRAMES HAVE
“UP TO 100GB OF
STORAGE”

19. FLOPPY DISCS RULE!

20. APPLEWORKS IS
AMAZING!

21. LCD SCREENS ARE
WHAT LAPTOPS HAVE

22. MOBILE PHONES USE
WAP

23. WHAT ARE THESE
“COMPUTER GAMES”
YOU SPEAK OF?

24. THE LAST REVIEW OF
THE HIGHER (AGE
16-17) CURRICULUM
WAS 2004

25. THE NEXT REVIEW
WILL BE 2014

26. 2004

27. 2014?
++

28. PROGRAMMING

29. PROGRAMMING

30. PROGRAMMING
Variables

31. PROGRAMMING
Variables Arrays

32. PROGRAMMING
Variables Arrays
Fixed and Conditional
Loops

33. PROGRAMMING
Variables Arrays
Conditional statements
Fixed and Conditional
Loops

34. PROGRAMMING
Variables Arrays
Operators
Conditional statements
Fixed and Conditional
Loops

35. CAN WE USE RUBY?
The curriculum doesn’t specify
a language, but the nation has
defaulted to VB because there
are VB materials.

36. IF YOU DO TRAINING
Nobody has made new materials for years
because of C4E.
Now is (almost) the time - there is about to be
great demand for new materials.
Think about education as a market for materials
Think about (young) beginner programmers

37. IF YOU’RE A PARENT
Talk to teachers.
Write to or call your representatives.
Individual teachers need parent input to
argue for change.
What can you do to help your school?

38. RELEVANT URLS
http://www.sqa.org.uk
http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/curriculumforexcellence/