Ensino : Programar como um Astronauta

http://www.codeatload.com/Programa

A Load Interactive e a Fábrica Centro de Ciência Viva convidam crianças dos 8 - 10 anos a participar no evento "Programa como um astronauta".

Objectivos:

• Aproximar os jovens da área de programação informática, despertando o interesse pelo tema. 

• Abrir os horizontes à exploração do espaço.

Os dois temas desenvolver-se-ão de forma lúdica. 

Kids coding

http://neatoday.org/

Os promotores sublinham a importância da programação para estruturar o pensamento na resolução de problemas, para "compreender como os programas são executados e para entender que muitos dos nossos problemas e necessidades podem ser resolvidos através de aplicações informáticas".

A iniciativa vai juntar noções de astronomia com a presença do astrónomo português José Matos que explicará como é a vida no espaço. 

http://www.codeatload.com/

Durante o evento os jovens participantes serão convidados a iniciar-se na programação, como o objectivo de montarem o seu próprio foguetão. 

Poderão também experimentar fatos de astronautas para viver uma experiência mais real, e única.

Quando:

Dia 18 de Julho 2015, das 09:00 às 14:00 horas.

Programa:

Para conhecer os detalhes deste evento, consultar aqui 

Onde:

O evento tem lugar em Aveiro. A consultar o mapa da cidade aqui

Nivel etário : 8-10 anos 

Inscrição: 

As inscrições estão abertas e podem ser feitas online

A inscrição é gratuita. Lugares limitados.

Nota : Pais e Encarregados de Educação

• Cada jovem participante deverá estar acompanhada de 1 (um) Encarregado de Educação que será convidado a vestir um fato de astronauta.
• A restante família e/ou acompanhantes pode assistir à entrega de prémios. Assistência limitada à lotação máxima da sala.

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Ensino:

Todos sabemos a importância que a programação tem vindo a adquirir nestes últimos anos.

A European Code Week sob a presidência de Nellie Kroes muito contribui para essa abertura de horizontes.

https://www.facebook.com/codeEU/

Por exemplo, em 2014, A EU Code Week juntou: 3,000+ eventos, 38 países, entre os quais Portugal, e cerca de 100,000 participants.

Segui a Code Week EU 2013 e pude observar como evoluíu e cresceu de 2013 até a Code Week EU 2014.

Números muito reveladores do desenvolvimento desta actividade pedagógica que só sai enriquecida com eventos como este.

Sabemos que há países que já incluem curriculos de programação no ensino primário. É o caso do Reino Unido e Estados Unidos.

http://programacao1ceb.dge.mec.pt/

Portugal arrancará com os curriculos de programação a alunos dos 3º e 4º anos de escolaridade (ensino primário) em mais de 65 escolas  no próximo ano lectivo 2015-2016. 

A iniciação à aprendizagem da programação desde o 1º Ciclo do Ensino Básico promove o desenvolvimento de capacidades, como a criatividade, espírito crítico, pensamento analítico, organização de ideias, trabalho em equipa, resolução de problemas.

O projecto é consequência da evolução da sociedade que é cada vez mais informada e informatizada tornando-se assim necessário uma maior adaptação e ensino de temáticas que envolvem a tecnologia. 

Iniciação à programação 1º ciclo

http://images-cdn.impresa.pt/

O projecto vai funcionar como um primeiro passo para a inclusão de noções básicas de programação nos currículos do ensino básico.

Este projecto do MEC tem como objectivo ensinar o modo de funcionamento das plataformas de programação Scratch e Kodu nas actividades de tempos livres ou em acções complementares do currículo de estudos do ensino básico

Não fixa limite ao número de escolas que poderão leccionar programação. Deste modo, o número de escolas aderentes poderá ainda aumentar. As últimas notícias apontavam para 34 mil alunos distribuídos por 624 escolas do País. A ver aqui.

O projecto-piloto vai servir de ponto de partida para inclusão da programação nos currículos escolares. 

http://uaonline.ua.pt/

É pois uma oportunidade de jovens entres os 8-10 anos participarem neste ou em outro evento que possa ter lugar, de modo a enriquecer os tempos livres durante estas férias lectivas de verão. 
Aos educadores compete ver a utilidade de eventos que incentivem as aprendizagens, mesmo em tempos de lazer.

G-Souto

09.07.2015

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Are you ready to code at school ? EU Code Week 2014

http://codeweek.eu/

Code Week EU will take place  next Saturday, October 11 until the 17 October 2014. The second edition of EU Code Week is a project by the Young Advisors Group at the European Commission. 

"The idea is making coding more visible, demystify these skills, and bring motivated people together to learn. We aim at getting millions of children, parents, teachers, entrepreneurs and policy makers to come together in events and classrooms to learn programming and related skills."

Patrick Balestra, 17 years old

http://blog.codeweek.eu/

Patrick Balestra from Monte Carasso, Switzerland started about 4 years ago. He was very interested in the Apple world. In 2011 he bought an iPad and he discovered the App Store. He was interested about all the cool apps he could download. He started to create games with a simple program (...) Read more about Patrick

"In a world where we're surrounded by technology, and where so many of our interactions we have are with computers, learning to code helps us understand how these services work."

What's more, learning to code gives teachers and students a powerful way to explore ideas and make things, both for work, study and play.

credits : Neelie Kroes

Why Coding?

Coding is everywhere. It is an enabling technology at the heart of many of the digital revolutions. 

More than a highly diverse tool, it is a way of looking at the world: a way to break tasks into ever smaller subsets. It is a fun and creative field full of great people and passionate communities. Read more here

Neelie Kroes & her Ambassadors

https://gallery.mailchimp.com/

All around Europe, people are making apps, websites and lots of other things by learning code.

In each country one or several EU Code Week Ambassadors have volunteered to be the main point of contact for Code Week, helping spread the vision of the initiative and connecting local coding communities and interested actors.

• Resources & Guides

To make running a Code Week event easier, the team has selected some of the best lesson plans, guides and other resources.

• Local Resources in your languages

EU Code week reached 1,500 events, spanning over 38 European countries! You can find Local Resources in your languages here

Currently, the 10 most active Code Week countries are: Iceland, Luxembourg, Malta, Ireland, Estonia, Slovenia, Sweden, Croatia, Greece and Austria, while France has the largest number of total events, a whooping 200!

Join them at one of many events and clubs taking place when Code Week returns this Saturday.

Code week map of Europe (October 6)

https://www.facebook.com/codeEU/

If your code club or group is meeting during Code Week, add your events to the coding map of Europe. 

Not yet part of a group? Organize a Code Week event in your area! The team has prepared a #codeEU Toolkit for organizers and a list of resources to get you started.

• Questions?

Get in touch with EU Code Week Ambassadors in your country and find out more about how to volunteer, or even sponsor a local event.

Community groups, schools, companies and non-profits are all welcome to run a Code Week event. 

And while October 11 - 17 will be the biggest celebration of coding across Europe, we're looking forward to activities throughout the year.

Digital skills are in demand. Let's fix that problem! Boost your future and the future of Europe, get involved.

Here the promo video for EU Code Week 2014:

The video features a message from Dr. Rolf Landua, Head of Education at CERN, and Niklas Hed, Angry Birds Founder and talks about coding as a new literacy.

Education :

"Coding is like the new literacy".

Yes, computational thinking is a skill children can be taught if they are to be ready for the workplace and able to participate effectively in this digital world. But I don't think coding is 'the' new literacy without the basic skills.

Children will not be able to code if they don't have the basic skills, reading and writing.

The role of programming in computer science is similar to that of practical work in the other sciences – it provides motivation, and a context within which ideas are brought to life. 

Here's a funny video about programming to the young kids:

Hello Ruby by Linda Liukas is a children’s book that teaches programming fundamentals through stories and kid-friendly activities.

"Programming is an intersection: it combines the artistic vision of arts students, engineering and then the societal-change qualities of social studies," she said. "But in the past, I think we have only talked about programming in terms of technology, or ICT or STEM [Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths]"

Linda Liukas

Teaching programming skills to children is seen as a long-term solution to the “skills gap” between the number of technology jobs and the people qualified to fill them.

Invite your students to have fun and build things about code. Are you ready to share their passion? 

G-Souto

08.10.2014
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2013 rundown of the best posts #2

Good morning from G-Souto's Blog, in chilled and rainy Porto, Portugal. How chilled is it? On New Year's Eve rainy & rainy day. That will complicate tomorrow evening social gatherings and fireworks around midnight to mark the new year. It's a tradition with a fascinating past.

I hope that everyone is enjoying a little time-out. Judging by the numbers of "page views" on G-Souto's Blog, many of you are using some vacation time to explore resources to use in your classroom in 2014. But if you've ignored school-related things during vacation week, that's great too. We all need some free time to do different activities.

On this post I'm re-running the most popular posts of the 2nd semester 2013. The selection is based on page views but also based on pedagogical relevance of the most read post.

I kept the order of the most viewed, but eliminated the posts that seemed less relevant. The main reason is that sometimes certain posts acquire too much visibility, not for their value but for the keywords that the search engines "like" indexing. 

Je suis ravie de partager avec vous le Top des posts les plus lus du 2e semestre 2013. Vous êtes de plus en plus nombreux à me suivre au quotidien. Je vous remercie, chers enseignants, chers lecteurs, pour votre intérêt et m’efforce d’être toujours au plus proche des événements concernant des idées pédagogiques pour vous offrir les dernières actualités.

Here are the 2nd semester's most popular posts:

Le Top 16 des posts du 2eme semestre 2013 :

Éducation: Parole aux enfants victimes d'exclusion

Visiokids: learning sciences in 3D TV

Musique au collège: Debussy & Google Doodle

Let's code at school: Europe Code Week

Albert Camus: littérature/philosophie au lycée

Education for Peace: International Peace Day

Visual learning in school: Stephen Hawking

Education: Stop natural disasters! Resources

Allez! On y est! Rentrée 2013

MOOCs again!

The digital divide? PISA survey 2012

Going Pink at School: Let's do it!

A propos d'école numérique

Parents & Teachers: The Smartest Kids in the World

Education: Time for Vitamine 'N'

Great Lx Conference 2013

My crush of the 2nd semester? Jack et la mécanique du coeur. Absolutely!

Surtout, n’hésitez pas à me faire part de vos commentaires, ou questions. Ce blog a pour but de favoriser les échanges et provoquer le débat. Alors, à bientôt j’espère sur le blog G-Souto's Blog!

Above all, do not hesitate to share your comments or send me your questions. This blog aims to promote communication, and induce some good debate about Education & ICT. So, I hope to see you soon again on G-Souto's Blog.

Find me on Twitter, or on Google+

I wish everyone the best! Happy New Year to all educators in the world!

Let's continue our beautiful work in 2014 with joy and creativity!

Happy New Year !

G-Souto

30.12.2013

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Let's code in school ! Europe Code Week

http://codeweek.eu/

Europe Code Week, taking place between November 25 and 30, 2013 all over Europe, is an open source initiative, aiming to connect initiatives that encourage European citizens to learn more about the art and science of computer programming.

Europe Code Week is an initiative launched by Neelie Kroes' Young Advisors with the support from DG Connect at the European Commission. 

www.google.com/

"Computer programming is being heralded as the new literacy, yet it is still widely perceived as a skill that can only mastered with a computer science degree. 

With the wider availability of internet connectivity and freely available, easy to use technologies, this is no longer the case."

To encourage people and young students to create a digital future, Europe Code Week will celebrate coding between November 25 - 30, 2013.

Nelie's Kroes' Young Advisors

http://ec.europa.eu/

"Young Advisors can inspire us, point to mismatches between expectations of young people and current policy initiatives or plans. They can actively contribute to shaping Europe's digital future by employing their skills and talents and by sharing fresh and creative ideas. "

Digital Agenda for Europe

They are a bunch of young people with a dream of a world where all sort of crazy ideas are given a chance to change the world. Well, let's see!

It's about those of you who are already helping these dreams come true. The future. 

Technology is shaping young lives, bringing crazy ideas to life, build things that will bring joy to others.

"It's never been easier to make your own app, build your own robot, or invent flying cars, why not! It's not an easy journey, but it's a journey full of creative challenges, a supportive community, and tons of fun."

Why Coding?

• Coding is becoming a key skill for professionals in every field 

• ICT professionals, researchers, designers… 

• Basic ICT skills enable the creation of small business 

• Today there is already a shortage of ICT professionals in Europe 

• By 2015, we will be missing 900.000 ICT professionals 

• These positions could be filled by Europeans currently unemployed 

• The future economy of Europe passes by a strong focus on technology and startups 

Read more here

Are you ready to accept the challenge and become a maker or to engage you students to become makers?

Sounds interesting?

• Organize a programming workshop, the one you planned to do in any case. 

• Find a few friends who're curious about what you do and teach them how to code. 

• Start a local study or support group for coding beginners. And remember, two is a group already.

Join one of the #codeEU events in your country or organize your own! Here the map of initiatives by country.

Resources:

A Pacha Kucha style presentation for ideas/tools/resources to help you introduce programming to your classroom or computer club:

Credits: @daniel_oreilly from Coder Dojo Armagh for EU Code Week #codeEU

Spread the word about the initiative;

Follow @CodeWeekEU on Twitter:

Like Europe Code Week on Facebook;

Join the conversation with #codeEU.

Map for Europe Code Week

https://scontent-a-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/

Excited about the first Europe Code Week yet? There are over 300 pins placed on the Coding Map of Europe! 

"Coding deserves to be celebrated. From the 25th to 30th of November we would like to see a range of events across Europe – all aimed at exposing citizens to the multitude and diversity of coding, as well as teaching them these skills. 

Our goal is to improve the visibility of coding on a European scale, motivate people to start learning to code, and connect individuals, groups, organizations, and companies who are willing to help more people experience the joy and relevance of coding."

Nelie Kroes

Invite your students to have fun and build things about code. Are you ready to share their passion? 

G-Souto

24.11.2013
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