Exercising Computational Thinking in the Classroom

Date :

2018-03-22 (Thursday)

Time :

14:00 - 17:00

Venue :

Computer Room 130B, 1/F, IVE(MH)

CPD :

3 hours hours

Medium of Instruction :

English

Category :

Pedagogy and Assessment - Education/Information Technology

Level :

Fundamental

Mode of Study :

MS03 - PART-TIME DAY RELEASE

About the Event :

In this workshop, participants will get hands-on experience of making direct connections with the  4 pillars of Computational Thinking. Participants will have the opportunity to create their own online and offline activities to teach and apply Computational Thinking skills, which can be adopted across different subjects. 


Facilitator(s) :

Mr Mohammed Saif Qureshi, Seminar and Workshop Leader

Mohammed (Mo) is the UX and Curriculum Director of BSD Code and Design Academy, where he is responsible for leading the technology education curriculum development for online learning platform, mapping global curricula, standards and learning outcomes, professional development training for teachers, designing analytics and metrics for quantifying learning across diverse domains including computer science, mathematics, sciences, social sciences, language, ethics, creativity, entrepreneurship, etc. With a professional background in engineering, entrepreneurship, and education, he is passionate in researching and designing learning ecosystems to foster creativity in individuals and organisations.

Mr Karan Vaswani, Facilitator

Karan is the instructor at BSD Code and Design Academy, where he is responsible for creating content and curriculum for online learning platform, professional development training for teachers, and web & mobile app development. With a professional background in computer science and engineering, he specialises in the development of web applications and the empowerment of teachers to feel more confident using technology.


Intended Learning Outcomes :

On the completion of this workshop, participants will be able to:

  1. Apply Computational Thinking principles and concepts within the classroom; and 
  2. Experiment the fundamentals of Coding and explore the direct connections between Coding and Computational Thinking 


Target Audience :

All VTC teaching and instructing staff are welcome.

Enquiry :

Mr MAK Sunny
Project Officer
Tel: 2919-1539  
E-mail: maksunny@vtc.edu.hk