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Programming tools for iPads

Tony Allday

Sacred Heart Roehampton

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Agenda

  • Programming in the new curriculum
  • Let’s simplify stuff
  • iPad health warning
  • What’s out there for the iPad?
  • Bee-bot
  • Daisy
  • Cargo bot
  • Hopscotch
  • Conclusion

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KS1

KS2

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Don’t be put off by the jargon

Algorithm - Step by step instructions to solve a problem

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Program - A list of instructions that tells a computer exactly what to do

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Programming - Algorithms + code

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Debug - To fix mistakes in a computer program

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Sequence - More than one instruction to be followed in order

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Repetition - Doing the same instruction more than once

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Variable - something your program needs to remember that might change

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Primary computing keywords posters

by Pete Dring

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iPad “health warning”

Extremely useful kit but

must not be the only device a child uses for programming

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What is out there?

Lots of stuff. Some free, some paid, and some you might already have!

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Concrete

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Virtual

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Abstract

print "Hello, world!"

Programming

Thanks to Miles

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Bee Bot

Concrete

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Virtual

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Daisy

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Cargo Bot

Concrete

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Virtual

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Phil Bagge

code-it.co.uk

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Hopscotch

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There’s loads out there.

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Have fun!