Workbook 4 version 4.5 19/01/2015

Programming Unplugged — Repetition and Mirror Images

Workbook 5 has been temporarily withdrawn for updating to make compatible with new Workbook 4.

Workbook 3 version 4.5 8/1/2014

Programming Unplugged — Cracking the Code

Workbook 3 has been rewritten and extended.
Workbook 4 has been temporarily withdrawn for updating to make compatible with the new Workbook 3.

Latest Update

Workbook 1 version 4.5 on 01/01/2015
Algorithms and Programming — A Course Overview

Make and Make Sense; Hands On and Minds In — Seymour Papert

Workbook 6 v4.5

Action Geometry: Joining the Dots — Computational Thinking

Make and Make Sense; Hands On and Minds In — Seymour Papert

Have a go with this workout — strain the brain — after Xmas Pud.

There’s been a fair amount of response to the Unplugged Workbooks particularly in regard to Algorithmic Thinking.
So we are working on extending the range of these books. Have versions 4.4 ready for Christmas!

Course in Algorithms and Programming Module 1

Recent Updates:

Course in Algorithms and Programming — Module 1

Workbooks 1 to 12 are now available for download in Word format on the Repository 1 and 2 dropdown menus. If you want to hit the code, start with Workbook 3.

To come:

• Shortly: Workbook 13 — Event Driven Programming in Scratch and Python
• Next Term: Module 2

Recent Updates to Course in Algorithms and Programming Module 1

Workbooks 1 to 7 are now available for download in Word format on the Repository dropdown menu. If you want to hit the code, start with Workbook 3.
Workbooks 8 – 11 are on the way.

Welcome to the Website. The course in Algorithms and Programming is under construction. The latest up-to-date version of the whole course can be found and viewed/downloaded here.

The various components of the course will be listed in the left hand column of the site and can be viewed/downloaded separately.
They are so far:

• Computer Science Pedagogy
• Computational Thinking
• Programming Unplugged
• Action Geometry