Teacher Workshops for CS Week

CS week is almost here! As part of the CS week, CSinc is providing two teacher workshops.

You can find all of the event listings for CS Week HERE  and don't forget to tweet using the @PDSTcs twitter account using the #csweek hashtag. You can also register for the CS week national conference, further details and registration can be found HERE.  


CSinc Events (all virtual events):
Sign up here for the CSinc workshops click HERE

1) Teaching Computer Science - the good, the bad and the ugly (pedagogy, methods and activities)

Date and Time: 11/10/2214:00 - 15:00

Aimed at: Teachers/student teachers
Delivered by: Keith Quille and Roisin Faherty

Overview: A high-level overview of how teaching CS might differ (for good or bad) from a traditional classroom. We will look at pedagogical approaches, methodologies and activities to provide a high-level "quick start" guide to teaching CS for LCCS.

2) Human-Centred AI - let's look beyond the self-driving cars

Date and Time: 11/10/2216:00 - 17:00

Aimed at:  Teachers/student teachers
Delivered by: Keith Quille and Roisin Faherty

Overview: A session on the misconceptions associated with AI (both in the classroom and in everyday life), with some brief summaries on how AI and machine learning work, and most importantly how it impacts humans, specifically bias.