secondary computing curriculum in the uk and wikipedia
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This is the Computing curriculum, Powerpoint has gone. Where will the information come from? Wikipedia.... Live with it..... Don’t ignore it. Now the students are allowed to ask why things work. Wikipedia is easy to take the hood off. Its all available to see and you can ask questions about it right down to the bit level.TRANSCRIPT
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New Computing Curriculum
How does the biggest ‘pedia work?
Use in teaching
Coding – Algorithms, Heuristics and crowd sourcing
Tutorial – learn to edit the wiki
Enhancing Computing Learning at Secondary Schools with Wikipedia …or.. Who benefits when they use Wikipedia to do their homework?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moorish_Gibraltar
New Computing Curriculum
How does the biggest ‘pedia work?
Use in teaching
Coding – Algorithms, Heuristics and crowd sourcing
Learn to edit the wiki [email protected] Manchester Hotel 13 Mar 2014 – 11:40
CC by SA – Acknowledge :Martin Poulter, Derby Museum, Guardian, Jimmy Wales, ComputingatSchools, Wikimedia commons, NMA, MonmouthCC
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New Computing Curriculum
How does the biggest ‘pedia work?
Use in teaching
Coding – Algorithms, Heuristics and crowd sourcing
Tutorial – learn to edit the wiki
Enhancing Computing Learning at Secondary Schools with Wikipedia …or.. Who benefits when they use Wikipedia to do their homework?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moorish_Gibraltar
New Computing Curriculum
How does the biggest ‘pedia work?
Use in teaching
Coding – Algorithms, Heuristics and crowd sourcing
Learn to edit the wiki [email protected]
can understand and apply the fundamental principles and concepts of computer science, including abstraction, logic, algorithms and data representation
can analyse problems in computational terms, and have repeated practical experience of writing computer programs to solve such problems
can evaluate and apply information technology, including new or unfamiliar technologies, analytically to solve problems
are responsible, competent, confident and creative users of information and communication technology.
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New Computing Curriculum
How does the biggest ‘pedia work?
Use in teaching
Coding – Algorithms, Heuristics and crowd sourcing
Tutorial – learn to edit the wiki
Enhancing Computing Learning at Secondary Schools with Wikipedia …or.. Who benefits when they use Wikipedia to do their homework?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moorish_Gibraltar
New Computing Curriculum
How does the biggest ‘pedia work?
Use in teaching
Coding – Algorithms, Heuristics and crowd sourcing
Learn to edit the wiki [email protected]
Programmes – KS3 and 4• use two or more programming languages
… Wiki is a simple high level meta-language it abstracts•.... understand how data of various types (including text, sounds and pictures) can be represented and manipulated digitally.
... Wikipedia still has a text based editor showing how images, sounds and text can be combined.
... Wikipedia illustrates the XML idea of separating form and function
•... re-purpose digital artefacts for a given audience, with attention to trustworthiness, design and usability
• ...Wikipedia’s design shows how trust can be built• develop their capability, creativity and knowledge in
computer science, digital media • and information technology
• develop and apply their analytic, problem-solving, design, and computational thinking skills
• Wiki is a community for learning
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New Computing Curriculum
How does the biggest ‘pedia work?
Use in teaching
Coding – Algorithms, Heuristics and crowd sourcing
Tutorial – learn to edit the wiki
Enhancing Computing Learning at Secondary Schools with Wikipedia …or.. Who benefits when they use Wikipedia to do their homework?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moorish_Gibraltar
New Computing Curriculum
How does the biggest ‘pedia work?
Use in teaching
Coding – Algorithms, Heuristics and crowd sourcing
Learn to edit the wiki [email protected]
The importance of hosting a Wikipedia editathon in a university setting goes
beyond the articles it generates. Wikipedia is an enormously important resource [...] It's
useless to ignore it or it or simply tell students not to use it“
… The Guardian
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New Computing Curriculum
How does the biggest ‘pedia work?
Use in teaching
Coding – Algorithms, Heuristics and crowd sourcing
Tutorial – learn to edit the wiki
Enhancing Computing Learning at Secondary Schools with Wikipedia …or.. Who benefits when they use Wikipedia to do their homework?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moorish_Gibraltar
New Computing Curriculum
How does the biggest ‘pedia work?
Use in teaching
Coding – Algorithms, Heuristics and crowd sourcing
Learn to edit the wiki [email protected]
Article Monthly hits
Asperger Syndrome 426,803
Henry VIII of England 438,855
Volcano 160,940
Habeas Corpus 123,500
John Locke 179,382
Lymphoma 226,934
World War I 516,579
Dependent and independent variables
220,831
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New Computing Curriculum
How does the biggest ‘pedia work?
Use in teaching
Coding – Algorithms, Heuristics and crowd sourcing
Tutorial – learn to edit the wiki
Enhancing Computing Learning at Secondary Schools with Wikipedia …or.. Who benefits when they use Wikipedia to do their homework?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moorish_Gibraltar
New Computing Curriculum
How does the biggest ‘pedia work?
Use in teaching
Coding – Algorithms, Heuristics and crowd sourcing
Learn to edit the wiki [email protected]
The facts – according to Wikipedia
~ 500 million users
#5 is Wikipedia (Yahoo, Facebook, Microsoft and Google )
~ 300 languages
30 million (4.4m in English) articles
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New Computing Curriculum
How does the biggest ‘pedia work?
Use in teaching
Coding – Algorithms, Heuristics and crowd sourcing
Tutorial – learn to edit the wiki
Enhancing Computing Learning at Secondary Schools with Wikipedia …or.. Who benefits when they use Wikipedia to do their homework?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moorish_Gibraltar
New Computing Curriculum
How does the biggest ‘pedia work?
Use in teaching
Coding – Algorithms, Heuristics and crowd sourcing
Learn to edit the wiki [email protected]
How can we improve what we get from Wikipedia?
1. Stop struggling - Wikipedia is here to stay2. Wiki can be used to do uninspiring homework – so ....
change the homework – make them think!3. The real mistakes are the fault of the person who
leaves them there.4. Wikipedia is complex – Shouldn’t there be a simpler
version? There is!5. My school worries about censorship and bandwidth6. How can we use the dozens of languages?7. Wikipedia will mark your student’s homework and
give then independent advice to improve their information literacy.
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New Computing Curriculum
How does the biggest ‘pedia work?
Use in teaching
Coding – Algorithms, Heuristics and crowd sourcing
Tutorial – learn to edit the wiki
Enhancing Computing Learning at Secondary Schools with Wikipedia …or.. Who benefits when they use Wikipedia to do their homework?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moorish_Gibraltar
New Computing Curriculum
How does the biggest ‘pedia work?
Use in teaching
Coding – Algorithms, Heuristics and crowd sourcing
Learn to edit the wiki [email protected]
Wiki in the classroomGibraltar use MediawikiInstead of Moodle for their VLE
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New Computing Curriculum
How does the biggest ‘pedia work?
Use in teaching
Coding – Algorithms, Heuristics and crowd sourcing
Tutorial – learn to edit the wiki
Enhancing Computing Learning at Secondary Schools with Wikipedia …or.. Who benefits when they use Wikipedia to do their homework?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moorish_Gibraltar
New Computing Curriculum
How does the biggest ‘pedia work?
Use in teaching
Coding – Algorithms, Heuristics and crowd sourcing
Learn to edit the wiki [email protected]
Different computers - A
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New Computing Curriculum
How does the biggest ‘pedia work?
Use in teaching
Coding – Algorithms, Heuristics and crowd sourcing
Tutorial – learn to edit the wiki
Enhancing Computing Learning at Secondary Schools with Wikipedia …or.. Who benefits when they use Wikipedia to do their homework?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moorish_Gibraltar
New Computing Curriculum
How does the biggest ‘pedia work?
Use in teaching
Coding – Algorithms, Heuristics and crowd sourcing
Learn to edit the wiki [email protected]
Different computers - B
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New Computing Curriculum
How does the biggest ‘pedia work?
Use in teaching
Coding – Algorithms, Heuristics and crowd sourcing
Tutorial – learn to edit the wiki
Enhancing Computing Learning at Secondary Schools with Wikipedia …or.. Who benefits when they use Wikipedia to do their homework?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moorish_Gibraltar
New Computing Curriculum
How does the biggest ‘pedia work?
Use in teaching
Coding – Algorithms, Heuristics and crowd sourcing
Learn to edit the wiki [email protected]
Google glass & Real Reality
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New Computing Curriculum
How does the biggest ‘pedia work?
Use in teaching
Coding – Algorithms, Heuristics and crowd sourcing
Tutorial – learn to edit the wiki
Enhancing Computing Learning at Secondary Schools with Wikipedia …or.. Who benefits when they use Wikipedia to do their homework?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moorish_Gibraltar
New Computing Curriculum
How does the biggest ‘pedia work?
Use in teaching
Coding – Algorithms, Heuristics and crowd sourcing
Learn to edit the wiki [email protected]
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New Computing Curriculum
How does the biggest ‘pedia work?
Use in teaching
Coding – Algorithms, Heuristics and crowd sourcing
Tutorial – learn to edit the wiki
Enhancing Computing Learning at Secondary Schools with Wikipedia …or.. Who benefits when they use Wikipedia to do their homework?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moorish_Gibraltar
New Computing Curriculum
How does the biggest ‘pedia work?
Use in teaching
Coding – Algorithms, Heuristics and crowd sourcing
Learn to edit the wiki [email protected]
Who is using Wikipedia in teaching?
Use Wikipedia to teach English as a second language
How can we simplify Wikipedia?
Can we censor Wikipedia?
How do we stop the mistakes?
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New Computing Curriculum
How does the biggest ‘pedia work?
Use in teaching
Coding – Algorithms, Heuristics and crowd sourcing
Tutorial – learn to edit the wiki
Enhancing Computing Learning at Secondary Schools with Wikipedia …or.. Who benefits when they use Wikipedia to do their homework?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moorish_Gibraltar
New Computing Curriculum
How does the biggest ‘pedia work?
Use in teaching
Coding – Algorithms, Heuristics and crowd sourcing
Learn to edit the wiki [email protected]
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