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<h1>Tech in Schools</h1>
<h2>Course material and info on teaching ICT and CS in
schools</h2>
<p class="view"><a href="https://github.com/techinschools">View My GitHub Profile</a></p>
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<h1><a name="whatisthis" class="anchor" href="#whatisthis"><span
class="octicon octicon-link"></span></a>What is this?</h1>
<p>
Hi, my name's <a href="https://github.com/mattcen">Matt</a>.
I'm a Linux systems administrator, scout leader, open source
enthusiast (perhaps activist is more appropriate), and geek.
Other than that, I'm just this guy, you know? As at October 2014
I'm volunteering as part of the <a
href="http://www.scientistsinschools.edu.au/ICT/">ICT in
Schools</a> program in Melbourne, Australia. Their site has
all the gory details of the program, but the elevator summary is
that it aims to create long-term partnerships between school
teachers and ICT professionals so that the professionals can
help to teach meaningful, real-world content to students and get
them excited about the industry, to give them enough information
to decide whether it's where they want to take their career.
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Since late August 2014 I've been working with a K-12 girls'
school. The students all have iPads, which have a tendency to
make it difficult to teach the inner-working of computers since
they're geared more to consumption of software etc., rather than
its creation. Nonetheless, my teacher contact has started by
teaching basic programming techniques using apps like <a
href="http://lightbot.com/flash-lite.html">Light Bot</a>, and
we're moving towards teaching some basic programming on
Raspberry Pis as of October 2014.
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So, back to the question "What is this?" This site is where I
intend to host any teaching content we create so that other
schools everywhere can make use of it. It makes sense to include
content on how to help get (and keep) girls in the tech
industry, given this is an ongoing struggle, however I have very
little experience with what's required to make this happen, so
any input would be extremely valuable!
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To start with, I've got 3 really simple Python scripts I was
going to introduce the students too, but haven't had a chance to
do so. <a href="python.html">The scripts are here</a>.
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<h3>Resources</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.eduhack.com.au/">http://www.eduhack.com.au/</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.fya.org.au/">http://www.fya.org.au/</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.ithothouse.com/home/">http://www.ithothouse.com/home/</a></li>
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