IT to computer science: teaching in transition

This course is designed for teachers who are currently engaged in teaching Information Technology (IT) or Mathematics at GCSE level and wish to begin to acquire the skills necessary to teach Computer Science. If you are in any doubt as to the suitability of this course, please contact shortcourses@ice.cam.ac.uk

Course programme

Friday 6 May 2016

Please plan to arrive between 16:30 and 18:30. You can meet other course members in the bar which opens at 18:15. Tea and coffee making facilities are available in the study bedrooms.

19:00 Dinner
20:30 IT versus computer Science – Basic differences
22:00 Terrace bar open for informal discussion

Saturday 7 May 2016

07:30 Breakfast
09:00 Review of Computer Science syllabi for various exam boards
10:30 Coffee
11:00 Machine architectures and number systems
12:30 Free
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Free
16:00 Tea
16:30 Basic data structures – sorting and searching
18:30 Dinner
20:00 Data processing
21:30 Terrace bar open for informal discussion

Sunday 8 May 2016

07:30 Breakfast
09:00 Programming and programming languages
10:30 Coffee
11:00 Further reading and study
12:30 Free
12:45 Lunch

The course will disperse after lunch.