Teaching London Computing - Programming & more: CPD for GCSE computing

Course website
http://teachinglondoncomputing.org/cpd-courses/for-gcse-computing/

Course overview
The course is aimed at experienced ICT teachers who would like to develop their subject knowledge in order to teach the new Compting Curriculum and the new Computing GCSEs.

Course description
The aim of this course is to prepare ICT teachers for the new Computing Curriculum and to give them the subject knowledge to teach Computing/Computer Science up to GCSE level and to give them the confidence to set up Computer Science courses in their schools. The programming language used is Python3 and we assume that participants will be ICT teachers and that they will have at least tried out Scratch.

How is the course taught?
Online materials and face to face workshops which will focus on practical programming work. To get the best out of the course, participants should expect to do additional study using the VLE and continue to practice programming between classes. It will help to have some knowledge of a 'drag and drop' programming language such as Scratch.

What will I get out of it?
The intended outcomes are that students will learn and understand the subject knowledge to begin teaching computing and programming at KS3 and KS4
ie from Year 7 up to GCSE

Who is it for?
Trained and practising teachers of secondary ICT who wish to teach Computer Science.

See this course on King's College London's website
Computing CPD (GCSE) Summer 10w