South London Raspberry Jam: CAS SEN TeachMeet

CAS SEN TeachMeet: 10am – 12.45pm

The coding community are looking to promote diversity and inclusion in teaching and coding events to encourage children to explore coding. South London Raspberry Jam (SLRJam) have enjoyed successfully engaging with young children whilst promoting an Autism and Tourette's Syndrome friendly ethos. The SLRJam team, supported by CAS London, are adding a Special Education Needs (SEN) TeachMeet to their Jam, for 30 teachers. After introductions, there will be a series of Micro (7 mins) and Nano (3 mins) presentations, a 'Using the BBC Micro:bit’ workshop run by Microsoft's Stuart Ball ( Community & Education), a range of coding taster workshops along with a discussion around Autism awareness. There will also be 10 tickets available for teachers to join the SLRJam in the afternoon. Places will be limited, so sign up early.

Schedule for the morning:

10.00am - 10.15am: Registration

10.15am - 10.30am: Introductions & Networking

10.30am - 11.15am: Presentations

• • Stuart Ball: Microsoft: BBC micro:bit
• • Marc Grossman: SEN Teaching Assistant Coding at School & Code Club Champion
• • Sue Adams: Sue Adams: Computing Curriculum Specialist [TBC]
• • Grace Owolade: Inclusive Coding Events - Raspberry Jams
• • Yasmin and Israel: Award winning Young Coders
• • CrazySqueak, aged 10: Autism and Coding
• • Hackerfemo, aged 10: Tourette's and Coding
• • Using Kano to introduce children to coding

• • Crumble Robot Launch
• • Jane Waite: Computing At School London Regional Co-ordinator
• • Nic Hughes: Master Computer at School Teacher

11.15am - 11.30am: Break

11.30am - 12.15pm: Teacher Workshops

Session 1: Using the BBC Micro:bit

Session 2: Choice of:

• • Coding the BBC micro:bit in Kodu
• • Kano: Build Your Own Computer from Scratch
• • Crumble: Physical Computing
• • Crumble: Robot Hack

12.20pm -12.45pm: Autism Awareness Disscussion

12.45pm: Close