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Bridge21 - Problem Solving in the 21st Century (Computational Thinking)

By Bridge 21

When and where

Date and time

Sat, 21 Nov 2015 09:30 - 16:30 GMT

Location

Dunlop Oriel Dublin Ireland

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Description

At the heart of all computer programming is the ability to “think like a computer”. This workshop looks at developing 21st century thinking skills such as problem solving, data visualisation, modelling real world problems and developing algorithms. Activities will be carried out which will show how these skills can be exercised and developed without the need to actually develop programs. There are no pre-requisites and attendance is strongly recommended for those who are keen to take the Scratch, Python and Raspberry Pi workshops.

About the organiser

Organised by
Bridge 21

Bridge21 are proud to offer several innovative computing workshops for teachers and educators. After participation in the workshops (details below), participants will have developed a number of new technical skills and will be confident planning activities involving digital media production, programming and computational thinking. The workshops will also be useful for educators and mentors who are  engaged in informal education through Club-houses, CoderDojo, TechSpace and other similar youth programmes.

All of the sessions are hands-on in nature and are delivered using the Bridge21 learning model. Most workshops will take place in Trinity College Dublin, and selected workshops will take place in our purpose-designed learning space in Oriel House, Fenian Street, Dublin 2, which is located just off the main Trinity College Dublin campus – (see map here). Others will be run at Google Buildings in Grand Canal Dock. The workshops are subject to availability of resources and sufficient demand.

If you have any queries or if you’d just like to be kept up to date about what’s going on, please email jake at bridge21.ie. To be added to our mailing list, simply email optin@bridge21.ie.