Computing At School (CAS) UnCompference Lite
Friday 26th February, 19:20 to 20:50 (GMT)
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Welcome to the CAS UnCompference Event - though this is a small conference of 30 people we hope that we can widen participation for this session to allow any interested people to both listen and participate online. Please sign up below if you are interested in doing either!

What is The Computing at School Working Group?
The Computing at School Working Group is an informal group that aims to promote the teaching of computing at school. You can read more at
www.computingatschool.org.uk

What is the Hub Leaders Event?
The Hub Leaders event is a mini conference for volunteers who are running or planning on running local hubs in their area. The 29 delegates at the conference will be a mix of teachers, university representatives and people from partner organisations.

What is the CAS UnCompference Lite Event?
We are holding a mini unconference Teachmeet style event both to share exciting ideas for teaching Computing and programming concepts in school - and to show the conference delegates some different formats for events they could run in their area.
7.20-7.30 Intro the unconference phenomenon and teachmeet
7.30-7.45 Warwick Uni presentation, Working with local teachers
7.45-8pm Round table discussion - how can schools engage with universities, business and each other?
8-8:50 UnCompference Lite - Short presentation (maximum 7 minutes) from participants both in the room and online.

Are there any Computing Teachmeets planned for the future that I can attend?
Yes - there is NE England Teachmeet Computing planned in April http://teachmeet.pbworks.com/TeachMeetComputingNE10
and if you happen to be in the USA another in Nashville http://teachmeetnashville.wikispaces.com/ in April!

Sign Up

Participate Online:
If you wish to watch or participate online please Join our flashmeeting here http://flashmeeting.e2bn.net/fm/2e129d-8870
Nb: You can participate in the discussion at the start of the evening and ask questions without signing up as a speaker.

Links from Presentations:
Zoe Ross' video of scratch and alice in the classroom http://bit.ly/a6YEAt
Andrew Hague Blog: http://andrewhague.wordpress.com/
Daniel Needlestone Blog: http://www.nstoneit.com
Mark Clarkson: lightbot http://armorgames.com/play/2205/light-bot Kongregate http://www.kongregate.com/labs
John Woolard: Southampton ITT http://www.pgce.soton.ac.uk/IT/Training/DActivities Southampton Second Life http://www.pgce.soton.ac.uk/IT/Research/SecondLife/index.htm

Sign up to Speak Face to Face: (maximum time 7 mins - no minimum!)
If you are at the conference and wish to speak please put your name and talk title below.

1. Daniel Needlestone - Cyber Haikus for computing revision
2. Simon Humphreys - All Unplugged Inside (aka not the Leonard Cohen approach to teaching)