Hi Stephen, It's great to hear that colleagues in Ireland are taking such positive steps. Here in the UK, your countryman, Alan O'Donohoe, has been at the centre of the coding/teaching renaissance (look him up, he's awesome -- say I told you to get in touch).
Here's the thing, the Python language and the community that goes with it is very much "open source" with core values of sharing of code, resources and time. While there isn't a central location for Python related educational materials, many members of our community have created educational resources that are covered by liberal "open source" licenses -- i.e. they're already free to use, adopt and adapt. Just make sure you check the license at the bottom is something like Creative Commons. I'd strongly recommend you follow this practice. Your resources will be both useful for other teachers throughout the world but, more importantly for you, others will be able to contribute to them. Basically, the Python community *already* gives away educational resources for free, for everyone -- perhaps you should too..? I hope this makes sense. I'm more than happy to answer any questions you may have if you drop me an email off-list. Best wishes, Nicholas. On 12/05/18 16:34, Stephen Murphy wrote: > Hello all, > > My name is Stephen Murphy. I am a teacher of science, biology, coding, > digital media and computer science in Gaelcholaiste Mhuire AG in Cork > City, Ireland. > > The Irish government has recently created coding, digital media and > computer science subjects in Irish schools. The coding and digital media > course have already started to junior classes, the senior computer > science subject will come into effect next September. > > The national body charged with developing the curriculum and > specification for the Computer Science subject has said that only Python > and Java script may be used. > > In November 2017, I created the Computer Science Teachers' Association > of Ireland (CSTAI). To date, we have over 400 members and 36 of the 40 > pilot Leaving Certificate Computer Science schools have joined. > > We have a Google Drive with 100's of resources for coding, computer > science, digital media and general computing courses. The material is > suitable for both primary and secondary level. These resources can be > accessed, downloaded and modified by our members for their class. > > We have an entire folder of Python resources (Notes, worksheets, videos, > python scripts etc) on the Google Drive. > > I propose an exchange of Python teaching resources from the CSTAI to you > and vice-versa. > > This will allow both sets of teachers to expand their teaching resource > bank. > > If you are interested in this exchange, please respond to this email and > we can work out the exchange. > > Best wishes, > > Stephen > > > > _______________________________________________ > Edu-sig mailing list > Edu-sig@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig >
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