RaspberryPiFoundation: Impact of Technology: How To Lead Classroom Discussions

Over the following three weeks, you will:

• Explain the links between technologies and related impacts, across the different areas specified by exam boards
• Debate topics covering the entire Computer Science curriculum
• Develop plans for classroom discussions in a range of formats
• Engage your students with well-framed, relevant questions
• Summarise the main laws that affect the use of technology
• Demonstrate how to plan a written answer to a discursive Computer Science exam question

This course will cover:

• Different areas of impact: ethical, legal, cultural and environmental
• Setting up a good learning environment for discussion
• Planning discussion topics and formats
• Ways to encourage critical thinking about a topic
• Teaching students to draw conclusions
• Assisting with the transition from discussions to pieces of writing

Who is this course for?

This course is for teachers delivering GCSE computer science, or at an equivalent level.