What is Computational Thinking?

The term, Computational Thinking, is being discussed and used a lot in education at the moment, but what does this actually mean and is it something that is worth trying to incorporate into your lessons?

Basically, computational thinking is a way of describing the approach that students take to solve problems not just in the classroom, but the outside world too. By introducing and encouraging students to take this approach towards tasks that are set in class, they are developing the skill set to enable them to tackle problems in any domain. We can break computational thinking into four main concepts,

 https://robotical.io/blog/what-is-computational-thinking/

Fun Artificial Intelligence Activities for Kids under Coronavirus Lockdown

 Fun Artificial Intelligence Activities

3 unplugged activities for teaching about AI

Today’s students will live and work side by side with artificial intelligence. But will they understand it?

AI classroom activity: Machine learning

 Based on my experience, the key to demystifying AI is to emphasise that in almost all real-world situations AI is nothing more than imitation of human-like behaviours.

AI professional learning

 Discover free professional learning opportunities for teachers introducing the fundamentals of AI.

The sessions provide guidance demonstrating how to use AI to engage students with many of the core concepts and applications within the Australian Digital Technologies Learning Area (F–10), as well as a number of General Capabilities.

https://www.digitaltechnologieshub.edu.au/teachers/lesson-ideas/ai-lesson-plans

Civics and Citizenship learning and teaching videos and activities

 Civics and Citizenship