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#CASCHAT FLOPPY Awards 2020
As moderator and host of #caschat (a weekly Twitter chat for computing teachers) I often find it difficult to come up with new questions / themes. With the GRAMMYS and NTA awards grabbing national headlines, I thought it was time to host our very own computing awards which I aptly named 'The FLOPPY awards'.
However, what started out as a bit of fun, soon turned into a treasure trove of useful computing resources.
The questions on @caschat_uk tonight are proving a Treasure Trove of resources for #compsci teachers - Lee Willis @MrWillisICT
So, in case you missed it, here are the #caschat FLOPPY award nominations for 2020:
Best #computing community / forum
- Twitter: #caschat
- Scottish Computer Teacher Science Forum: https://www.compednet.com/
- Computing At School: https://www.computingatschool.org.uk/
- CAS Community Hub Meetings
- Twitter: #CSK8
- CSK8 Facebook Group: https://facebook.com/groups/CSTAK8/
- Primary Computing Coordinators Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1043645112334322/
- ICT & Computing Teachers Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ict.computing/
- OCR GCSE (9-1) Computer Science Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/266581410111152/
Best #computing blog / website
- Code-IT: http://code-it.co.uk/
- Barefoot Computing: https://www.barefootcomputing.org/
- 101 Computing: https://www.101computing.net/
- School Coders: http://schoolcoders.com/wiki/Main_Page
- Hour of code: https://hourofcode.com/uk
- Alfred Thompson's Computer Science Blog: http://blog.acthompson.net/
- CS Unplugged: https://csunplugged.org/en/
- Computer Science for Fun (CS4Fun): http://www.cs4fn.org/
- Teach Computing: https://teachcomputing.org/
- TeachAllAboutIT: https://teachallaboutit.school/
- Mr Lau Learning: http://www.mrlaulearning.com/
Best 'FREE' #computing resource
- Computer Science for All: https://www.csinsf.org/curriculum.html
- Scratch-ED: https://scratched.gse.harvard.edu/
- Code-IT: http://code-it.co.uk/
- Barefoot Computing: https://www.barefootcomputing.org/
- Cyber Discovery: https://www.joincyberdiscovery.com/
- Rapid Router: https://www.codeforlife.education/rapidrouter/
- EduBlocks: https://edublocks.org/
- Pseudo Wars: https://tools.withcode.uk/pseudowar/
- Teach Computing: https://teachcomputing.org/
- A level computer science learning: https://isaaccomputerscience.org/
- CS Unplugged: https://csunplugged.org/en/
Best 'Paid for' #computing resource
- Co Spaces: https://cospaces.io/edu/
- Purple Mash: https://www.purplemash.com/
- Rising Stars (Switched On Computing): https://www.risingstars-uk.com/series/switched-on-computing
- Craig n Dave: https://craigndave.org/
- Computer Science UK: https://computerscienceuk.com/
- Know IT all Ninja: https://www.knowitallninja.com/
Best 'FREE' #computing software or app
- Microsoft Make Code: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/makecode
- Scratch: https://scratch.mit.edu/
- Lightbot Hour of Code: https://lightbot.com/hour-of-code.html
- Repl.it: https://repl.it/
- Apple Swift Playgrounds: https://www.apple.com/uk/swift/playgrounds/
- AQA Assembly Language Simulator: http://peterhigginson.co.uk/AQA/
- Flowgorithm: http://www.flowgorithm.org/
Best #computing related tech
- Micro:bit
- Raspberry Pi
- Wonder Workshop Dash & Dot
- LEGO Mindstorms EV3
- Fisher Price Codeapillar
- Crumble
- Ozobot
- BeeBot
- Sphero EDU
- LEGO WeDo
Best #computing book / magazine
- Python by Example by Nichola Lacey: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Python-Example-Nichola-Lacey/dp/1108716830
- Hello World magazine (FREE): https://helloworld.raspberrypi.org/
- Micro:mag (FREE): https://micromag.cc/
- CS4FN (Computer Science for Fun) magazine (FREE): http://www.cs4fn.org/magazine/
- Computer Science Education: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Computer-Science-Education-Perspectives-Teaching/dp/1350057118
