Dilwyn Owen YSGOL GYMRAEG BRO MORGANNWG DOBROMORGANNWG ORG

Dilwyn Owen YSGOL GYMRAEG BRO MORGANNWG DO@BROMORGANNWG. ORG. UK

Background September 2015 ◦ Digital Pioneer Schools ◦ Bro Morgannwg ◦ Blank canvas ◦ Welsh Goverment September 2016 ◦ Framework available

Framework 1. Citizenship 2. Interacting and Collaborating 3. Producing 4. Data and Computational Thinking

We will… Carry out a ◦ Skills audit ◦ Staff ◦ Pupils ◦ Opportunity map Use the mapping tool.

Engagment Two Primary Cluster meeting Shared resources on a cluster group Hwb PCL Created a case study and blog post for Welsh Government newsletter Created content rich exemplar tasks for DCF Attended Pioneer School event in SWALEC stadium Attended DCF Pioneer Schools event

Engagment Presented the DCF at Pioneer School event at Cardiff City Stadium Internal training on the DCF (YGBM is a 3 -19 school) Share our experience of the DCF with two other 3 -19 schools. Discussed DCF at CYDAG meeting Updated CSC Pioneer Schools on the latest developments on the DCF Presented the DCF at an ASCL (Capita) meeting

Turn Silver to Gold Rich task exemplars

Three Little Pigs – Year 2 Research into materials Present findings Research into houses Share findings Make a house Straws Sticks (lollypop) Bricks (Lego) Destroy a house (hairdryer) How long did it stay up? Graph Write code to get the wolf to every house. Get the pigs to change the code!! Hacking hogs!!

Year 8 • Create an e-safety video about on-line bullying • Group work • i. Pads/Camera/tablet 1. 2. 3. 4. Citizenship Interacting and Collaborating Producing Data and Computational Thinking

Year 9 Promote an artist Newsletter and letter to fan club members 1. Research 2. Implement 3. Evaluate 1. 2. 3. 4. 1. Research 2. Implement 3. Evaluate Concert costings ? Citizenship Interacting and Collaborating Producing Data and Computational Thinking Create an app Create a game Create an on-line booking system

Projects – Computation Thinking Plan ◦ I will … ◦ ◦ ◦ Aims and objectives Flow chart Set targets and goals Visualise Abstraction Do it ◦ I did … ◦ ◦ Prototype Ongoing testing Re-use skills from other learning areas Keep a diary Evaluate ◦ Compare to initial plan ◦ Positives and negatives ◦ Own performance

Challenges Hardware ◦ Desktop? ◦ BYOD? Training Computational Thinking ◦ Staff skills ◦ Resources Citizenship

BYOD at YGBM Resources is a big problem – not enough ICT rooms We have invested in Windows laptops for Y 10 and Y 11 ◦ Work locally save to Office 365 Embed the DCF through the WB at KS 4 (Bro Edern exemplar) Embed Office 365 as our platform for pupils and teachers

BYOD at YGBM Wifi major issue ◦ ◦ Firewall Security Not Spots Testing

BYOD at YGBM Communication with providers ◦ ◦ ◦ Tech support Authority Third party Parents Pupils

BYOD at YGBM Managing expectations ◦ ◦ SMT Pupils Staff Parents