Computing Science Conference

The annual computing conference, organised by Education Scotland, is open to all early years practitioners, primary school teachers, and secondary school teachers who teach computing. During this unmissable event, you will have the opportunity to hear from industry experts who will share insights into future career prospects and to attend practical breakout sessions designed to empower you with innovative teaching methods for the classroom

The conference will be held on Saturday 9th November at 10am simultaneously at the following venues;

West College Scotland - Abercorn Building - Renfrew Road, Paisley PA3 4DR

West Lothian College - Almondvale Crescent, Livingston, EH54 7EP

Abertay University - 
Bell Street, Dundee DD1 1HG

When registering, you can choose the nearest venue to you.

The proposed agenda for the day is as follows;

9:30am Arrival. Registration and refreshments

9:45am Welcome

10:00am Keynote
Ollie Bray Strategic Director Education Scotland (streamed to all venues) TBC

11:00am-11:45pm Workshop Session 1
Paisley
Craig Steele - Explore Cyber Security, Coding, Data, and AI with Cyber Skills Live 
or
Dr Amanda Ford – Lets make a Game, no digital equipment needed, just Pipe Cleaners and Post-its.

Livingston
Ross Tunnicliffe - Escape Room – The Breakout (Also running on sessions 2 and 3)
or
Eva Wilkinson (Education Scotland) - CRIS isn’t Scary (cyber resilience internet safety)

Dundee
Dr Suzanne Prior (Abertay University) - Cyber Peers - Toolkit for Peer to Peer Mentoring
or
Education Scotland - CyberFirst Schools Programme what is it? what are the benefits? and how to get involved

11:55pm - 12:40pm Workshop Session 2
Paisley
Harriet Page (Raspberry Pi Foundation) – Encryption Challenge and Ada Computer Science resources
or 
Billy Kinnear - Think Different! Tap into your creative mind to think differently when applying yourself to a task or lesson. Find a way of not following the rules but working with them. Suitable for use with pupils and for staff

Livingston
Sehrish Zafar- Programming Cute Bots using Microbits (Also running on sessions 1 and 3)
or
Eva Wilkinson (Education Scotland) Playful Computing Science (outdoors/unplugged)

Dundee
Diane Dowling (Raspberry Pi Foundation) - Encryption challenge and Ada Computer Science Resources
or
Brian Clark (Education Scotland) - Bringing Artificial Intelligence into Scratch

12:45pm Lunch

1:45pm - 2:30pm Workshop Session 3
Paisley
Iain Shand/Gareth Rae - Practical Approaches to Teaching NPA Cyber Security – Try Hack Me
or
Education Scotland - CyberFirst Schools Programme what is it? what are the benefits? and how to get involved
or
Rebecca Gracher (Raspberry Pi Foundation) Code Club Programme

Livingston
TBC- Cyberdrive with sessions of lock breaking and Steganography (Also running on sessions 1 and 2)

Dundee
Diane Dowling (Raspberry Pi Foundation) - The UK Bebras Challenge
or
Claire Gammie (Abertay University) - Widening Access, Articulation and "Alternative Routes.

2:30pm Networking Event

When you complete registration, you will be forwarded to a Microsoft Form to allow you to select the three workshops that best suit your needs from a list and to allow you to select your dietary requirements