UON CS4S Team

The University of Newcastle's Computer Science for Schools (CS4S) workshops are free 2-day professional development workshops for in-service and pre-service teachers, and career advisors that involve the following:

An introduction to Computational Thinking
Hands-on activities with Coding, Robots and AppInventor
Examples of the applications of Computer Science in research and industry
Presentations from educators that have integrated Computer Science activities into their classrooms
The workshops are focused on developing competencies included in the Digital Technologies learning area of the national Australian Curriculum, and are accredited by BOSTES.

The workshops are suitable for in-service and pre-service teachers, both at primary and secondary level. There is no assumed knowledge of computer science or programming required for participation.