Towards the end of our programming topic, almost all students (Y11 – Y13) were using github for version control. Next time around I know that there are ways of making this process much easier on everyone but it is great to see github working well for most. One thing that …
Getting students set up with github was both easy and hard. Making accounts was easy – getting students to create repositories in a sensible place and regularly commit their code was surprisingly hard first time around. This was brought home in a big way with COVID-19 where a significant number …
Using Github with students has been an interesting learning curve thus far. Due to time constraints and other commitments I was not able to create a ‘how to’ video showing students how to set up repositories using github. Whilst this was not catastrophic, it did mean that it has taken …
Github is a well-known version control tool that is widely used in Industry. The goal is to ensure that students use github when they develop programs so that they get into good habits and become both familiar and comfortable using git. Given that some University students have been offered jobs …
Aim: To successfully teach Y10 web design. Rationale: This year is the first time that I have had the opportunity to teach Y10 students. Web design is currently part of their course and the aim is to provide them with a stepping stone so that they are excited about web …
Year Level: 12 Topic: Computer Science – Binary Numbers Here is the observation: https://play.complus.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/2017-Perf-Mgmt-GTT.pdf I was pleased with how this lesson went as most students in the class were able to follow the videos available via our Moodle. By the end of the class they had a clear idea of …