Thanks to those who have been sharing news and events! It’s fascinating to
hear what people are up to. It also will help connect us and share a sense of
community. Keep an eye out for these posts (and please share more!) because you
never know when you’ll want to get in touch with someone about something, or
how it might inspire your own research and practice.
K
From: lct-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <lct-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf of Paul
Curzon <p.curzon@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wednesday, 29 June 2022 at 07:25
To: lct@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <lct@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [LCT] Semantic Waves and Teaching Computing Unplugged WAS Re: Re:
Sharing news
Sharing my wave-based news...
Today I gave a practical-use-of-semantic-waves talk to Digital
Schoolhouse lead teachers in London UKIE headquarters about how semantic
waves used in a simple course-grained way gives a great way to ensure
play-based "unplugged" computing activities are not just play but do
teach concepts.
We made a giant robot face out of Blue Peter Tech (card, tubes, sticky
backed plastic and teachers) that reacts to the audience singing happy
birthday, saying Boo, making grisly sounds (exploring simple programming
and computational thinking concepts)
Did magic tricks that everyone can do despite not knowing how.
(explaining what an algorithm is)
And had teachers role played fragments of programs (to understand the
semantics of variables and assignment)
We looked at how quickly drawn rough wave patterns could be tweaked to
make the activities better asking
- is it a wave shape and where might it be improved
- how high and low does it go
- who is doing the unpacking and repacking - teacher or student
- are there waves within waves
(Based on ideas developed with Jane Waite, Karl Maton and Jim Donohue)
Paul
On 27/06/2022 13:06, Natalie Forde-Leaves wrote:
Hello – seeing this made me want to share news of my recent presentations:
Last Thursday I gave a presentation at the International Assessment in
HE Conference in Manchester. It’s my thesis where I used LCT Autonomy to
analyse perspectives and influences on Assessment practice – entitled:
*Disciplines and assessment culture: Academic’s perceptions of
assessment. Sustainably assessing the unbridled pursuit of truth or
‘teach to the test’ knowledge factory? /#sellingyoursoulfora2:1/*
(PS its not a tweet hashtag I was just playing with the title!)
Also last month I presented a collaborative paper at the Suellen Shay
symposium organised by Teaching in HE journal where myself, Dr Jack
Walton and Dr Ken Tann explored assessment using 3 dimensions of LCT–
hopefully we will be sending this paper into a journal very soon so
watch this space!
Kind regards,
/Natalie///
Natalie Forde-Leaves FCCA, MSc, FAIA (Acad), PGCert, FHEA
Senior Lecturer in Accounting & Finance
Cardiff Business School | Ysgol FusnesCaerdydd
College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
Cardiff University, Aberconway Building, Colum Drive, Cardiff. CF10 3EU.
(+ 44 (0) 29 20870592
*From:*lct-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <lct-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> *On Behalf Of
*Karl Maton
*Sent:* 23 June 2022 03:49
*To:* lct@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Subject:* [LCT] Sharing news
*External email to Cardiff University - *Take care when replying/opening
attachments or links.
*Nid ebost mewnol o Brifysgol Caerdydd yw hwn - *Cymerwch ofal wrth
ateb/agor atodiadau neu ddolenni.
Here’s another example of the kind of thing we would love to hear about….
Claire Simpson-Smith (The University of South Australia, Adelaide) is
giving a talk using LCT: ‘The importance of contextualisation: Combining
linguistic and sociological research for the development of engineering
students persuasive writing skills’ at HERDSA conference starting June
27^th (Maton’s birthday) in Melbourne, Australia.
We found that by accident … as we do some of the publications and talks
you are all doing, but many others don’t, we miss many and we’d love to
hear about what the community is doing.
Let us know! No being coy or bashful!
