CASS Conference 2015 #casscot15 www.cas.scot

2015 Conference Programme 8:30–9:25 Registration,Tea/CoffeeandBreakfast

9:30–9:45 ConferenceWelcome,CASScotlandMainLectureTheatre,DalhousieBuilding

9:45–10:30 Keynote:DrIainMartin,UniversityofDundee“HowCanYouTestanAutonomousPlanetaryLander?”

10:35–11:05 Session1Seeoverleafforfulldetails

11:05–11:25 Tea/Coffee

11:25–11:55 Session2 Seeoverleafforfulldetails

12:00–12:30 Session3 Seeoverleafforfulldetails

12:35–1:05 Session4 Seeoverleafforfulldetails

1:05–2:00 Lunch

2:00–2:30 Session5 Seeoverleafforfulldetails

2:35–3:05 Session6 Seeoverleafforfulldetails

3:10–3:40 Session7 Seeoverleafforfulldetails

3:40–3:55 Tea/Coffee

3:55–4:30 Session8 Seeoverleafforfulldetails

4:35–5:00 CASScotland VoteofThanks&ConferenceClose

5:00 WineReceptionandGeneralMeeting

Presentedwiththegeneroussupportof:

Breakout Sessions

Dalhousie

Building

LT1

Dalhousie

Building

2F11

Dalhousie

Building

2F14

QueenMother

Building

WolfsonLT

QueenMother

Building

SeminarRoom

QueenMother

Building

Lab0

QueenMother

Building

Lab1

QueenMother

Building

Lab2

1

10:35–11:05

BillBuchanan

Keynote:ADeepanalysisofN5andHComputingScience.SP A&R

AndrewManches

Keynote:Computing;HowYoungisTooYoung?BGE

DuncanHartKeynote:ExtractingValuefromData;Scotland’sDatalab.V&I

JimPaterson&

PatrikHoltKeynote:EyeTracking;Whatisitandhowcanweuseit?A&R

2

11:25–11:55

RachelMenzies

WideningAccesstoUniversityStudy(Seminar)SP A&R

KarenPetrie

BinaryLoomBands(Workshop)BGE

TomMacEwan

MappingCurriculatoRoles(Workshop)V&I A&R

AngelaSiegel&Mark

Zarb

SupportingTransitionsintotheCSworkplaceA&R

TomFlint

HomesickAliens(Workshop)BGE

BrianClark

ExploringBiometricswithScratch(Workshop)BGE

NeilBrownGreenfoot3:Bridgingthegapbetweenblocksandtext-basedediting(Workshop) SP

3

12:00–12:30

CharlieLove

GoogleClassroomintheSecondary(Seminar)SP BGE

ChrisMartin

Five-fingerintroductiontoSoftwareEngineeringV&I

4

12:35–1:05

CharlieLove&IanKingScholarMaterialsforCSintheSeniorPhaseSP

KirstyDunn

GoogleClassroomandChromebooksinthePrimaryClassroomBGE

ScottHunter

CyberSecurityinBGEandtheCyberSecurityBadge(Seminar)BGE

Jan&PatrikHolt

ResearchOutreach:SchoolPupilsasResearchers(Seminar)A&R

ClaireGriffiths

ActivityideasforP1-3ontheThemeofICT/Computing(Discussion)BGE

5

2:00–2:30

RaymondSimpson

UsingSOLARforUnitandAssignmentVerificationSP

RossGibson

iPadsandProgramming:DaisytheDinosaurtoScratchJrandHopscotch(Workshop)BGE

JudyRobertson

PlanningYourResearch(Workshop)BGE SP A&R

NeilBrown

Blackbox:ObservingJavaProgrammingNovicesWorldwideA&R

ChrisAitken

HelpingstudentsbecomeinnovatorsandentrepreneursBGE V&I

ChrisMartin

e-Textiles(Workshop)BGE

AretiManataki

BlenditwithCodeYourself!MOOC(Workshop)BGE

RachelMenzies&Mark

Zarb

ProgrammingwithArduino(Workshop)SP A&R

6

2:35–3:05

KarenPetrie

UnderstandingandTeachingRecursion(Seminar)SP

7

3:10–3:40

BobbyElliott

NationalQualificationsinCyberSecurity(Seminar)SP V&I

ChrisAitken

DevelopingScotland’sYoungWorkforcethroughCS?BGE V&I

RogerMcDermot

PerseveranceinProgramming(Seminar)A&R

RachelMenzies

WhatmakesUniversityOutreach‘Better’?(Seminar)SP A&R

ClaireGriffiths

PlanningInter-disciplinaryprojectsinBGEPhase(Discussion)BGE

LornaGibson

BeyondScratch:MovingontoPython,HTML&CSSwithCodeClub(Workshop)SP BGE

8

4:00–4:30

ChrisJefferson

ObjectOrientedKeyConceptsandCommonMisconceptionsSP

DerekRobertson

MinecraftontheWaterfront:Wherelearnersarecontenders(Seminar)BGE

FrankDuffy

VocationalEducationandEmployers(Seminar)V&I

AndrewCummingMeasuringOnlineEngagement(Seminar)SP A&R

MarkZarb&

AngelaSiegel

SupportingTransitionsinto1stYearUniversitySP A&R

StrandKey:SP=SeniorPhaseBGE=BroadGeneralEducationA&R =Academic&ResearchV&I =Vocational&Industry