When the world went into lockdown in March this year, teachers had to rapidly transition to remote learning. Sarah Ridgway was one of those teachers. Sarah is a Kiwi and has been a teacher for 14 years, working in education in both New Zealand and the United Kingdom. She is now back home teaching in a flexible space and utilises CS Unplugged materials to teach her Year 6-8 students Digital Technologies at her semi-rural school in Selwyn, Canterbury. As the school moved to distance learning, Sarah was aware that not all learners had access to a laptop or smartphone and some families may not have reliable internet access whilst attempting to learn from home. “I wanted the digital technology experiences to be accessible for everyone and thought the CS Unplugged resource gave me some really good lessons to start with.” Sarah said.
CS Unplugged is a set of fun, free resources that teach computer science concepts without a computer. Globally recognised as a great introduction to coding, and revolutionary in teaching computer science without a computer, Google has been a long time supporter of the programme.
