Primary Catalogue

Series: Computing and ICT


Avoiding Plagiarism: Bibliographies

Avoiding Plagiarism: Bibliographies

Did you know that just by submitting a research report, you could be committing a crime? That is, if you have used the work or intellectual property of others without acknowledging it. Plagiarism is theft and it has serious consequences in...Show More
Can Any Class be a Computer Science Class?

Can Any Class be a Computer Science Class?

Taylor from the education team at Kano answers some questions from an Ask Me Anything.
Codes and Canines: Data Transmission and Storage

Codes and Canines: Data Transmission and Storage

This creative programme takes students on a journey as Kat teaches them about data storage and communication. Powerful visual diagrams and animations are used throughout, in order to aid students’ understanding of the concepts that are...Show More
Collaboration

Collaboration

Taylor and Joanna from the education team at Kano explain the importance of a paired or group environment
Conditionals in Plain English

Conditionals in Plain English

A presenter explains the use of conditionals within programming and how to teach it in the classroom.
Copyright: Creative Commons and Attribution

Copyright: Creative Commons and Attribution

Intellectual property refers to someone’s ideas or words, as well as any images, music and videos that they have created. These types of works are protected online by a licence that tells us if and how we can use or modify them. Understanding...Show More
Cyberbullying: How to Avoid Cyber Abuse

Cyberbullying: How to Avoid Cyber Abuse

Social networking is a great part of the Internet, but it's also important to be careful not to hurt other people's feelings. This video showcases a series of situations to stop cyberbullying. What would you do if someone shared an embarrassing...Show More
Designing Programs with Flowcharts

Designing Programs with Flowcharts

Even the most experienced programmers use simple visual models and techniques to plan an effective algorithmic solution. In this video, students are introduced to the IPO model and flowcharts as two such methods to abstract unnecessary...Show More
Designing Programs with Pseudocode

Designing Programs with Pseudocode

Using the analogy problem of washing dirty dishes, this video explores the IPO model and pseudocode as tools to guide computational thinking. Students of lower secondary digital technologies will understand how using pseudocode can be an...Show More
Differentiation

Differentiation

Taylor and Joanna from the education team at Kano explain what to do when students learn at different speeds
Encouraging Parental Engagement

Encouraging Parental Engagement

Taylor from the education team at Kano answers some questions from an Ask Me Anything.
Formative Assessment in Computer Science

Formative Assessment in Computer Science

Taylor from the education team at Kano answers some questions from an Ask Me Anything.
Getting Help

Getting Help

Taylor and Joanna from the education team at Kano explain the importance of playing with the Technology, working with others and posing questions to your students and where to get help.
How do Computers Think?

How do Computers Think?

Introducing the concepts of abstraction, decomposition, algorithm design and pattern recognition, this video gets inside the ‘mind’ of a computer to understand why computational thinking this is a crucial first step to designing a successful...Show More
Introduction & Overview

Introduction & Overview

This introduction to teaching coding in the classroom will give you an overview of what to expect over this course. Soon you'll get young people to engage with coding through physical computing, use storytelling to make coding fun, and much more.
Let's Build the Internet: Networking

Let's Build the Internet: Networking

In this animated programme, our character Sam shows students the basics of networking and data transmission. Engaging graphics are used to explain concepts clearly and visually, depicting how data is transmitted via cables and fibre optics, and...Show More
Loops in Plain English

Loops in Plain English

A presenter explains that loops are a set of instructions which are carried out repeatedly and how they are used in the Kano coding classroom.
Making The Case For Investment

Making The Case For Investment

Taylor from the education team at Kano answers some questions from an Ask Me Anything.
Managing Assessment

Managing Assessment

Taylor and Joanna from the education team at Kano explain how to manage assessment in four steps; products, process, habits of learning and understanding.
Managing Time

Managing Time

Taylor and Joanna from the education team at Kano explain some of the challenges when managing time teaching coding.
My First Mobile: How Children Should Use Their Mobile Phones

My First Mobile: How Children Should Use Their Mobile Phones

We use mobile phones to communicate with other people but these devices also give us access to the Internet, a virtual space with lots of potential, and also rules. This video encourages students to think about what you write online, be careful...Show More
Online Databases

Online Databases

It is easy to feel overwhelmed when searching online. Often, we get millions of results, only a fraction of which will be appropriate for our research. A solution? Online databases. Using them is simpler than you might think. This programme...Show More
Online Privacy: Internet Safety and Security

Online Privacy: Internet Safety and Security

Social media is a great tool to communicate with our family and friends but it's important to be mindful of what we post, where we post it and who we share it with. In this video students will be given advice on how to protect their online privacy.
Play & Exploration

Play & Exploration

Taylor and Joanna from the education team at Kano explain how to teach coding through Play and Exploration in your classroom.
Ring! Wring!

Ring! Wring!

Students read, sing and learn about technology and the earliest inventions, such as the wheel. They also gain appreciation for the importance of using technology respectfully. This curriculum-aligned song targets outcomes of curriculum...Show More