{"id":295,"date":"2021-09-29T09:45:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T05:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alphonsedevasia.com\/blog\/?p=295"},"modified":"2022-09-04T10:13:12","modified_gmt":"2022-09-04T06:13:12","slug":"barefoot-computing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alphonsedevasia.com\/blog\/barefoot-computing\/","title":{"rendered":"Barefoot Computing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\"><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.barefootcomputing.org\" target=\"_blank\">Barefoot computing<\/a><\/span> empowers primary school teachers across the UK and around the world to deliver the computing curriculum brilliantly with free workshops, helpful online guides and engaging lessons. Barefoot Computing helps teachers to inspire pupils to think, learn and thrive in a digital world.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barefootcomputing.org\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alphonsedevasia.files.wordpress.com\/2021\/09\/screenshot-2021-09-12-at-5.43.17-pm.png?w=669\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-835\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Barefoot provides cross-curricular lessons and resources that unpack computational thinking in almost every subject, bring computing to life, with or without a computer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;Online <span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.barefootcomputing.org\/primary-computing-resources\" target=\"_blank\">guides<\/a><\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.barefootcomputing.org\/curriculum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">curriculum<\/a><\/span> help educators to improve their subject knowledge while using Scratch promote a better understanding of key computer science concepts quickly and easily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\"><br>Barefoot was set up in 2014 to prepare primary school teachers for the changing computing curriculum by BCS, The Chartered Institute of IT and their Computing at School network, with funding from The Department for Education. 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