The workshop commenced on 16th July 2015 and will be ending with a competition on the 18th July 2015. In attendance are 2 students and 1 teacher from selected secondary/high schools around Fort Portal. The workshop is being carried out at one of the Campuses known as the "Kabundaire Campus" that houses the School of Informatics and Computing which is a few Km's away from the main campus.
The 2015 computer Science for high school workshop is aimed at building programming skills, critical thinking and formation/ strengthening of Computer Science clubs in schools. Many students are very excited as they are able to develop projects that looked abstract before they were introduced to scratch. The workshop also aims at helping teachers improve the delivery of Computer Science education using various online Google tools for educators.
Mr. John Ziine presents about Computer Science clubs and the importance of working in groups for effective task completion. Other presenters included Mr. Robert Mugonza, Miss. Ajambo Kwoshaba Linda, Mr. Kimera Richard and Mr. Mwavu Rogers
It was an amazing experience as many of the female students admitted that they were so much inspired to see a lady teaching them "how to program using scratch". It also came as a surprise to many as one of the participants informed the team that she was one of the National ACIA award winners for the category "ICT Visionaries" that is organised annually by the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC).
Teacher and students discuss there project idea with one the workshop coordinators Miss. Ajambo Kwoshaba Linda
The teams continue to work together with teachers proceeding with the formation of their Computer Science Association that will include all the Computer teachers in western Uganda so as to help take the discipline to the next level.
"We believe that Computer programming should be fun" #mustcs4hs
The workshop was amazing and the students gained alot from the project. They are requesting for more competitions. We as Mpanga Secondary School are very proud for having participated in scratch competition held at mountains of the moon university.
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