Ben Garside, Durham Johnston Comprehensive School
Description
This session will involve looking at how data is represented in computer systems. In the session we will look at how to convert between denary and binary values before moving onto hexadecimals. Once we have covered the basics we will explore how these activities can be taught to students to stretch and challenge them by attempting the Escape Room challenge using our new skills.
Ben Garside's biography
Ben is a Computing teacher at Durham Johnston School. Having originally trained as an ICT teacher, Ben was lucky enough to have been given the opportunity by his school to retrain and completed units from the MSc in Computer Science at Newcastle University to gain a Post Graduate Certificate. Ben is also a local Master Teacher in the Durham area as well as jointly running the Durham Hub.
Relevant Key Stages: KS3, KS4
Room: USB 3.032 - meeting room, level 3, Urban Sciences Building