VI students working with KCL

We are delighted to welcome Alex Hadwen-Bennett from King’s College London who will be working with some our VI students for the next six weeks. 

Oxted School is currently participating in research being undertaken by King’s College London that is designed to explore how children can develop an understanding of key programming concepts using Torino. 

From the age of 5, children are expected to start to learn the basic concepts of programming. In primary schools the most children are taught to program using puzzle pieces that are snapped together on screen. This method of learning to program is inaccessible to visually impaired learners. Programming languages that use physical blocks that can be joined together to create programs are an accessible alternative; one such language is Torino. Torino is a tool, designed by Microsoft Research that uses physical pods to create programs. These programs can produce sound in the form of music, stories and poetry.