Location: Ireland
Member Since:
Aug. 28, 2018
Seamus O'Neill
Biography
About the Author – Seamus O’Neill
(Over 50 years in education): Seamus O’Neill has been an imaginative primary teacher during his long professional career. From before and since he left classroom teaching he has been in demand for curriculum-based CPD in Art, Maths and Scratch coding.
CoderDojo Pioneer: Seamus is a pioneer, volunteer and entrepreneur. He set up one of the first Irish CoderDojos, in Navan over 10 years ago. He believes code at school should be (and can be) just as much fun and exciting for girls and boys at school as it is in CoderDojo – a non-school activity which attracts far less girls than boys.
Maths & Coding Research: He co-authored the ‘Mathemagic’ and ‘Mata Draíochta‘ text books which has been the most popular primary maths text series in Ireland, used in almost 80% of primary schools. In 2017 the developers of SCRATCH, the MIT Media Lab (Boston) contacted Seamus to add his Ready-Steady-Code component into the world’s top children’s programming language. By then, Scratch had over 32 million users, and the Ready-Steady-Code vector grids have improved Scratch for children and teachers worldwide. Since then he published his book ‘SCRATCH with Ready-Steady-Code’ and children’s Flip-books and support resources (e.g. Magnetic Scratch, Staff-room Mugs in Irish and English) to simplify and add fun to learning Maths with Code at school for all teachers who teach Maths
Maths & Environment Resources: When Mathemagic was introduced, the Departments of Education and of the Environment (as well several County Councils) engaged him to run a project that supported both Maths teaching and Environmental good practice. This project was also supported by Kelloggs and TetraPak.
(Over 50 years in education): Seamus O’Neill has been an imaginative primary teacher during his long professional career. From before and since he left classroom teaching he has been in demand for curriculum-based CPD in Art, Maths and Scratch coding.
CoderDojo Pioneer: Seamus is a pioneer, volunteer and entrepreneur. He set up one of the first Irish CoderDojos, in Navan over 10 years ago. He believes code at school should be (and can be) just as much fun and exciting for girls and boys at school as it is in CoderDojo – a non-school activity which attracts far less girls than boys.
Maths & Coding Research: He co-authored the ‘Mathemagic’ and ‘Mata Draíochta‘ text books which has been the most popular primary maths text series in Ireland, used in almost 80% of primary schools. In 2017 the developers of SCRATCH, the MIT Media Lab (Boston) contacted Seamus to add his Ready-Steady-Code component into the world’s top children’s programming language. By then, Scratch had over 32 million users, and the Ready-Steady-Code vector grids have improved Scratch for children and teachers worldwide. Since then he published his book ‘SCRATCH with Ready-Steady-Code’ and children’s Flip-books and support resources (e.g. Magnetic Scratch, Staff-room Mugs in Irish and English) to simplify and add fun to learning Maths with Code at school for all teachers who teach Maths
Maths & Environment Resources: When Mathemagic was introduced, the Departments of Education and of the Environment (as well several County Councils) engaged him to run a project that supported both Maths teaching and Environmental good practice. This project was also supported by Kelloggs and TetraPak.
Where to find Seamus O'Neill online
Website: http://www.readysteadycode.ie
Twitter: @ScratchLearning
Facebook: Facebook profile
Blog: http://scratch.mit.edu/users/RSC_eBooks
Twitter: @ScratchLearning
Facebook: Facebook profile
Blog: http://scratch.mit.edu/users/RSC_eBooks
Books
Scratch + Ready-Steady-Code: Flip Card Projects For 8-12 Year Olds
by Seamus O'Neill
Price:
$9.99 USD.
Words: 550.
Language:
English.
Published: October 6, 2018
.
Categories:
Nonfiction » Children's Books » Computers / Programming, Nonfiction » Children's Books » Computers / Entertainment & Games
This book contains twenty four short projects in eBook or spiral-bound print format for children 8 - 12 years.
They are grouped into pairs by colour to cover 12 Sessions. Each is a draw and code assignment in Scratch
to foster creative thinking with graphical skills. Scratch +Ready-Steady-Code connects essential coding
concepts with children’s imaginations for them to create games and animations.
Scratch + Ready-Steady-Code: Flip Card Projects For 12-13 Year Olds
by Seamus O'Neill
Price:
$9.99 USD.
Words: 550.
Language:
English.
Published: September 13, 2018
.
Categories:
Nonfiction » Children's Books » Computers / Programming, Nonfiction » Children's Books » Computers / Entertainment & Games
There are twenty four cards for children 12 - 13 years, grouped into pairs by colour to cover 12 Lessons. Each card is a short coding assignment in Scratch to foster Computational Thinking in maths and numeracy. Scratch+Ready-Steady-Code helps children learn essential coding concepts while giving them great scope for creative thinking.
Scratch Projects for 11-12 year olds: Scratch Short and Easy with Ready-Steady-Code
by Seamus O'Neill
Price:
$9.99 USD.
Words: 720.
Language:
English.
Published: September 13, 2018
.
Categories:
Nonfiction » Children's Books » Computers / Programming, Nonfiction » Children's Books » Computers / Entertainment & Games
There are twenty four cards for children 11 - 12 years, grouped into pairs by colour to cover 12 Lessons. Each card is a short coding assignment in Scratch to foster Computational Thinking in maths and numeracy. Scratch+Ready-Steady-Code helps children learn essential coding concepts while giving them great scope for creative thinking.
Scratch Projects for 10-11 year olds: Scratch Short and Easy with Ready-Steady-Code
by Seamus O'Neill
Price:
$9.99 USD.
Words: 750.
Language:
English.
Published: September 13, 2018
.
Categories:
Nonfiction » Children's Books » Computers / Programming, Nonfiction » Children's Books » Computers / Entertainment & Games
There are twenty four cards for children 10 - 11 years, grouped into pairs by colour to cover 12 Lessons. Each card is a short coding assignment in Scratch to foster Computational Thinking in maths and numeracy. Scratch+Ready-Steady-Code helps children learn essential coding concepts while giving them great scope for creative thinking.
Scratch Projects for 9-10 year olds: Scratch Short and Easy with Ready-Steady-Code
by Seamus O'Neill
Price:
$9.99 USD.
Words: 660.
Language:
English.
Published: September 13, 2018
.
Categories:
Nonfiction » Children's Books » Computers / Programming, Nonfiction » Children's Books » Computers / Entertainment & Games
There are twenty cards for children 9 - 10 years, grouped into pairs by colour to cover 10 Lessons. Each card is a short coding assignment in Scratch to foster Computational Thinking in maths and numeracy. Scratch+Ready-Steady-Code when used in this way, helps children learn essential coding concepts while giving them great scope for creative thinking.
SCRATCH Projects for 8-9 year olds: Scratch Short and Easy with Ready-Steady-Code
by Seamus O'Neill
Price:
$9.99 USD.
Words: 700.
Language:
English.
Published: September 13, 2018
.
Categories:
Nonfiction » Children's Books » Computers / Programming, Nonfiction » Children's Books » Computers / Entertainment & Games
There are twenty cards for children 8 - 9 years, grouped into pairs by colour to cover 10 Lessons. Each card is a short coding assignment in Scratch to foster Computational Thinking in maths and numeracy. Scratch +Ready-Steady-Code (cards 16-20) when used in this way, helps children learn essential coding concepts while giving them scope for creative thinking.