For teachers who share | James Abela | Activity https://www.seacsta.net/members/james-abela/activity/ Activity feed for James Abela. Sun, 21 Sep 2025 02:46:38 +0800 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-GB 30 hourly 2 877863fc8ac6383387c26d32dbbced00 James Abela wrote a new post https://www.seacsta.net/?p=473 Fri, 24 Mar 2023 16:12:28 +0800 By Amanda Lee

‘Match-case’ is a function that was introduced in Python 3.10. Similar to if-elif-else statements, match-case statements are conditional statements used when matching certain values. However, the […]

]]> 8f03d9e989f90bc9d009619258a1e4f4 James Abela wrote a new post http://www.seacsta.net/?p=391 Mon, 18 Oct 2021 02:32:27 +0800 As we develop more coding competitions, one platform that has been really helpful to scale the amount of code we can accept is HackerRank. In this tutorial, Rheya shows you how you can make test cases and handle […]

]]> 75296839d6df0b54d5522e7fe21fa10b James Abela wrote a new post http://www.seacsta.net/?p=388 Fri, 04 Jun 2021 02:26:26 +0800 This blog is a write up of the ThursdayPD that I run and I thought it would be useful to have a summary of what was discussed. The full discussion can be seen here.

Link to PDF.

There are many ways to choose […]

]]> ef91f2506b83353aa63d55950a595e45 James Abela wrote a new post http://www.seacsta.net/?p=380 Wed, 10 Feb 2021 01:57:40 +0800 Year 12 students from Garden International created an incredible competition to honour the contributions women have made in the field of Computer Science. Avantika, Avin, Chloe & Rheya crafted a competition using […]

]]> 6c93033c167ed34fcd5a7e5dd25daffd James Abela wrote a new post http://www.seacsta.net/?p=374 Tue, 19 Jan 2021 23:51:15 +0800 Congratulations to all the teams that participated in this year’s competition. We have been greatly impressed by the very high quality of entries as shown in the SEACSTA showcase.

Winner Keystage 3Razam […]

]]> d407cd50e311b5f27c6cb9fd64780ef9 James Abela wrote a new post http://www.seacsta.net/?p=371 Thu, 12 Nov 2020 05:19:50 +0800 I came across the PRIMM model in a Twitter chat and what I really like about it is that it gives a framework to practices that many teachers might instinctively have been doing.

Sue Sentence argues that there […]

]]> 07ec525bf28d7a3f15ba690c66c2f79d James Abela wrote a new post http://www.seacsta.net/?p=358 Thu, 15 Oct 2020 23:49:46 +0800 There are many ways to help with debugging, including Pair programming, Rubber Ducking and Tracing code.

One technique that has helped my students over the years is the use of making a debugging flowchart. […]

]]> e7027dd76dae738e3fa4d191b8ec4b6d James Abela wrote a new post http://www.seacsta.net/?p=349 Sat, 10 Oct 2020 01:27:59 +0800 This is a compilation of challenge sites that SEACSTA have come across. There’s plenty here to have a look at and enjoy.

Challenges for all levels

ExercismPracticepythonEdabitCoding BatHorstmann Codecheck […]

]]> ded0f7dfc2a967e76a5fbdad9ca07f6c James Abela wrote a new post http://www.seacsta.net/?p=334 Wed, 18 Mar 2020 09:23:11 +0800 Monday night is when we learn who has won the SEACSTA Challenges.

A huge thank you to all the teachers and the participants. We would also like to thank the committee who created this competition: Nicole […]

]]> cadebcd4d1d0621ea70a8a3279f06650 James Abela wrote a new post http://www.seacsta.net/?p=303 Tue, 10 Mar 2020 08:49:45 +0800 Last Updated: 09:15 KL Time (31st March 2020)

With the prevalence of COVID 19 and so many schools having to close. Here is a summary of the resources that you can use to enable the learning to continue. […]

]]> 856b1ffb9743e80c575f099af26d11df James Abela wrote a new post http://www.seacsta.net/?p=293 Sat, 11 Jan 2020 02:28:30 +0800 In February 2020 we will be running the inaugural SEACSTA challenges. This will be open to any school who is happy to have a go! The first round will be internally judged, so you can enter as many students as you […]

]]> e40a67e120e618088e1b521531fb4f78 James Abela wrote a new post http://www.seacsta.net/?p=287 Sun, 03 Nov 2019 22:56:52 +0800 By Shashi

A few days ago James Abela (@eslweb) connected me to a WhatsApp group called SEACSTA – South East Asian Computer Science Teacher’s Association. This was a revelation in many ways since having been a […]

]]> ded870df8630b0753ddd10cdd66d34f1 James Abela wrote a new post http://www.seacsta.net/?p=280 Thu, 31 Oct 2019 03:27:23 +0800 By Shashi

The concept of pair programming (PP) has for years held much promise for collaborative and effective student work in a computing classroom. The idea behind this, for the uninitiated, is that students […]

]]> 6e61f72725576870f1ddc1c91505dc13 James Abela wrote a new post http://www.seacsta.net/?p=277 Sun, 13 Oct 2019 23:20:05 +0800 By Adam Morris

I’m not new to teaching the International Baccalaureate (IB), but I am new to teaching Computer Science in general, and new to teaching the IB DP Computer Science course. It’s actually in an ent […]

]]> 0d3de345efb83d1fd74d0d2d2df7c724 James Abela wrote a new post http://www.seacsta.net/?p=265 Fri, 20 Sep 2019 04:10:15 +0800 F Strings came to Python in 3.6 and they make the job of making formatted tables much easier and clearer. I am now pretty sure all students are on at least version 3.6, so I have made a tutorial to help with them! 

]]> 315006537fbad2c034edd2f6213e9191 James Abela wrote a new post http://www.seacsta.net/?p=258 Sat, 17 Aug 2019 03:28:32 +0800 Simple Data Types

You can’t mix floats and integers in Swift for calculations

SwiftPythonlet apples = 3let appleSummary = “I have (apples) apples.”apples = 3appleSummary =”I have” + str(apples) + ” […]

]]> 5616a679313d84accd77dbfea82daf13 James Abela created the doc Computing Transfer Goals in the group CAIE A Level Computer Science https://www.seacsta.net/activity/p/131/ Thu, 30 May 2019 01:04:49 +0800 0 fccd983a2cd90c70c33b089cd85b4e5e James Abela wrote a new post http://www.seacsta.net/?p=235 Wed, 29 May 2019 23:57:24 +0800 By Su Mae (Year 9 student in Garden International School)

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this topic was to explore computational thinking and how it could be embedded into the Year 9 curriculum. Before this […]

]]> 247ef1b0bfb26ca89ca17cf601e2e0a5 James Abela wrote a new post http://www.seacsta.net/?p=211 Sun, 12 May 2019 00:54:57 +0800 Update 8th June: I’ve also noticed that the MIT’s Introduction to Computer Science and Programming uses Break extensively in their 1st week. So the argument that universities don’t use break is pretty […]

]]> d62390694430e443d139b5275cf5df85 James Abela wrote a new post http://www.seacsta.net/?p=202 Sat, 13 Apr 2019 02:59:31 +0800 In this tutorial I show you the beginnings of a new RPG game. This covers all of the key concepts in the Cambridge International A-level. You can see the original repl.it at: […]

]]> ecd3bec58ac338da1fe3cfb3ac42eea0 James Abela posted an update: Looking after the CAIE area & Malaysia... https://www.seacsta.net/activity/p/102/ Sat, 06 Apr 2019 01:35:03 +0800 Looking after the CAIE area & Malaysia…

]]> 0 47101bf49a8c1417f68a53548f6718f9 James Abela created the doc Official Docs from CAIE for A-level in the group CAIE A Level Computer Science https://www.seacsta.net/activity/p/101/ Sat, 06 Apr 2019 01:30:11 +0800 0 6d15e5972164ddf154e725c6b263954e James Abela joined the group Robotics https://www.seacsta.net/activity/p/100/ Sat, 06 Apr 2019 01:25:54 +0800 0 63e3283c552f8e451d0c2e21b7615204 James Abela joined the group FOBISIA https://www.seacsta.net/activity/p/99/ Sat, 06 Apr 2019 01:25:50 +0800 0 4ffb2195ce3c687fd6fece4acf062d5d James Abela created the doc Malaysian Data Protection Act 2010 in the group Malaysia Schools https://www.seacsta.net/activity/p/98/ Sat, 06 Apr 2019 01:21:45 +0800 0 66587aab2b4729d01870885b3787a7e4 James Abela created the doc Python Challenges in the group CAIE A Level Computer Science https://www.seacsta.net/activity/p/97/ Sat, 06 Apr 2019 01:10:56 +0800 0 258fd55344b2c498693a405c5c95b6e0 James Abela created the doc Cambridge International Exams Official Support Materials in the group CIE IGCSE Teachers https://www.seacsta.net/activity/p/96/ Sat, 06 Apr 2019 00:34:36 +0800 0 857418fc1bbc3ee6234676ea0e486e02 James Abela created the doc Python to Pseudocode Convertor in the group CIE IGCSE Teachers https://www.seacsta.net/activity/p/95/ Fri, 05 Apr 2019 07:31:20 +0800 0 198b6661066d24e0ae5bae13be96b0f6 James Abela joined the group CAIE IGCSE Teachers https://www.seacsta.net/activity/p/94/ Fri, 05 Apr 2019 07:28:55 +0800 0 22b4ab0c15203b681f5ad0dce35f23cd James Abela joined the group Malaysia Schools https://www.seacsta.net/activity/p/63/ Mon, 01 Apr 2019 07:00:54 +0800 0 3631b4975879bb268e0768f516b54588 James Abela joined the group CAIE A Level Computer Science https://www.seacsta.net/activity/p/62/ Mon, 01 Apr 2019 06:48:48 +0800 0 23f6d9ad20f9bd53f9189849fda40b1c James Abela changed their profile picture https://www.seacsta.net/activity/p/20/ Mon, 25 Mar 2019 10:48:44 +0800 0