Creating with code

This activity on the Thinking Myself site is a great way to get your head around...Computational Thinking!  There are also some good guides on the BBC bitesize site.  You could also watch this...or just visit the website :)

A couple of great places to play with code...

Code Monster

Khan Academy

And don't forget to revisit csunplugged.

Visual literacy

How visually literate are you?  Why is it important?  

Source: http://visual.ly/literacy-world

For some great discussion on the what, the why, the how...try:
Resource link or Silvia Rosenthal's fantastic Langwitches blog.  
There are of course lots of free and easy tools to create them.  These are just a couple:
easel.ly  piktochart.com  glogster.com  or you could just use one of the Microsoft programs.
When looking at the binary system, for our upper primary students...
Binary bingo!
CS unplugged has a range of great activities.

By the way, check out the American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) to see how you might represent other letters and symbols in the binary system.

Sustainability and a Futures Perspective

Who is really failing? Check out this slideshare and consider some of recent history's most famous failures. 

There are so many places to find amazing innovation. These are just a few great people and places that are addressing needs, trying to make the world a better place or simply fostering creativity to see what can come of it. 
Biome Eco Store 
ABC New Inventors (no longer produced but still many great ideas to explore)
The Thank you movement.
Sustainable designs for our homes.
Some more fantastic design ideas from Australian students.
Want to teach it?  Look at this great resource from the Powerhouse Museum.
The Maker movement is spreading!  Some great resources provided here by Gary Stager.