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What’s a Raspberry Jam ?
This page has now moved to it’s own site. Please click here to visit it. Raspberry Pi is a formidable, credit-card sized computer that plugs into your TV and a … Continue reading →
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The Women
Reblogged from familyCoding: Rear Admiral Grace Hopper, surrounded by her team of programmers One winter Augusta Ada Byron King, Countess of Lovelace, became obsessed with a puzzle that had become …...
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Computing at School Conference 14th-15th June
The Computing at School Conference started on Thursday 14th June and finished on Friday 15th June. There is a link here to presenters audioboos, films, slides etc. and you can … Continue reading →
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Teach Computing 18.06.2012
It was great to return to school again on Monday after a few days out at conferences. In the previous week, I was invited to speak at the Westminster Briefing … Continue reading →
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Young Rewired State, 6-12th August 2012
You can probably tell by now that I find it difficult to rest during the holiday periods. I suppose the reason is that my work never actually feels like work … Continue reading →
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My Audioboos
If you follow me on twitter, you may have noticed that I try to make frequent use of the Audioboo service, I posted something about this before. It’s a great, … Continue reading →
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Manchester Game Jam, 25th August
One of my most favourite places to go when I’m not at school is MadLab, Edge Street, in the Northern Quarter of Manchester. You really do meet the nicest kind … Continue reading →
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‘Ignite’ at The Preston Social
This evening, I took somewhere between a small step and a giant leap forward to my first ‘Ignite’ event, at the 14th Preston Social. I include links to the photographs … Continue reading →
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PyConUK – What’s in it for me?
I arranged a CAS online meeting on Tuesday 4th September at 8pm (GMT) The main reasons were… 1. to introduce Nick Tollervey, an enthusiastic Python developer I met at the … Continue reading →
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My first lessons with a new GCSE Computing class
This is the ‘pilot’ episode, and I’m not even sure if I’m doing the right thing. If I know there is an appreciative audience I will maintain this. Click here … Continue reading →
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Hack To The Future 11.10.12
On 11th February 2012, we opened our school on a freezing cold Saturday morning to 365 children, parents, teachers, developers, computer scientists and more for an engaging and inspiring experience …...
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Computing…more famous than the Angry Birds?
When I hear myself say, “I can’t believe so much happened in just 12 months”, it sounds like an embarrassing cliché, but I honestly can’t believe all the things that have happened this year. At the...
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How Can We Get More Boys Into Ballet?
This week while I was in Germany training British Services teachers, I received a phone call from a researcher on Radio 4 Woman’s Hour, ultimately inviting me to speak live on the programme. As you can...
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Shortlisted for NAACE Secondary Impact Award
Of course, I was thrilled and delighted to learn that I was first nominated and then later shortlisted for the NAACE Secondary Impact Award. Although I curl-up cringing at the whole notion of “blowing...
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Shortlisted for Education Innovation Awards
I’m thrilled to discover that the Hack To The Future events we organised with the aim of “inspiring the digital creators of tomorrow” have been nominated and shortlisted for an award. We held 3 of...
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Shortlisting for Digital Makers Fund
On Wednesday this week, I had a fantastic, but rare opportunity to expand yet further, the Hack To The Future and Raspberry Jam events that I started. Except this time, I think I may just have failed...
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From ‘Blonde’ to ‘Geeky & Proud’
Since Michael Gove’s announcements regarding the curriculum changes for ICT & Computing in the UK, each week I receive email and telephone enquiries from schools wishing to convert from ICT to...
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Hack To The Future IV, 03.05.13
Hack To The Future IV We held our 4th Hack To The Future Event on Friday 3rd May 2013. This was a lot different from our previous events, Hack To The Future I, Hack To The Future II, and Hack To The...
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Using Raspberry Pi in class
A practical guide for using Raspberry Pi in class - This is a modified version of an article I was asked to write for The Guardian Teacher Network. What exactly is the Raspberry Pi? Computer Science...
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Some More Random Stuff in Python
I’ve always found the topic of random number generation more than just a little fascinating. Those who know me well, might not find that so much of a revelation. I’ve been writing some programming...
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